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First experiences with adaptive co-management in Para, Brazilian Amazon

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Title First experiences with adaptive co-management in Para, Brazilian Amazon
 
Creator Pokorny, B.
Cayres, G.
Nunes, W.
Segebart, D.
Drude, R.
 
Subject conferences
forest management
community forestry
adaptation
collaboration
criteria
indicators
 
Description Adaptive Co-Management (ACM) is an integrative approach for implementing sustainable forest management. An ACM team started working on ACM in Para State in year 2000. Its pilot activities in Para were carried out in three sites, each representing different realities of communities established in the Eastern Amazon region. The research focused on the concept of Collaborative Diagnostic Studies (CDS) as an opportunity to replace extenally-driven background studies, which are important for documentation and impact monitoring, with a collaborative evaluation of an expert-defined set of criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability (C&I). The defined set of C&I was structured in three categories: collaboration, adaptive management of natural resources and impacts/conditions. A variety of participatory methods were tested, described and evaluated in relation to their contribution to ACM. Pilot studies showed that CDS are not suitable as a substitute for background studies. Special efforts have to be undertaken so as to diminish the danger of external dominance and to ensure the participation of local actors. The pilot studies also confirmed the need for a systematic and well structured documentation of the complex and dynamic processes related to ACM. Due to the promising results obtained so far, it is recommended to focus ACM research in Brazil on work shared with local researcher teams and existing community projects.
 
Date 2002
2012-06-04T09:08:41Z
2012-06-04T09:08:41Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Pokorny, B., Cayres, G., Nunes, W., Segebart, D., Drude, R. 2002. First experiences with adaptive co-management in Para, Brazilian Amazon . In: Sabogal, C., Macedo Silva, J.N. (eds.). Manejo integrado de florestas umidas neotropicais por industrias e comunidades: aplicando resultados de pesquisa, envolvendo atores e definindo politicas publicas: Simposio Internacional da IUFRO, Belem PA, Brazil, 4-7 Decembre, 2000.. :258-280. Belem, Brazil, CIFOR and Embrapa Amazonia Oriental.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18683
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1209
 
Language en
 
Publisher CIFOR and Embrapa Amazonia Oriental