Over the past decade, rubber cultivation has expanded throughout the Mekong region, from established centers of production in Thailand, China…
Authors: Kenney-Lazar, M.
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Assessment of governance mechanism, livelihood outcomes and incentive Instruments for green Rubber in the Lao PDR
Publication Year : 2016
Over the past decade, rubber cultivation has expanded throughout the Mekong region, from established centers of production in Thailand, China…
Authors: Kenney-Lazar, M.
Hotspots of gross emissions from the land use sector: patterns, uncertainties, and leading emission sources for the period 2000-2005 in the tropics
Publication Year : 2016
According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), emissions must be cut by 41-72 %…
Authors: Román-Cuesta, R.M.; Rufino, M.C.; Herold, M.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Rosenstock, T.S.; Herrero, M.; Ogle, S.; Changsheng, Li; Poulter, B.; Verchot, L.V.; Martius, C.; Stuiver, J.; de Bruin, S.
Local Governance, Social Networks and REDD+: Lessons from Swidden Communities in Vietnam
Publication Year : 2016
Swidden is often blamed for deforestation but research has shown that these traditional systems can have a role in maintaining…
Authors: Moeliono, M.; Pham, T.T.; Le, D.N.; Brockhaus, M.; Wong, G.Y.; Kallio, M.H.; Nguyen, D.T.
The experience of ecological fiscal transfers: Lessons for REDD+ benefit sharing
Publication Year : 2016
In many countries, the state owns or manages forests in the national interests of economic development, ecosystem service provision or…
Authors: Loft, L.; Gebara, M.F.; Wong, G.Y.
The technical and political challenges of the industrial forest sector in Cameroon
Publication Year : 2016
Cameroon’s forest sector has for many decades been characterized by industrial, large-scale, concession-based and export-oriented timber production. Over the past…
Authors: Cerutti, P.O.; Poufoun, J.N.; Karsenty, A.; Eba'a Atyi, R.; Nasi, R.; Fomete Nembot, T
Impacts of land use and land use changes on the resilience of beekeeping in Uruguay
Publication Year : 2016
We use a social-ecological systems framework and interview data from key informants to analyze the threshold dynamics underpinning the resilience…
Authors: Malkamäki, A.; Toppinen, A.; Kanninen, M.
Carbon dioxide fluxes and soil organic matter characteristics on an intact peat swamp forest, a drained and logged forest on peat, and a peatland oil palm plantation in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
Publication Year : 2016
Holding approximately 89,000 Tg of organic carbon, tropical peatlands are one of the largest pedological sinks of carbon (Page et…
Authors: Comeau, L.-P.
Model-based estimation of above-ground biomass in the miombo ecoregion of Zambia
Publication Year : 2016
Background Information on above-ground biomass (AGB) is important for managing forest resource use at local levels, land management planning at…
Authors: Halperin, J.; LeMay, V.; Chidumayo, E.; Verchot, L.V.; Marshall, P.
Contributions of community and individual small-scale logging to sustainable timber management in Cameroon
Publication Year : 2016
In Cameroon, sustainable timber management relies on the model of large logging concession. However, over the past fifteen years, small-scale…
Authors: Lescuyer, G.; Cerutti, P.O.; Tsanga, R.