Publication Year : 1998
Publication Year : 1998
One of the objectives of the STREK project was to propose silvicultural methods able to increase forest production, especially in…
Authors: Bertault, J-G.; Sist, P.; Nguyen-The, N.
Publication Year : 2000
The economy of the northern Bolivian Amazon has historically been based on rubber and other non-timber forest products (NTFPs). In…
Authors: Stoian, D.; Henkemans, A.
Publication Year : 1998
Phenological observations have been carried out on all the dipterocarps (except the genera Vatica and Hopea) recorded on 20 ha…
Authors: Nguyen-The, N.; Sist, P.
Publication Year : 2000
This paper summarises the results of a study on the growth of 17 timber species that are commonly logged in…
Authors: Durrieu de Madron, L.; Nasi, R.; Detienne, P.
Publication Year : 1998
Tropical forests are decreasing at the rate of 16.9 million hectares per year due mainly to clearing for agriculture and…
Authors: Kobayashi, S.
Publication Year : 1999
This paper examines the causes of agricultural land expansion and deforetstion in Tanzania. In the theoretical section, two different —…
Authors: Angelsen, A.; Shitindi, E.F.K.; Aarrestad, Johnstein
Publication Year : 2000
Forests are a vital and productive resource able to contribute sustainably to the quality of human life in multiple ways.…
Authors: Sayer, J.A.
Publication Year : 2000
Deforestation and woodland degradation are issues of great concern in Zimbabwe. Debate on these issues has identified a number of…
Authors: Chipika, J.T.; Kowero, G.
Publication Year : 2000
The rate of forest clearing by small farmers in the humid forest zone (HFZ) of Cameroon increased significantly in a…
Authors: Sunderlin, W.D.; Ndoye, O.; Bikie, H.
Publication Year : 2000
Previous studies of deforestation have focused on agriculture, population and migration, timber exploitation, macroeconomic policies and geographic factors to explain…
Authors: Sunderlin, W.D.; Wunder, S.