Principles, criteria and indicators: applying Ockham’s Razor to the people-forestry link

dc.creatorColfer, C.J.P.
dc.creatorPrabhu, Ravi
dc.creatorWollenberg, Eva Karoline
dc.date1995
dc.date2012-06-04T09:02:18Z
dc.date2012-06-04T09:02:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:05:50Z
dc.descriptionThis concept paper addresses those elements in the people-forest interface which we perceive as critical to sustainable forest management, based on our own training and experience, as well as two field tests of the conceptual framework (in Kalimantan and Côte d'Ivoire ). Initially, we define our use of important terms, like sustainability, well being/needs, and people; and make clear some of our assumptions. We briefly allude to four pertinent conceptual and policy issues, including the role of people in relation to the forest; the significance of maintaining cultural diversity; the relationships among cultural integrity, culture change, and stakeholder participation; and finally, policy issues pertaining to land use, population, and people's participation. The body of the paper discusses two principles, each with three associated criteria. An appendix lists principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers found useful in our field tests. We conclude briefly by describing future research plans, focused on refining our definitions of stakeholders, testing the importance of inter- generational access to resources and people's participation in sustainable forest management, and testing the applicability of such criteria and indicators for community forestry contexts.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/17648
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/73747
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceColfer, C.J.P., Prabhu, R., Wollenberg, E. 1995. Principles, criteria and indicators: applying Ockham’s Razor to the people-forestry link . CIFOR Working Paper No.8. 16p.
dc.subjectcriteria
dc.subjectindicators
dc.subjectpeople
dc.subjectforestry
dc.subjectlinkage
dc.titlePrinciples, criteria and indicators: applying Ockham’s Razor to the people-forestry link
dc.typeBook

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