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Papers by Carol Colfer

Research paper thumbnail of A review of conservation area governance in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Research paper thumbnail of Bushler Bay and Hood View, 40 Years on: Gender, Forests and Change in the Global North

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, May 31, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of In Honor of Reed Lee Wadley

Research paper thumbnail of Toward Social Criteria and Indicators for Protected Areas

CRC Press eBooks, Jun 21, 2001

This chapter summarizes CIFOR's work on social criteria and indicators (C&I), developed w... more This chapter summarizes CIFOR's work on social criteria and indicators (C&I), developed within commercial establishments oriented toward timber harvesting. These C&I are then examined from the point of view of protected areas, based on Colfer's experience managing an Indonesian wildlife reserve in 1992-93. The conclusion is that almost all of the social C&I are equally applicable to protected areas, with only slight changes in wording.

Research paper thumbnail of Gender and Forests

Research paper thumbnail of From National to Local Scales: The Uma'Jalan in Temporal Context

... Blog; YouTube; Flickr; SlideShare; Twitter. Blog; Deforestation clock; News Update; Photo and... more ... Blog; YouTube; Flickr; SlideShare; Twitter. Blog; Deforestation clock; News Update; Photo and Video Library; Videos on YouTube. Donors and partners: ... Borneo Research Council, Inc. Phillips, US Authors: Colfer, CJP; Limberg, G.; Resosudarmo, IAP; Dennis, RA. Topic: ...

Research paper thumbnail of Women's place is not in the forest: gender issues in a timber management project in Bolivia

The equitable forest: diversity, …, 2005

In this chapter, the complexity of community expectations about the implementation of the BOLFOR ... more In this chapter, the complexity of community expectations about the implementation of the BOLFOR forest management project in Santa Maria village, a campesino community within an indigenous territory in Bolivia. The ways men and women perceive the forest, the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Bureaucrats, Budgets, and the BIA: Segmentary Opposition in a Residential School

Research paper thumbnail of The moral basis for conservation - reflections on Dickmanet al

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Social learning: A knowledge and capacity building approach for adaptive co-management of contested landscapes

Research paper thumbnail of The Complex Forest

Research paper thumbnail of Life and Learning in an American Town: Quilcene, Washington

ABSTRACT The federal Experimental Schools (ES) project was not successful in the rural school dis... more ABSTRACT The federal Experimental Schools (ES) project was not successful in the rural school district of Quilcene, Washington. The ES project was not helped by the pervasive and powerful social split between "public employees" and "locals." Each group had its own world-views, values, symbols, and life styles, and the school provided an arena for their conflict. The schools also served to emphasize and solidify Quilcene's other major social dividers: age-grade and sex. However, school sports activities provided vital school-community coherence. The ES program caused Quilcene residents to feel the pressure of external evaluation and to resent the externally imposed requirements. Still, once the program was in its implementation year, enthusiasm was at a peak. Much-needed plant improvements were made and many new curriculum components (reading improvement, expanded vocational education, career awareness) were implemented. Thereafter, teacher morale remained high but general enthusiasm for the program faded. Administrative conflict continued, resulting in an administrative style change but not a structural change. The sociocultural messages delivered in the school were the same. The cosmetic changes did not really affect education in the district but perhaps less tangible results of the ES program did. (SB)

Research paper thumbnail of Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review

International Forestry Review, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Five Tropical Landscapes, their People and their Governance

This reports the results of an attempt to do multi-scale collaborative landscape management in fi... more This reports the results of an attempt to do multi-scale collaborative landscape management in five tropical countries: Cameroon, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar, and Tanzania, in the late-2000s.

Research paper thumbnail of Guidelines for developing, testing and selecting criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a C & I developer's reference

Research paper thumbnail of Assessing people's perceptions of forests in Danau Sentarum Wildlife reserve

