Publication Year : 2014
Publication Year : 2014
Biomass is a key environmental variable that influences many biosphereatmosphere interactions. Recently, a number of biomass maps at national, regional…
Authors: Yong, G.; Avitabile, V.; Heuvelink, G. B. M.; Wang, J.; Herold, M.
Publication Year : 2014
Oleogum resins of B. papyrifera, B. neglecta, and B. rivae were collected from northwestern, southern, and southeastern Ethiopia, and their…
Authors: Bekana, D.; Kebede, T.; Assefa, M.; Kassa, H.
Publication Year : 2014
In recent years, the increase in Chinas timber demand has brought increased sourcing by Chinese logging companies worldwide. In Africa,…
Authors: Asanzi, P.; Putzel, L.; Gumbo, D.; Mupeta, M.
Publication Year : 2014
This paper discusses the relative importance of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for rural households in Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana. It…
Authors: Malleson, R.; Asaha, S.; Egot, M.; Kshatriya, M.; Marshall, A. R.; Obeng-Okrah, K.; Sunderland, T.C.H.
Publication Year : 2014
Besides the business enterprises in Bandundu province that use small-scale logging permits (PCAs) illegally, there is a national artisanal sector…
Authors: Lescuyer, G.; Cerutti, P.O.; Tshimpanga, P.; Biloko, F.; Adebu-Abdala, B.; Tsanga, R.; Yembe-Yembe, R.I.; Essiane-Mendoula, E.
Publication Year : 2014
Timber production is the most pervasive human impact on tropical forests, but studies of logging impacts have largely focused on…
Authors: Padmanaba, M.; Corlett, Richard T.
Publication Year : 2014
This study seeks to understand children’s perceptions of their present and future environments in the highly biodiverse and rapidly changing…
Authors: Pellier, A.S.; Wells, J.A.; Abram, N. K.; Gaveau, D.L.A.; Meijaard, E.
Publication Year : 2014
In Ethiopia, deforestation rates remain high and the gap between demand and domestic supply of forest products is expanding, even…
Authors: Lemenih, H.; Kassa, H.
Publication Year : 2014
Cocoa production in humid forest landscapes has been one of the main cash providers of West and Central African economies.…
Authors: Sonwa, D.J.; Weise, S.F.; Schroth, G.; Janssens, M.J.J.; Shapiro, H.Y.
Publication Year : 2014
The debt-peonage system is an agreement between patrons and laborers in different economic activities worldwide. A common feature is social…
Authors: Cardona, W.C.; de Jong, W.; Boot, R.G.A; Zuidema, P.A.