Robin R Sears

Biographic Data

ID76216
NAMERobin R Sears
GIVEN NAMESRobin R
FAMILY NAMESears
SIGNATURESEARS R R
AFFILIATIONSColumbia University
ORCID0000-0002-8925-1441
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS115
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX4

  • Challenges to smallholder forestry policy reform on a postindustrial logging frontier

    Open AccessM Cromberg, Peter Cronkleton et al.ARTICLEThe International Forestry Review2023

    In 2013, policy makers from the Brazilian State of Amapá launched regulatory reforms intended to streamline options to formalize smallholder forest management. This paper reviews that policy reform process and analyses observations from local stakeholders to identify lessons for the promotion of smallholder forestry. In 2014, 2017 and 2021, interviews were conducted with family timber producers and sawmill operators in floodplain communities and …

  • Evaluating the Impacts of a Small-Grants Program on Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation in Andean Forest Landscapes

    Open AccessSelene Báez, Meagan Mazzarino et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2020

    International sustainable development and conservation agendas can help regional decision makers to frame their own agendas. Agendas can guide programs and initiatives that drive funding and capacity development for research, and the research, in turn, provides knowledge, evidence, capacity building, and impetus for action. Deficits in research capacity, knowledge, and funding confound efforts on the impact pathway from agenda to outcome. Small-g…

  • Farm-forestry in the Peruvian Amazon and the feasibility of its regulation through forest policy reform

    Open AccessRobin R Sears, Peter Cronkleton et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2017Cited by: 3References: 5

    In 2015 the Peruvian government launched a new set of regulations associated with the forest law aimed to increase competiveness of the timber sector, ensure the conservation and sustainable production of timber on public and private forestlands, and improve rural livelihoods. Small-scale timber producers have been marginalized in the sector in the past, and the new regulations claim to provide pathways to formalization for these actors. We draw …

  • Forest Policy Reform and the Organization of Logging in Peruvian Amazonia

    Open AccessRobin R Sears, Miguel Pinedo-VasquezARTICLEDevelopment and Change2011Cited by: 7References: 27

    Reform in the forest sector in Peru resulted in a new forestry law, developed with substantial input from international conservation and donor organizations. While it incorporates the principles of sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement, inconsistencies remain between the regulatory mechanisms and actual practices and outcomes in the field, leading some to consider the legal framework a failure. This a…

  • Urban Forest and Rural Cities

    Open AccessChristine Padoch, E S Brondizio et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2008Cited by: 83References: 5

    Padoch, C., E. Brondizio, S. Costa, M. Pinedo-Vasquez, R. R. Sears, and A. Siqueira. 2008. Urban forest and rural cities: multi-sited households, consumption patterns, and forest resources in Amazonia. Ecology and Society 13(2): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02526-130202

  • Amazon Forestry Transformed

    Open AccessRobin R Sears, Christine Padoch et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2008Cited by: 15References: 3

  • Amazon Forestry Tranformed

    Open AccessRobin R Sears, Christine Padoch et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2007Cited by: 7References: 31