Research paper thumbnail of People Managing Forests

Introduction: History and Conceptual Framework Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Yvonne Byron, with Ravi... more Introduction: History and Conceptual Framework Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Yvonne Byron, with Ravi Prabhu and Eva Wollenberg Section One: Gender and Diversity in Forest Management 1. Gender and Diversity in Assessing Sustainable Forest Management and Human Well-Being: Reflections on Assessment Methods Tests Conducted in Bulungan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Cynthia L. McDougall 2. The Place of Rural Women in the Management of Forest Resources: The Case of Mbalmayo and Neighboring Areas in Cameroon Anne Marie Tiani 3. Changing Gender Relationships and Forest Use: A Case Study from Komassi, Cameroon Katrina Brown and Sandrine Lapuyade Section Two: A Conservation Ethic in Forest Management 4. Traditional Knowledge and Practice of Biodiversity Conservation: The Benuaq Dayak Community of East Kalimantan, Indonesia Mustofa Agung Sardjono and Ismayadi Samsoedin 5. Assessing People's Perceptions of Forests: Research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Joseph Woelfel, Reed L. Wadley, and Emily Harwell 6. In Search of a Conservation Ethic Agus Salim, Mary Ann Brocklesby, Anne Marie Tiani, Bertin Tchikangwa, Mustofa Agung Sardjono, Roberto Porro, Joseph Woelfel, and Carol J. Pierce Colfer Section Three: Security of Intergenerational Access to Resources 7. Intergenerational Equity and Sharing of Benefits in a Developing Island State: Research in Trinidad Mario G nter 8. Assessing Intergenerational Access to Resources: Using Criteria and Indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Reed L. Wadley, Emily Harwell, and Ravi Prabhu 9. Sustainability and Security of Intergenerational Access to Resources: Participatory Mapping Studies in Gabon Norbert Gami and Robert Nasi 10. Soil Fertility and the Generation Gap: The B n of Southern Cameroon Diane Russell and Nicod me Tchamou 11. Access to Resources in Forest-Rich and Forest-Poor Contexts Roberto Porro, Anne Marie Tiani, Bertin Tchikangwa, Mustofa Agung Sardjono, Agus Salim, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, and Mary Ann Brocklesby Section Four: Rights and Responsibilities to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably 12. From 'Participation' to 'Rights and Responsibilities' in Forest Management: Workable Methods and Unworkable Assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Reed L. Wadley 13. Rights and Means to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably: Forest Management among Brazilian Transamazon Colonists Noemi Miyasaka Porro 14. Rights to Manage the Forest Cooperatively and Equitably in Forest-Rich and Forest-Poor Contexts Bertin Tchikangwa, Mary Ann Brocklesby, Anne Marie Tiani, Mustofa Agung Sardjono, Roberto Porro, Agus Salim, and Carol J. Pierce Colfer Section Five: Comparisons: Geograhical and Temporal 15. Sustainable Rural Communities: General Principles and North American Indicators Joseph A. Tainter 16. Forest Cover Change Analysis as a Proxy: Sustainability Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Rona A. Dennis, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, and Atie Puntodewo Conclusion: Concluding Remarks and Next Steps References Index

Research paper thumbnail of Forestry and fishery conflict in Danau Sentarum: Application of an impairment approach

Research paper thumbnail of Forests, women and health: opportunities and challenges for conservation

International Forestry Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Minefields in collaborative collaborative governance

Research paper thumbnail of A review of conservation area governance in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Research paper thumbnail of Bushler Bay and Hood View, 40 Years on: Gender, Forests and Change in the Global North

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, May 31, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of In Honor of Reed Lee Wadley

Research paper thumbnail of Toward Social Criteria and Indicators for Protected Areas

CRC Press eBooks, Jun 21, 2001

This chapter summarizes CIFOR's work on social criteria and indicators (C&I), developed w... more This chapter summarizes CIFOR's work on social criteria and indicators (C&I), developed within commercial establishments oriented toward timber harvesting. These C&I are then examined from the point of view of protected areas, based on Colfer's experience managing an Indonesian wildlife reserve in 1992-93. The conclusion is that almost all of the social C&I are equally applicable to protected areas, with only slight changes in wording.

Research paper thumbnail of Gender and Forests

Research paper thumbnail of From National to Local Scales: The Uma'Jalan in Temporal Context

... Blog; YouTube; Flickr; SlideShare; Twitter. Blog; Deforestation clock; News Update; Photo and... more ... Blog; YouTube; Flickr; SlideShare; Twitter. Blog; Deforestation clock; News Update; Photo and Video Library; Videos on YouTube. Donors and partners: ... Borneo Research Council, Inc. Phillips, US Authors: Colfer, CJP; Limberg, G.; Resosudarmo, IAP; Dennis, RA. Topic: ...

Research paper thumbnail of Women's place is not in the forest: gender issues in a timber management project in Bolivia

The equitable forest: diversity, …, 2005

In this chapter, the complexity of community expectations about the implementation of the BOLFOR ... more In this chapter, the complexity of community expectations about the implementation of the BOLFOR forest management project in Santa Maria village, a campesino community within an indigenous territory in Bolivia. The ways men and women perceive the forest, the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Bureaucrats, Budgets, and the BIA: Segmentary Opposition in a Residential School

Research paper thumbnail of The moral basis for conservation - reflections on Dickmanet al

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Social learning: A knowledge and capacity building approach for adaptive co-management of contested landscapes

Research paper thumbnail of The Complex Forest

Research paper thumbnail of Life and Learning in an American Town: Quilcene, Washington

