This chapter presents the results of a scoping study conducted along an agricultural intensification and forest cover gradient from Arsi-Negele…
Authors: Duriaux, J-Y.; Baudron, F.
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Land-use change and its influence on rural livelihoods, food security and biodiversity conservation in the Southwest Region of Cameroon
Publication Year : 2016
This scoping study aims to give a preliminary overview of historical land uses, the underlying drivers of land-use change and…
Authors: Asaha, S.; Deakin, E.L.
Drivers and effects of agrarian change in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Publication Year : 2016
This chapter examines the potential of the Kapuas Hulu Regency in West Kalimantan as a study site to examine the…
Authors: Leonald, L.; Rowland, D.
Historical drivers of landscape and dietary change in an agricultural frontier: Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, Siuna, Nicaragua
Publication Year : 2016
Deforestation in Central America’s rain forests is a growing problem that is typically attributed to the expansion of the agricultural…
Authors: Hansen, L.; Innes, J.; Powell, B.; Bulkan, J.; Gergel, S.; Eddy, I.
Forest and agrarian change in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh
Publication Year : 2016
This chapter examines forest and agricultural land-use changes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of Bangladesh. The CHT region…
Authors: Ahammad, R.; Stacey, N.
Agrarian changes in the Nyimba District of Zambia
Publication Year : 2016
Over the past decade issues pertaining to land sharing/land sparing have gained some space in the debate on the study…
Authors: Gumbo, D.J.; Mumba, K.Y.; Kaliwile, M.M.; Moombe, K.B.; Mfuni, T.I.
Drivers and outcomes of changing land use in parkland agroforestry systems of central Burkina Faso
Publication Year : 2016
This study was conducted in central Burkina Faso, Ziro province, in December 2014. Its purpose was to identify research sites…
Authors: Foli, S.; Abdoulaye, R.
Conclusions: Agrarian change – a change for the better?
Publication Year : 2016
Perceived wisdom suggests that rural communities with better access to markets, transportation and intensive agricultural systems are better fed and…
Authors: Sunderland, T.C.H.; Deakin, E.L.; Kshatriya, M.
Ecosystem Services and Climate Change
Publication Year : 2016
Ecosystem services play an important role in strategies for tackling climate change: mitigation and adaptation (Turner et al., 2009). Mitigation…
Authors: Locatelli, B.
From Lifelines to Livelihoods: Non-timber Forest Products into the Twenty-First Century
Publication Year : 2016
Globally, 1.5 billion people use or trade non-timber forest products (NTFPs) with the majority of NTFP use and trade occurring…
Authors: Shanley, P.; Pierce, A.R.; Laird, S.A.; Binnqüist, C.L.; Guariguata, M.R.