Strategic planning - overviews

Center for International Forestry Research. Anticipating Change: Scenarios as a Tool for Adaptive Forest Management, A useful guide for forest foresight. Center for International Forestry Research. (available at http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/acm/methods/fs.html.)
This manual is about how people can use future scenarios to better prepare for change and uncertainty. The adaptive collaborative management program at the CIFOR have written about and provide some tools for using scenario planning in forestry management. Many other documents are available from the Internet: Global scenarios for tropical forests, Global scenarios for Tropical Medium Term Plan 2002-2004, Biodiversity Planning Support Programme.
FOREN Network. Prospective et vision à long terme dans le développement régional. (available at http://foren.jrc.es/Docs/ArticleJPGFSn56/MET1F565Farhi.pdf.)
Les auteurs proposent une approche spécifique de la prospective régionale et soulignent les efforts d�un réseau européen réunissant 26 organisations qui travaille à l�élaboration d�un guide sur les règles générales de la prospective à l�usage des décideurs politiques et des prévisionnistes.
josephcoates.com. Futures Study Resources and Web Links. (available at http://josephcoates.com/resources.html.)
This site provides an important resource and web links to other organizations and research Centers: University Programs and Research Centers, Various Future Related Sites, Government Sites, Publications, eZines, and Forums and others.
last updated: Thursday, October 27, 2005