We placed camera traps for a month at sixty locations in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to determine the species composition…
Authors: Mugerwa, B.; Sheil, D.; Ssekiranda, P.; Heist, M. V.; Ezuma, P.
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Assessment of deforestation drivers and national carbon emissions using remote sensing analysis
Publication Year : 2012
Reference levels (RLs) are key points that determine the starting point of carbon credits payment within REDD+ framework. This work…
Authors: Wijaya, A.; Romijn, E.; Rahman, S.; Herold, M.
Knowledge and brokerage in REDD+ policy making: A Policy networks analysis of the case of Tanzania
Publication Year : 2012
As various countries are preparing their national REDD+ strategies, balancing different types of knowledge and interests for legitimate and effective…
Authors: Rantala, S.
Will REDD+ work ?: The need for interdisciplinary research to address key challenges
Publication Year : 2012
In this article, we draw on the contributions to this issue to address the question Will REDD+ work?. We do…
Authors: Visseren-Hamakers, I.J.; Gupta, A.K.; Herold, M.; Peña-Claros, M.; Vijge, M.J.
The contribution of bamboo to household income and rural livelihoods in a poor and mountainous county in Guangxi, China
Publication Year : 2013
Despite becoming one of Chinas fastest expanding and most valuable forest land uses, bamboos role in livelihoods and rural development…
Authors: Hogarth, N.J.; Belcher, B.
Governance and sustainability challenges in landscapes shaped by mining: mining-forestry linkages and impacts in the Copper Belt of Zambia and the DR Congo
Publication Year : 2012
The recent increase in global demand for copper raw materials has contributed to rising of commodity prices and a scramble…
Authors: Mwitwa, J.; German, L.; Muimba-Kankolongo, A.; Puntodewo, A.
Envisioning the future and learning from the past: adapting to a changing environment in northern Mali
Publication Year : 2013
In West Africa, rural livelihoods depending on natural resources develop coping and adapting strategies to face climate variability or change…
Authors: Brockhaus, M.; Djoudi, H.; Locatelli, B.
Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change
Publication Year : 2012
Ecosystems provide important services that can help people adapt to climate variability and change. Recognizing this role of ecosystems, several…
Authors: Pramova, E.; Locatelli, B.; Djoudi, H.; Somorin, O.A.
Changes in carbon stocks and greenhouse gas balance in a coffee (Coffea arabica) monoculture versus an agroforestry system with Inga densiflora, in Costa Rica
Publication Year : 2012
Agroforestry represents an opportunity to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere by increasing carbon (C) stocks in agricultural lands. Agroforestry…
Authors: Hergoualc'h, K.; Blanchart, E.; Skiba, U.; Henault, C.; Harmand, J.M.
A review of two payment schemes for watershed services from China and Vietnam: the interface of government control and PES theory
Publication Year : 2012
China and Vietnam have developed some of the most ambitious payments for ecosystem services (PES) initiatives for watershed conservation and…
Authors: Kolinjivadi, V. K.; Sunderland, T.