Since the early 1980s several new approaches towards forest management, which include
active participation of local communities, have been tried out in many tropical regions. As a …

A review of dipterocarps: taxonomy, ecology, and silviculture Page 1 A Review of Taxonomy,
ecology and silviculture Dipterocarps Simmathiri Appanah Jennifer M. Turnbull Editors …

The book comprises 7 chapters which describe the non-timber forest products of the region
and assess their current value to rural household economies and national economies …

The Ecology of Sumatra distills for the first time the information found in nearly 1,500
scholarly works relevant to an understanding of the full range of natural and man-made …

While tropical multistrata home gardens (or tree home gardens) are classically said to be
sound, efficient and sustainable land-use systems, there is little quantitative evidence and …

The" Hikayat Banjar," a seventeenth-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo,
characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as" the banana tree at …

Jungle rubber is a blanced, diversified system derived from swidden cultivation, in which
man-made forests with a high concentration of rubber trees replace fallows. Most of the …

Bird community composition and structure were compared among three different types of
traditionally managed agroforests and the nearby primary forests in southwestern Sumatra …

Agroforestry, the association of trees with farming practices, is progressively becoming a
recognized land-use discipline. However, it is still percieved by some scientists, technicians …

Despite a long history of confrontation between forest agencies and forest
people,“indigenous” or “local” practices are increasingly considered as a viable alternative …