This paper describes an interactive web-based near real-time (NRT) forest monitoring system using four levels of geographic information services: 1)…
Authors: Pratihast, A.K.; DeVries, B.; Avitabile, V.; de Bruin, S.; Herold, M.; Bergsma, A.
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Accès et partage des avantages dans le cadre du Protocole de Nagoya: un mécanisme innovant de financement de la biodiversité?
Publication Year : 2016
Dans le cadre de la Convention sur la diversité biologique (CDB) et du Protocole de Nagoya, les Parties doivent s’assurer…
Authors: Pirard, R.; Lapeyre, R.
Landscape diversity and associated coping strategies during food shortage periods: evidence from the Sudano-Sahelian region of Burkina Faso
Publication Year : 2017
The importance of forest resources for rural communities livelihoods has increasingly been recognized over the last three decades. Forests provide…
Authors: Koffi, C.K.; Djoudi, H.; Gautier, D.
Integration through interaction? Synergy between adaptation and mitigation (REDD+) in Cameroon
Publication Year : 2016
In the forest sector of Cameroon, policy strategies such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) have the…
Authors: Somorin, O.A.; Visseren-Hamakers, I.J.; Arts, B.; Tiani, A.M.; Sonwa, D.J.
Detection of subtle deforestation due to logging using satellite remote sensing in wet and dry savanna woodlands of Southern Africa
Publication Year : 2017
Tropical deforestation through logging activities poses a direct threat to biodiversity. However, the detection of logging has remained a challenge.…
Authors: Mapfumo, P.; Murwira, A.; Masocha, M.; Andriani, R.
Characterizing Forest Change Using Community-Based Monitoring Data and Landsat Time Series
Publication Year : 2016
Increasing awareness of the issue of deforestation and degradation in the tropics has resulted in efforts to monitor forest resources…
Authors: DeVries, B.; Pratihast, A.K.; Verbesselt, J.; Kooistra, L.; Herold, M.
REDD+ and climate smart agriculture in landscapes: A case study in Vietnam using companion modelling
Publication Year : 2016
Finding land use strategies that merge land-based climate change mitigation measures and adaptation strategies is still an open issue in…
Authors: Salvini, G.; Ligtenberg, A.; van Paassen, A.; Bregt, A.K.; Avitabile, V.; Herold, M.
Local communities’ perceptions of climate variability in the Mt. Elgon region, eastern Uganda
Publication Year : 2016
In order to develop climate adaptation strategies that address location and context-specific vulnerabilities, there is need to understand how communities…
Authors: Bomuhangi, A.; Nabanoga, G.; Namaalwa, J.; Jacobson, M.; Abwoli, B.
Does the gender composition of forest and fishery management groups affect resource governance and conservation outcomes?: a systematic map
Publication Year : 2016
Background Women often use natural resources differently than men yet frequently have minimal influence on how local resources are managed.…
Authors: Leisher, C.; Temsah, G.; Booker, F.; Day, M.; Samberg, L.; Prosnitz, D.; Agarwal, B.; Matthews, E.; Roe, D.; Russell, D.; Sunderland, T.C.H.; Wilkie, D.