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  A preliminary assessment of timber requirements for Aceh's reconstruction, and its implications

  Greenomics Indonesia, 2005

  In the aftermath of the tsunami, this study assesses the amount of timber required to provide temporary barrack accommodation, low cost permanent housing and reconstruction of public buildings, as well as for rebuilding the fishing fleet during the emergency response and reconstruction in the Province of Aceh.The study finds :4 to 8 million cubic meters of logs will be needed for the r
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  Report on biodiversity and tropical forests in Indonesia

  International Resources Group, 2004

  This report provides an assessment of the status of forests and biological diversity in Indonesia.
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  Natural resource conflict management case studies: an analysis of power, participation and protected areas

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This report presents a collection of case studies which focus on processes of conflict management and resolution and the different ways and means that conflicts are addressed.
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  Building effective co-management systems for decentralized protected areas management in Indonesia: Bunaken National Park case study

  International Resources Group, 2004

  This report details recent progress towards the effective decentralised co-management of Bunaken National Park, Indonesia. Bunaken National Park is home to some of the richest marine biodiversity in the world, with over 1000 species of coral reef fish from 175 different families.The report consists of seven chapters.
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  Institutionalising participation and people-centred processes in natural resource management: research and publications highlights

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  This report presents background and rationale for the IIED's action research on institutionalising participatory approaches and people centred processes in natural resource management.
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  Greasy palms – palm oil, the environment and big business

  Friends of the Earth, 2003

  This report summarises two separate Friends of the Earth reports on, respectively, the increasing demand for palm oil in developed countries, and the social and environmental impacts of palm oil cultivation in Southeast Asia - focussing particularly on Indonesia.
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  Mangroves: local livelihoods vs. corporate profits

  World Rainforest Movement, 2003

  This book gathers a selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of mangrove forests and the struggles developed at the local and global levels to protect and use these forests in a socially equitable and environmentally adequate manner.The articles give an overview of
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  Tropical wildfires pose new threat to coral reefs

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  This article reports on two reports in Science, the full text of which can be accessed from SciDev. The first of the Science reports provides evidence that the Indonesian forest fires created a 'red tide' when smoke from the fires landing on water increased the iron levels in the sea. The red tide suffocated the corals and seems to have caused serious damage to the reefs around the wildfires.
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  From subsidy to sustainability: cost recovery challenges in urban water supply

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Although water is increasingly seen as an economic good, the issue of cost recovery for water supply and sanitation is far from straightforward. Poor households are in some places reluctant or unable to pay for networked services while in others they pay far more for informally-provided water supplies.
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  Caffeine and conservation

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  Overproduction of coffee and low coffee prices have resulted in a global crisis affecting the people and biodiversity of many tropical countries. The authors, from the Wildlife Conservation Society in Indonesia, describe expanding production of low-quality robusta coffee, which contributes to low prices and lowland deforestation, but is not improving the livelihood of local farmers.

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