International Journal of Forestry Research
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 451362, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/451362
Research Article

Exploring Partnerships between Local Communities and Timber Companies: An Experiment Using the Role-Playing Games Approach

Herry Purnomo,1 Philippe Guizol,2 and Guillermo A. Mendoza3

1Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Department of Forest Management, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
2Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) and Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor 16000, Indonesia
3Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Received 1 October 2008; Revised 19 December 2008; Accepted 19 January 2009

Academic Editor: Guofan Shao

Copyright © 2009 Herry Purnomo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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