Background A large proportion of the worlds tropical peatlands occur in Indonesia where rapid conversion and associated losses of carbon,…
Authors: Warren, M.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Kauffman, J.B.; Murdiyarso, D.; Kolka, R.
Articles
Comparing tools to predict REDD+ conservation costs to Amazon smallholders
Publication Year : 2017
Payments for environmental services (PES) are compensating landowners or resource stewards for safeguarding ecosys-tem externalities not accounted for in the…
Authors: Kim-Bakkegaard, R.; Jacobsen, J.B.; Wunder, S.; Thorsen, B.J.
Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15-22)
Publication Year : 2017
This viewpoint paper presents a reaction to the article by Brandt et al. (2016). It highlights the complexities inherent to…
Authors: Karsenty, A.; Romero, C.; Cerutti, P.O.; Doucet, J-L.; Putz F.E.; Bernard, C.S.; Eba'a Atyi, R.; Douard, P.; Claeys, F.; Desbureaux, S.; Ezzine-de-Blas, D.; Fayolle, A.; Fomété, T.; Forni, E.; Gond, V.; Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Kleinschroth, F.; Mortier, F.; Nasi, R.; Nguinguiri, J-C.; Vermeulen, C.; de Wasseige, C.
The trade-offs in multi-purpose land use
Publication Year : 2017
Ecosystem health is directly addressed in several SDGs, while it is an implicit requirement in others. With an expanding population…
Authors: Vlek, P.L.G.; Azadi, H.; Bhaduri, A.; Bharati, L.; Braimoh, A.K.; Martius, C.; Sunderland, T.C.H.; Taheri, F.
The feasibility of local participation in Measuring, Reporting and Verification (PMRV) for REDD+
Publication Year : 2017
The studies in this PLOS ONE collection investigated the feasibility of community participation in Measuring, Reporting and Verifying (Participatory MRVPMRV)…
Authors: Boissiere, M.; Herold, M.; Atmadja, S.; Sheil, D.
A methodological approach for assessing cross-site landscape change: Understanding socio-ecological systems
Publication Year : 2017
The expansion of agriculture has resulted in large-scale habitat loss, the fragmentation of forests, significant losses in biological diversity and…
Authors: Sunderland, T.C.H.; Abdoulaye, R.; Ahammad, R.; Asaha, S.; Baudron, F.; Deakin, E.L.; Duriaux, J-Y.; Eddy, I.; Foli, S.; Gumbo, D.; Khatun, K.; Kondwani, M.; Kshatriya, M.; Leonald, L.; Rowland, D.; Stacey, N.; Tomscha, S.; Yang, K.; Gergel, S.; Van Vianen, J.
Review of the diversity of palm oil production systems in Indonesia: Case study of two provinces: Riau and Jambi
Publication Year : 2017
This paper proposes an overview of the development of oil palm production in Indonesia combining two levels: (i) a national…
Authors: Baudoin, A.; Bosc, P-M; Bessou, C.; Levang, P.
Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.
Publication Year : 2017
Although REDD+ is approaching its 10th anniversary, major impacts in terms of reduced forest loss are hard to document. Conservation…
Authors: Angelsen, A.; Brockhaus, M.; Duchelle, A.E.; Larson, A.M.; Martius, C.; Sunderlin, W.D.; Verchot, L.V.; Wong, G.; Wunder, S.
Land-use dynamics influence estimates of carbon sequestration potential in tropical second-growth forest
Publication Year : 2017
Many countries have made major commitments to carbon sequestration through reforestation under the Paris Climate Agreement, and recent studies have…
Authors: Schwartz, N.B.; Uriarte, M.; DeFries, R.; Gutierrez-Velez, V.H.; Pinedo-Vasquez, M.
Sub-Saharan Africa’s invisible timber markets
Publication Year : 2017
Artisanal timber producers and traders fly largely under the radar in the region, and there is a clear need for…
Authors: Cerutti, P.O.; Eba'a Atyi, R.; Essiane-Mendoula, E.; Gumbo, D.J.; Moombe, K.B.; Tsanga, R.; Walker, J.