This paper describes the experiences and lessons learned in applying a multi-agent systems (MAS) model to study the dynamics and…
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Agrarian change, cattle ranching and deforestation: Assessing their linkages in Southern Para
Publication Year : 2009
In this paper, I illustrate the dynamics of frontier development in the Redencao area in southern Para, one of the…
Authors: Pacheco, P.
Increasing the efficiency of forest conservation: The case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica
Publication Year : 2009
Authors: Engel, S.; Wunscher, T.; Wunder, S.
Out of the loop: Why research rarely reaches policy makers and the public and what can be done
Publication Year : 2009
Most of the worlds population that derives their livelihoods or part of their livelihoods from forests are out of the…
Authors: Shanley, P.; Lopez, C.
How successful is tree growing for smallholders in the Amazon?
Publication Year : 2009
Growing trees outside forests can generate rural income and rehabilitate degraded lands. The characteristics of existing smallholder tree growing in…
Authors: Hoch, L.; Pokorny B.; de Jong, W.
Participatory forest management and its impacts on livelihoods and forest status: the case of Bonga forest in Ethiopia
Publication Year : 2009
The forest resources in Ethiopia have suffered decades of mismanagement due mainly to loosely defined property relations over these resources.…
Authors: Gobeze, T.; Bekele, M.; Lemenih, H.; Kassa, H.
Community forest management for timber extraction in the Amazon frontier
Publication Year : 2009
Amazonian communities have the potential for improving their livelihoods by efficiently managing their forest resources. However, there is limited understanding…
Authors: Medina, G.; Pokorny B.; Campbell, B.M.
Sumatra’s rubber agroforests: advent, rise and fall of a sustainable cropping system
Publication Year : 2009
Until the end of the nineteenth century primary forests covered nearly all the island of Sumatra. The first valorisation of…
Authors: Feintrenie, L.; Levang, P.
Seeing the forest as more than its trees: local stakeholders perceptions of natural forest benefits in Gorontalo, Indonesia
Publication Year : 2009
Gorontalos tropical forest is of global importance and is the last stronghold for conserving Sulawesis unique biodiversity. However, implementation of…
Authors: Kartikasari, S.N.; Rixecker, S.; Espiner, S.R.; Colfer C. J. P.