Human impacts on the natural environment have resulted in a steady decline in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. A major…
Authors: Baral, H.; Keenan, R. J.; Sharma, S.K.; Stork, N.E.; Kasel, S.
Articles
Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: costs and income effects
Publication Year : 2014
Despite recent success in reducing forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon, additional forest conservation efforts, for example, through ‘Reducing Emissions…
Authors: Börner, J.; Wunder, S.; Wertz-Kanounnikof, S.; Hyman, G.; Nascimento, N.
Four decades of forest persistence, clearance and logging on Borneo
Publication Year : 2014
The native forests of Borneo have been impacted by selective logging, fire, and conversion to plantations at unprecedented scales since…
Authors: Gaveau, D.L.A.; Sloan, S.; Molidena, E.; Yaen, H.; Sheil, D.; Abram, N. K.; Ancrenaz, M.; Nasi, R.; Quinones, M.; Wielaard, N.; Meijaard, E.
Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project
Publication Year : 2014
The REDD-ALERT (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation from Alternative Land Uses in the Rainforests of the Tropics) project started…
Authors: Matthews, R. B.; van Noordwijk, M.; Lambin, E.F.; Meyfroidt , P.; Gupta, J.; Verchot, L.V.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Veldkamp, E.
Land-use planning in the Moluccas: What of customary tenure security?
Publication Year : 2014
Governments use spatial planning as a public policy tool, in a statutory system for regulating development and the use of…
Authors: Durey, L.; Mwangi, E.
Limits to indigenous participation: The Agta and the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, the Philippines
Publication Year : 2014
Increased attention for indigenous rights in relation to nature conservation has in the Philippines resulted in legislation formalizing indigenous peoples…
Authors: Minter, T.; van der Ploeg, J.; Pedrablanca, M.; Sunderland, T.C.H.; Persoon, G.A.
Assessment and prediction of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forest concessions using field measurements and remote sensing data: Case study in South East Cameroon
Publication Year : 2014
Within the framework of the current REDD + initiative,1 there is an urgent need for information to guide the development…
Authors: Neba, G.A.; Kanninen, M.; Atyi, R.E.; Sonwa, D.J.
Coming down from the trees: is terrestrial activity in Bornean orangutans natural or disturbance driven?
Publication Year : 2014
The orangutan is the world’s largest arboreal mammal, and images of the red ape moving through the tropical forest canopy…
Authors: Ancrenaz, M.; Sollmann, R.; Meijaard, E; Hearn, A.J.; Ross, J.; Samejima, H.; Loken, B.; Cheyne, S.M.; Stark, D.J.; Gardner, P.C.; Goossens, B.; Mohamed, A.; Bohm, T.; Matsuda, I.; Nakabayasi, M.; Lee, S.K.; Bernard, H.; Brodie, J.; Wich, S.; Fredriksson, G.M.; Hanya, G.; Harrison, M.E.; Kanamori, T.; Kretzschmar, P.; Macdonald, D. W.; Riger, P.; Spehar, S.; Ambu, L.N.; Wilting, A.
Carbon storage in tropical forests correlates with taxonomic diversity and functional dominance on a global scale
Publication Year : 2014
Aim: We examined (1) the relationships between aboveground tropical forest C storage, biodiversity and environmental drivers and (2) how these…
Authors: Cavanaugh, K.C.; Gosnell, J.S.; Davis, S.L.; Ahumada, J.; Boundja, P.; Clark, D.B.; Mugerwa, B.; Jansen, P.A.; O'Brien, T.G.; Rovero, F.; Sheil, D.; Vasquez, R.; Andelman, S.J.