Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests: phase 1. Final Report

Prabhu, R., Colfer, C.J.P., Venkateswarlu, P., Tan, L.C., Soekmadi, R., Wollenberg, E. 1996. Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests: phase 1. Final Report . Bogor, Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. CIFOR. 217p. ISBN: 979-8764-03-X..

This report documents the conduct of the first field tests of criteria and indicators (C&I) at the forest management unit level. Interdisciplinary and international teams of five persons conducted tests of five sets of C&I in four countries (Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, and Cote d’Ivoire). This report provides a description of the methods used, a thorough analysis of the findings, a combined generic template of C&I dealing with production forestry, policy, social and ecological issues, based on the groups’ results.