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Steve Harrison
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Environmental Management
Forestry
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Book reviews
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Non-industrial, smallholder, small-scale and family forestry: What’s in a name?
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Cabinet-makers’ awareness and usage of rainforest cabinet timbers in Queensland
This paper reports findings of surveys into the usage of, and attitudes to, rainforest cabinet timbers by cabinet-makers in Queensland, Australia. In determining policies to promote growing of native rainfores...
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Portable sawmills in a high-value rainforest cabinet timber industry in North Queensland
This paper examines the role and use of portable sawmills in north Queensland. Using a semi-structured questionnaire and personal interviews, the opinions of 18 operators of portable and fixed-site sawmills we...
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A strategic alliance model for economic organisation of small-scale forestry in Australia
Small-scale plantation forestry is likely to have a number of discrete agents contributing endowments to the production function. In this paper it is argued that the traditional methods of economic organisatio...
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The performance of community organisers in promotion of community forestry in Leyte Province, Philippines
A study was conducted to assess the role and effectiveness of community organisers in supporting the development of people’s organisations in achieving community-based forest management objectives in Leyte Pro...
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Small-scale forestry development in Leyte, Philippines: The central role of nurseries
This paper presents results of survey research into the role of the forestry nursery sector in the development of smallholder forestry in Leyte, Philippines. Seedling production in the province is basically ca...
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Past and present forestry support programs in the Philippines, and lessons for the future
A variety of government programs have been implemented to support smallholder forestry for production and conservation purposes in the Philippines. This paper briefly outlines the arrangements of the past and ...
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Evaluation of the performance of the community rainforest reforestation program in North Queensland, Australia
The Community Rainforest Reforestation Program (CRRP) in north Queensland, Australia, was a multi-faceted experiment in facilitating farm forestry. It was motivated in part by the World Heritage listing of the...
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Progress and prospects of community forestry in develo** and developed countries
Community forestry is practiced in various countries throughout the world, with respect to both native forests and plantations, for livelihood and forest protection purposes and also for urban amenity values. ...
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An evaluation of the small-scale sawmilling and timber processing industry in northern Vietnam and the need for planting particular indigenous species
This paper reports findings of surveys into small-scale sawmilling and timber processing in Phu Tho Province and the Tam Dao National Park buffer zone in northern Vietnam. The objective of these surveys was to...
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Relationship between farm size and reforestation activity: evidence from Queensland studies
This paper reviews the findings of nine studies carried out over about the last decade by a forestry socio-economic research group in Queensland, Australia. On the basis of survey evidence and landholder typol...
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Foreword for the Combined Special Issue on Seedling Production Systems
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Enhancing Tree Seedling Supply to Smallholders in Leyte Province, Philippines: An Evaluation of the Production System of Government Nursery Sector and Support to Smallholder Tree Farmers
A decentralized seedling production is regarded as the most effective means of providing smallholders with planting materials. However, the sustainability of smallholder nursery operation is constrained by sev...
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A Critical Overview of Forestry Seedling Production Policies and Practices in Relation to Smallholder Forestry in Develo** Countries
This paper reviews forestry seedling production systems in South-east and East Asia and identifies problems with respect to seedling quality, seedling distribution and financial sustainability, and measures wh...
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Users’ Reactions to the Primer on Tree Registration Policies: Lessons for Designing Extension Materials and Improving Information Flow
In the Philippines, only a few farmers and plantation owners register their tree farms with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the office in charge of tree registration. One of the maj...
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Financing Methods for Small-Scale Hardwood Plantations in Queensland, Australia
Under Vision 2020, a target was set in 1997 for trebling the forestry plantation area in Australia by the year 2020. Government subsidies and extension for plantation establishment have largely disappeared, hence...
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Compiling Market and Other Financial Data on Smallholder Forestry in Leyte, the Philippines
Data collection and maintenance of databases concerning smallholder forestry presents special problems in develo** countries. This paper examines forestry data collection experiences in a series of research ...
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Foreword for the Special Issue on Carbon Markets in Small-scale Forestry
