Over the past decade, the Brazilian government has actively promoted oil palm in the Amazon biome as an alternative biodiesel…
Authors: Brandão, F.; Schoneveld, G.
Articles
Aprovechamiento y mercados de la madera en el norte amazónico de Bolivia
Publication Year : 2015
En Bolivia, en las últimas dos décadas, han ocurrido importantes cambios en el reconocimiento de derechos de acceso y uso…
Authors: Cano-Cardona, W.; Van de Rijt, A.; de Jong, W.; Pacheco, P.
Endurance and Adaptation of Community Forest Management in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Publication Year : 2015
Despite regional deforestation threats, the state of Quintana Roo has maintained over 80% of its territory in forests. Community forest…
Authors: Ellis, E.A.; Kainer, K.A.; Sierra-Huelsz, J.A.; Negreros-Castillo, P.; Rodriguez-Ward, D.; DiGiano, M.
Actores, aprovechamiento de madera y mercados en la Amazonía peruana
Publication Year : 2015
El comercio de la madera en la Amazonía peruana descansa en una extensa red de actores que articula a pequeños…
Authors: Mejia, E.; Cano, W.; de Jong, W.; Pacheco, P.; Tapia, S.; Morocho, J.
Are alternative livelihood projects effective at reducing local threats to specified elements of biodiversity and/or improving or maintaining the conservation status of those elements?
Publication Year : 2015
Background Alternative livelihood projects are used by a variety of organisations as a tool for achieving biodiversity conservation. However, despite…
Authors: Roe, D.; Booker, F.; Day, M.; Zhou, W.; Allebone-Webb, S.; Hill, N.A.O.; Kumpel, N.; Petrokofsky, G.; Redford, K.H.; Russell, D.; Shepherd, G.; Wright, J.; Sunderland, T.C.H.
Improving economic outcomes for smallholders growing teak in agroforestry systems in Indonesia
Publication Year : 2015
Authors: Rohadi, D.; Herawati, T.; Lastini, T.
Adaptation policies and synergies with REDD+ in Democratic Republic of Congo: Context, challenges and perspectives
Publication Year : 2015
The countries in the Congo Basin are poor and vulnerable and, as such, suffer from the negative effects of climate…
Authors: Kengoum Djiegni, F.
Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector
Publication Year : 2015
Evolving international sustainability norms demand greater environmental and social responsibility from business across global commodity chains – from countries of…
Authors: Gnych, S.; Limberg, G.; Paoli, G.
Shift in herders’ territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
Publication Year : 2015
In Burkina Faso, livestock sedentarization programmes are still at the top of policy makers agendas and at the heart of…
Authors: Gonin, A.; Gautier, D.
Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services
Publication Year : 2016
The ecosystem services concept has been proposed as a response to threats to biodiversity. It is based on a utilitarian…
Authors: Pedrono, M.; Locatelli, B.; Ezzine-de-Blas, D.; Pesche, D.; Morand, S.; Binot, A.