The development of appropriate ecological criteria and indicators for community forest conservation using participatory methods: A case study in northeastern Thailand

Gomontean, Bhuvadol; Gajaseni, Jiragorn; Edwards‐Jones, Gareth; Gajaseni, Nantana

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.08.006

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“…This study applied the AHP method to assess the criteria related to basin environmental vulnerability, and to create a framework for evaluating the relative degree of basin environmental vulnerability. The AHP can simplify a complex system into a series of pair-wise comparisons and a numeric nine-point scale (Noble and Sanchez 1993;Mendoza and Prabhu 2000;Gomontean et al 2008). The pair-wise comparison technique plays a significant role in the evaluation of the relative weights and importance levels of different criteria.…”

Section: Analytical Hierarchy Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using the analytical hierarchy process to assess the environmental vulnerabilities of basins in Taiwan

Chang

Chao

2011

Environ Monit Assess

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Every year, Taiwan endures typhoons and earthquakes; these natural hazards often induce landslides and debris flows. Therefore, watershed management strategies must consider the environmental vulnerabilities of local basins. Because many factors affect basin ecosystems, this study applied multiple criteria analysis and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to evaluate seven criteria in three phases (geographic phase, hydrologic phase, and societal phase). This study focused on five major basins in Taiwan: the Tan-Shui River Basin, the Ta-Chia River Basin, the Cho-Shui River Basin, the Tseng-Wen River Basin, and the Kao-Ping River Basin. The objectives were a comprehensive examination of the environmental characteristics of these basins and a comprehensive assessment of their environmental vulnerabilities. The results of a survey and AHP analysis showed that landslide area is the most important factor for basin environmental vulnerability. Of all these basins, the Cho-Shui River Basin in central Taiwan has the greatest environmental vulnerability.

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Using the analytical hierarchy process to assess the environmental vulnerabilities of basins in Taiwan

Chang

Chao

2011

Environ Monit Assess

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“…MCDM has been identified in previous studies to be a pertinent method to use with experts (Mendoza and Prabhu, 2000b;Mendoza and Prabhu, 2000a;Andrada II and Calderon, 2008;Gomontean et al, 2008). It can save time to begin from a generic set and to modify it afterwards with local experts instead of generating new lists of indicators from scratch.…”

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“…The participants could eliminate, modify and add elements to the set. Three tools were used during these workshops: rankings, ratings and pairwise comparisons, following the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) application guidelines from CIFOR (CIFOR, 1999a), and its applications (Mendoza and Prabhu, 2000a;Mendoza and Prabhu, 2000b;Andrada II and Calderon, 2008;Gomontean et al, 2008;Ritchie et al, 2000). The proceeding lead to one final C&I set per workshop.…”

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Setting Up Locally Appropriate Ecological Criteria and Indicators to Evaluate Sustainable Forest Management in Dinh Hoa District (Northern Vietnam)

Stier¹,

Lax²,

Krug³

2012

Sustainable Forest Management - Case Studies

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“…Furthermore, the AHP has been used to choose and prioritise the C&I of sustainability [97][98][99], assess the sustainability of forest management plans [100] and analyze the participation of stakeholders [101]. In addition, statistical modelling techniques have been developed that enable the analysis of uncertainties of pairwise comparisons data [90,102,103].…”

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Decision Support in Assessing the Sustainable Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - A Comparative Review

Myllyviita¹,

Hujala²,

Kangas³

et al. 2011

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Various decision support methods are used to support the sustainable use of natural resources, but there is little evidence about these methods' actual performances. In this study, 35 carefully selected papers assessing the sustainable use of natural resources were evaluated. The evaluated papers utilized one of the following methods: optimization, costbenefit analysis (CBA) and monetary valuation methods, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) or hybrid approaches. Each method supported sustainability in a different manner. Optimization and CBA case studies rarely involved stakeholders and social sustainability was less processed. Monetary valuation case studies showed a regular participation of the general public, but in a passive role. Experts and stakeholders with an active role were typical participants in MCDA and hybrid case studies. Internationally and nationally defined indicators of sustainability were scarcely used because indicators were frequently defined by stakeholders or the authors of the studied papers. It was presumed that international and national indicators were unsuitable for local use. Sustainability indicators typically took both the quantitative and qualitative form, including gaps and uncertainties. MCDA could be a suitable method for assessing sustainability because it has no strict requirements on the form of the data, and the participation of stakeholders is comprehensive. For the problem structuring phase, however, MCDA might not provide efficient tools. The ideal method for assessing the sustainable use of natural resources could be a hybrid of two methods with different approaches: qualitative methods could be used in the problem structuring process, whereas quantitative methods could be used when priorities and thresholds are assessed.

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The development of appropriate ecological criteria and indicators for community forest conservation using participatory methods: A case study in northeastern Thailand

Cited by 31 publications

References 33 publications

Using the analytical hierarchy process to assess the environmental vulnerabilities of basins in Taiwan

Using the analytical hierarchy process to assess the environmental vulnerabilities of basins in Taiwan

Setting Up Locally Appropriate Ecological Criteria and Indicators to Evaluate Sustainable Forest Management in Dinh Hoa District (Northern Vietnam)

Decision Support in Assessing the Sustainable Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - A Comparative Review

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