Collective land tenure in Colombia has been a constitutional right since 1991. It is therefore protected with the highest possible…
Authors: Ortiz-Guerrero, C.; Herrera Arango, J.; Guaqueta Solórzano, V.; Ramos Barón, P.
Articles
Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects
Publication Year : 2018
Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) was originally conceived to address the global problem of climate change…
Authors: Myers, R.; Larson, A.M.; Ravikumar, A.; Kowler, L.F.; Yang, A.L.; Trench, T.
Participatory monitoring to connect local and global priorities for forest restoration
Publication Year : 2018
New, global initiatives to restore forest landscapes present an unparalleled opportunity to reverse deforestation and forest degradation. Participatory monitoring could…
Authors: Evans, K.; Guariguata, M.R.; Brancalion, P.H.S.
Adaptation to Climate Change in Panchase Mountain Ecological Regions of Nepal
Publication Year : 2018
Rural mountain communities in developing countries are considered particularly vulnerable to environmental change, including climate change. Forests and agriculture provide…
Authors: Adhikari, S.; Baral, H.; Nitschke, C.
From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services
Publication Year : 2018
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) constitute an innovative economic intervention to counteract the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions.…
Authors: Wunder, S.; Brouwer, R.; Engel, S.; Ezzine-de-Blas, D.; Muradian, R.; Pascual, U.; Pinto, R.
A review of land-based greenhouse gas flux estimates in Indonesia
Publication Year : 2018
This study examines underlying reasons for differences among land-based greenhouse gas flux estimates in Indonesia, where six national inventories reported…
Authors: Austin, K.G.; Harris, N.L.; Wijaya, A.; Murdiyarso, D.; Harvey, T.J.; Stolle, F.; Kasibhatia, P.
Le genre Entandrophragma (Meliaceae): Taxonomie et écologie darbres africains dintérêt économique (synthèse bibliographique)
Publication Year : 2018
Introduction. Les espèces darbres du genre Entandrophragma font lobjet dune attention toute particulière de la part des exploitants forestiers et…
Authors: Kasongo Yakusu, E.; Monthe, F.S.; Bourland, N.; Hardy, O.J.; Louppe, D.; Bola Mbele Lokanda, F.; Hubau, W.; Kahindo Muhongya, J.M.; Van den Bulcke, J.; Van Acker, J.; Beeckman, H.
Tropical forest canopies and their relationships with climate and disturbance: results from a global dataset of consistent field-based measurements
Publication Year : 2018
Canopy structure, defined by leaf area index (LAI), fractional vegetation cover (FCover) and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR),…
Authors: Pfeifer, M.; Gonsamo, A.; Woodgate, W.; Cayuela, L.; Marshall, A.R.; Ledo, A.; Paine, T.C.E.; Marchant, R.; Burt, A.; Calders, K.; Courtney-Mustaphi, C.; Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Deere, N.J.; Denu, D.; de Tanago, J.G.; Hayward, R.; Lau, A.; Macía, M.J.; Olivier, P.I.; Pellikka, P.; Seki, H.; Shirima, D.; Trevithick, R.; Wedeux, B.; Wheeler, C.; Munishi, P.K.T.; Martin, T.; Mustari, A.; Platts, P.J.
Oportunidades y desafíos para la gobernanza de la restauración del paisaje forestal en América Latina
Publication Year : 2018
Los recientes compromisos internacionales adquiridos en el contexto de la restauración de áreas degradadas y deforestadas han catalizado un movimiento…
Authors: Schweizer, D.; Meli, P.; Brancalion, P.H.S.; Guariguata, M.R.
Decision support tools for forest landscape restoration: Current status and future outlook
Publication Year : 2018
Decision-making bodies at all scales face an urgent need to conserve remaining forests, and reestablish forest cover in deforested and…
Authors: Chazdon, R.L.; Guariguata, M.R.