Publication Year : 2012
Publication Year : 2012
Fires are increasingly responsible for forest degradation in the humid tropics due to the expansion of fire-dependent agriculture, fragmentation, intensive…
Authors: Barlow, J.; Parry, L.; Gardner, T.; Ferreira, J.; Aragão, Luiz E.O.C.; Carmenta, R.; Berenguer, E.; Vieira, I; Souza, C.; Cochrane, M.
Publication Year : 2012
Global conservation discourses and practices increasingly rely on market-based solutions to fulfill the dual objective of forest conservation and economic…
Authors: Phuc, X.T.; Dressler, W.H.; Mahanty, S.; Pham, T.T.; Zingerli, C.
Publication Year : 2012
Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is essential to maximize the…
Authors: Putz, F.E.; Zuidema, P.A.; Synnott, T.; Peña-Claros, M.; Pinard, M.A.; Sheil, D.; Vanclay, J.K.; Sist, P.; Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Griscom, B.; Palmer, J.; Zagt, R.
Publication Year : 2012
Since the 1992 Rio Convention, sustainable forest management has become a major issue in the Congo Basin. This is reflected…
Authors: Maréchal, C.; Nasi, R.; Bastin, D.
Publication Year : 2012
Management of forest carbon (C) stocks is an increasingly prominent land-use issue. Knowledge of carbon storage in tropical forests is…
Authors: Donato, D.C.; Kauffman, J.B.; Mackenzie, R.A.; Ainsworth, A.; Pfleeger, A.Z.
Publication Year : 2012
Authors: Van Vliet, N.; Nasi, R.; Abernethy, K.; Fargeot, C.; Kumpel, N.F.; Obiang, A.N.; Ringuet, S.
Publication Year : 2012
This chapter provides an overview of the woodfuel sector in the Congo Basin countries, with a special emphasis on those…
Authors: Schure, J.; Marien, J-N.; de Wasseige, C.; Drigo, R.; Salbitano, F.; Dirou, S.; Nkoua, M.
Publication Year : 2012
The design of the 2010 State of the Forest report does not differ fundamentally from that of the 2008 report…
Authors: de Wasseige, C.; de Marcken, P.; Bayol, N.; Hiol-Hiol F.; Mayaux, P.; Desclee, B.; Nasi, R.; Billand, A.; Defourny, P.; Eba'a Atyi, R.