The mixed outcomes of seemingly well-intentioned partnerships that try to create mutually beneficial agreements between local communities and private firms…
Authors: Ravikumar, A.; Andersson, K.; Mwangi, E.; Guariguata, M.R.; Nasi, R.
Publication Research Theme Products and Trade
Benefits, challenges, and enabling conditions of collective action to promote sustainable production and marketing of products from Africa’s dry forests
Publication Year : 2012
Collective action has been identified, by governments and nongovernmental organizations, as a mechanism to improve smallholder farmers bargaining power and…
Authors: Paumgarten, F.; Kassa, H.; Zida, M.; Moeliono, M.
Improving opportunities for smallholder timber planters in Vietnam to benefit from domestic wood processing
Publication Year : 2012
Since 1992, the Vietnamese Government has implemented far reaching policies and programs to increase the country’s tree cover by promoting…
Authors: Putzel, L.; Dermawan, A.; Moeliono, M.; Trung, L.Q.
Whose consent?: hunter-gatherers and extractive industries in the Northeastern Philippines
Publication Year : 2012
There is increasing international recognition of indigenous peoples right to influence development activities in their territories. Free, Prior and Informed…
Authors: Minter, T.; de Brabandera, V.; van der Ploeg, J.; Persoon, G.A.; Sunderland, T.C.H.
Tropical wetlands for climate change adaptation and mitigation: science and policy imperatives with special reference to Indonesia
Publication Year : 2012
The extent of tropical wetlands, the magnitude of loss, and the related socioeconomic ramifications of the destruction of Indonesian wetlands…
Authors: Murdiyarso, D.; Kauffman, J.B.; Warren, M.; Pramova, E.; Hergoualc'h, K.
Transformations in EU biofuels markets under the Renewable Energy Directive and the implications for land use, trade and forests
Publication Year : 2012
The Renewable Energy Directive of the European Union (EU-RED) established targets to be met by 2020, including a separate and…
Authors: Johnson, F.X.; Pacini, H.; Smeets, E.
Oil palm development in Cameroon
Publication Year : 2012
The paper, available in English and French, targeted at government, private sector and civil society, seeks to stimulate a debate…
Authors: Hoyle, D.; Levang, P.
Le d�veloppement du palmier � huile au Cameroun
Publication Year : 2012
Ce document de travail préparé par David Hoyle (WWF) et Patrice Levang (IRD/CIFOR) fait le point sur le développement du…
Authors: Hoyle, D.; Levang, P.
The national bioenergy investment model: Technical documentation
Publication Year : 2012
The National Bioenergy Investment Model is a scenario model that simulates the decisions of domestic and international investors on whether…
Authors: Kemp-Benedict, E.