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Perceptions of forest-dependent communities toward participation in forest conservation: A case study in Bago Yoma, South-Central Myanmar
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In this paper, the authors investigated the perceptions of people in forest-dependent communities towards forest conservation, and determined which policy interventions would be most appropriate for motivating local people to participate in forest conservation.About:
This article is published in Forest Policy and Economics.The article was published on 2019-03-01. It has received 60 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainable forest management & Deforestation.read more
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People’s perceptions about the importance of forests on Borneo
Erik Meijaard,Erik Meijaard,Nicola K. Abram,Jessie A. Wells,Anne-Sophie Pellier,Marc Ancrenaz,David L. A. Gaveau,Rebecca K. Runting,Kerrie Mengersen +8 more
TL;DR: This article found that forest use and cultural values are highest among people on Borneo who live close to remaining forest, and especially among older Christian residents, while support for forest clearing depended strongly on the scale at which deforestation occurs.
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Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities?
TL;DR: In this paper, the role and place of social innovation in the development of forest-dependent communities and of forest social-ecological systems, underpinning this development are discussed. But, the knowledge of such innovation pertaining to rural areas, including the forestry sector, is lacking.
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Dependence of rural livelihoods on forest resources in Naltar Valley, a dry temperate mountainous region, Pakistan
Jamal Hussain,Jamal Hussain,Kui Zhou,Muhammad Akbar,Muhammad Zafar Khan,Ghulam Raza,Shaukat Ali,Abid Hussain,Qamar Abbas,Garee Khan,Mayoor Khan,Hassan Abbas,Saad Iqbal,Ali Ghulam +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a binary logistic regression model to evaluate the potential determinants of household forest resource dependency and found that age, education, household size, livestock income, agriculture income, and off-farm income were significantly influenced household dependency on forest resource, while other factors were not significant.
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Livelihood Dependency on Non-Timber Forest Products: Implications for REDD+
TL;DR: Which factors determine the dependence on NTFPs in forest-dependent communities are identified and national strategies for REDD+ should take into account local features such as income opportunities and land tenure in order to make local people cooperate with the government to avoid deforestation and forest degradation.
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Participatory exclusions, community forestry, and gender: An analysis for South Asia and a conceptual framework
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a typology of participation, spells out the gender equity and efficiency implications of such exclusions, and analyzes what underlies them, and outlines a conceptual framework to help analyze the process of gender exclusion and how it might be alleviated.
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Introduction: Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments—From the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy Instrumentation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explain the significance of a political sociology approach to public policy instruments in accounting for processes of public policy change, since it reveals a (fairly explicit) theorization of the relationship between the governing and the governed.
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