Assessing forest changes is the baseline requirement for successful forest management. Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) are three essential components…
Authors: Boissiere, M.; Beaudoin, G.; Hofstee, C.; Rafanoharana, S.
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Re-greening Ethiopia: history, challenges and lessons
Publication Year : 2014
In Ethiopia, deforestation rates remain high and the gap between demand and domestic supply of forest products is expanding, even…
Authors: Lemenih, H.; Kassa, H.
Classifying market-based instruments for ecosystem services: A guide to the literature jungle
Publication Year : 2014
The definition and underpinning economic theory of market-based instruments (MBIs) for ecosystem services (ES) are yet unsettled matters. A refinement…
Authors: Pirard, R.; Lapeyre, R.
The challenge of classifying Market-Based Instruments for Ecosystem Services: Diversity of approaches and multidimensionality
Publication Year : 2014
The definition and underpinning economic theory of market-based instruments (MBIs) for ecosystem services (ES) are yet unsettled matters. A refinement…
Authors: Pirard, R.; Lapeyre, R.
Plant diversity management in cocoa agroforestry systems in West and Central Africa—effects of markets and household needs
Publication Year : 2014
Cocoa production in humid forest landscapes has been one of the main cash providers of West and Central African economies.…
Authors: Sonwa, D.J.; Weise, S.F.; Schroth, G.; Janssens, M.J.J.; Shapiro, H.Y.
The new face of debt-peonage in the Bolivian Amazon: social networks and bargaining instruments
Publication Year : 2014
The debt-peonage system is an agreement between patrons and laborers in different economic activities worldwide. A common feature is social…
Authors: Cardona, W.C.; de Jong, W.; Boot, R.G.A; Zuidema, P.A.
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Publication Year : 2014
Land use is regulated through various mixes of command-and-control interventions that directly affect land use via land use restrictions, and…
Authors: Lambin, E.F.; Meyfroidt , P.; Rueda, X.; Blackman, A.; Börner, J.; Cerutti, P.O.; Dietsch, T.; Jungmann, L.; Lamarque, P.; Lister, J.; Walker, N.F.; Wunder, S.
Torrefaction of oil palm mesocarp fiber and their effect on pelletizing
Publication Year : 2013
The optimal condition for the torrefaction of oil palm mesocarp fiber was investigated by response surface methodology. Pelletizing properties of…
Authors: Na, B.-I.; Kim, Y.-H.; Lim, W.-S.; Lee, S.M.; Lee, H.-W.; Lee, J.-W.
