Prioritizing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory decision making
This paper describes an application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in assessing criteria and indicators (C&I) as measures of sustainable forest management. C&I elements are organised in hierarchical manner around the three general concepts, namely: Principle, Criteria and Indicators. These elements are prioritised based on their perceived relative importance values. These values are calculated using pairwise comparisons of the C&I elements following the principles of the AHP. Pairwise comparisons were obtained from experts representing various disciplines related to forest management. C&I analysis is done at different levels in the hierarchy. To demonstrate the method, a C&I assessment case study involves a forest located in Kalimantan, Indonesia. A generic set of C&I is used as a benchmark. AHP is used to calculate the relative weights of each C&I, prioritize them, and ultimately select a final set of C&I to be used in assessing the sustainability of the forest.
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| Format: | Book Chapter biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Embrapa Amazonia Oriental and CIFOR
2001
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| Subjects: | sustainability, forest management, criteria, indicators, analysis, case studies, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18343 https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/864 |
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