ABSTRACT The federal Experimental Schools (ES) project was not successful in the rural school dis... more ABSTRACT The federal Experimental Schools (ES) project was not successful in the rural school district of Quilcene, Washington. The ES project was not helped by the pervasive and powerful social split between "public employees" and "locals." Each group had its own world-views, values, symbols, and life styles, and the school provided an arena for their conflict. The schools also served to emphasize and solidify Quilcene's other major social dividers: age-grade and sex. However, school sports activities provided vital school-community coherence. The ES program caused Quilcene residents to feel the pressure of external evaluation and to resent the externally imposed requirements. Still, once the program was in its implementation year, enthusiasm was at a peak. Much-needed plant improvements were made and many new curriculum components (reading improvement, expanded vocational education, career awareness) were implemented. Thereafter, teacher morale remained high but general enthusiasm for the program faded. Administrative conflict continued, resulting in an administrative style change but not a structural change. The sociocultural messages delivered in the school were the same. The cosmetic changes did not really affect education in the district but perhaps less tangible results of the ES program did. (SB)

Research paper thumbnail of Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review

International Forestry Review, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Five Tropical Landscapes, their People and their Governance

This reports the results of an attempt to do multi-scale collaborative landscape management in fi... more This reports the results of an attempt to do multi-scale collaborative landscape management in five tropical countries: Cameroon, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar, and Tanzania, in the late-2000s.

Research paper thumbnail of Guidelines for developing, testing and selecting criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a C & I developer's reference

Research paper thumbnail of Assessing people's perceptions of forests in Danau Sentarum Wildlife reserve

Research paper thumbnail of People Managing Forests

Introduction: History and Conceptual Framework Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Yvonne Byron, with Ravi... more Introduction: History and Conceptual Framework Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Yvonne Byron, with Ravi Prabhu and Eva Wollenberg Section One: Gender and Diversity in Forest Management 1. Gender and Diversity in Assessing Sustainable Forest Management and Human Well-Being: Reflections on Assessment Methods Tests Conducted in Bulungan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Cynthia L. McDougall 2. The Place of Rural Women in the Management of Forest Resources: The Case of Mbalmayo and Neighboring Areas in Cameroon Anne Marie Tiani 3. Changing Gender Relationships and Forest Use: A Case Study from Komassi, Cameroon Katrina Brown and Sandrine Lapuyade Section Two: A Conservation Ethic in Forest Management 4. Traditional Knowledge and Practice of Biodiversity Conservation: The Benuaq Dayak Community of East Kalimantan, Indonesia Mustofa Agung Sardjono and Ismayadi Samsoedin 5. Assessing People's Perceptions of Forests: Research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Joseph Woelfel, Reed L. Wadley, and Emily Harwell 6. In Search of a Conservation Ethic Agus Salim, Mary Ann Brocklesby, Anne Marie Tiani, Bertin Tchikangwa, Mustofa Agung Sardjono, Roberto Porro, Joseph Woelfel, and Carol J. Pierce Colfer Section Three: Security of Intergenerational Access to Resources 7. Intergenerational Equity and Sharing of Benefits in a Developing Island State: Research in Trinidad Mario G nter 8. Assessing Intergenerational Access to Resources: Using Criteria and Indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Reed L. Wadley, Emily Harwell, and Ravi Prabhu 9. Sustainability and Security of Intergenerational Access to Resources: Participatory Mapping Studies in Gabon Norbert Gami and Robert Nasi 10. Soil Fertility and the Generation Gap: The B n of Southern Cameroon Diane Russell and Nicod me Tchamou 11. Access to Resources in Forest-Rich and Forest-Poor Contexts Roberto Porro, Anne Marie Tiani, Bertin Tchikangwa, Mustofa Agung Sardjono, Agus Salim, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, and Mary Ann Brocklesby Section Four: Rights and Responsibilities to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably 12. From 'Participation' to 'Rights and Responsibilities' in Forest Management: Workable Methods and Unworkable Assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Reed L. Wadley 13. Rights and Means to Manage Cooperatively and Equitably: Forest Management among Brazilian Transamazon Colonists Noemi Miyasaka Porro 14. Rights to Manage the Forest Cooperatively and Equitably in Forest-Rich and Forest-Poor Contexts Bertin Tchikangwa, Mary Ann Brocklesby, Anne Marie Tiani, Mustofa Agung Sardjono, Roberto Porro, Agus Salim, and Carol J. Pierce Colfer Section Five: Comparisons: Geograhical and Temporal 15. Sustainable Rural Communities: General Principles and North American Indicators Joseph A. Tainter 16. Forest Cover Change Analysis as a Proxy: Sustainability Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Rona A. Dennis, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, and Atie Puntodewo Conclusion: Concluding Remarks and Next Steps References Index

Research paper thumbnail of Forestry and fishery conflict in Danau Sentarum: Application of an impairment approach

Research paper thumbnail of Forests, women and health: opportunities and challenges for conservation

International Forestry Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Minefields in collaborative collaborative governance

Research paper thumbnail of Social learning: A knowledge and capacity building approach for adaptive co-management of contested landscapes