This scoping study aims to give a preliminary overview of historical land uses, the underlying drivers of land-use change and…
Authors: Asaha, S.; Deakin, E.L.
Articles
Drivers and effects of agrarian change in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Publication Year : 2016
This chapter examines the potential of the Kapuas Hulu Regency in West Kalimantan as a study site to examine the…
Authors: Leonald, L.; Rowland, D.
Historical drivers of landscape and dietary change in an agricultural frontier: Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, Siuna, Nicaragua
Publication Year : 2016
Deforestation in Central America’s rain forests is a growing problem that is typically attributed to the expansion of the agricultural…
Authors: Hansen, L.; Innes, J.; Powell, B.; Bulkan, J.; Gergel, S.; Eddy, I.
Forest and agrarian change in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh
Publication Year : 2016
This chapter examines forest and agricultural land-use changes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of Bangladesh. The CHT region…
Authors: Ahammad, R.; Stacey, N.
Agrarian changes in the Nyimba District of Zambia
Publication Year : 2016
Over the past decade issues pertaining to land sharing/land sparing have gained some space in the debate on the study…
Authors: Gumbo, D.J.; Mumba, K.Y.; Kaliwile, M.M.; Moombe, K.B.; Mfuni, T.I.
Drivers and outcomes of changing land use in parkland agroforestry systems of central Burkina Faso
Publication Year : 2016
This study was conducted in central Burkina Faso, Ziro province, in December 2014. Its purpose was to identify research sites…
Authors: Foli, S.; Abdoulaye, R.
Conclusions: Agrarian change – a change for the better?
Publication Year : 2016
Perceived wisdom suggests that rural communities with better access to markets, transportation and intensive agricultural systems are better fed and…
Authors: Sunderland, T.C.H.; Deakin, E.L.; Kshatriya, M.
How do the heterotrophic and the total soil respiration of an oil palm plantation on peat respond to nitrogen fertilizer application?
Publication Year : 2016
Increasing oil palm (OP) plantation establishment on tropical peatlands over the last few decades has major implications for the global…
Authors: Comeau, L.-P.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Hartill, J.; Smith, J.; Verchot, L.V.; Peak, D.; Salim, M.A.
Ecosystem Services and Climate Change
Publication Year : 2016
Ecosystem services play an important role in strategies for tackling climate change: mitigation and adaptation (Turner et al., 2009). Mitigation…
Authors: Locatelli, B.
Indonesia’s Forest Management Units: Effective intermediaries in REDD + implementation?
Publication Year : 2016
Previous literature encouraged a hybrid institutional approach for REDD + implementation, where clear government policies help reconcile the rules, regulations…
Authors: Kim, Y.S.; Bae, J.S.; Fisher, L.A.; Latifah, S.; Afifi, M.; Lee, S.M.; Kim, I.-A.