Tropical forests are decreasing at the rate of 16.9 million hectares per year due mainly to clearing for agriculture and…
Authors: Kobayashi, S.
Publication Research Theme Products and Trade
Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview
Publication Year : 2001
This chapter spells out the theoretical framework for the discussion and case studies of the book. First, it provides precise…
Authors: Angelsen, A.; van Soest, D.; Kaimowitz, D.; Bulte, E.
Agricultural technology and forests: a recapitulation
Publication Year : 2001
This chapter summarises the key insights from the case studies included in the book. First, it discusses the technology-deforestation link…
Authors: Angelsen, A.; Kaimowitz, D.
The impact of rubber on the forest landscape in Borneo
Publication Year : 2001
Rubber is the most widespread smallholder tree crop in Southeast Asia. Some analysts have blamed the expansion of rubber for…
Authors: de Jong, W.
Household livelihood strategies in the miombo woodlands of Tanzania: emerging trends
Publication Year : 2001
The study was undertaken in Tanzania to assess the effect of some macro-economic policies on livelihood strategies for households within…
Authors: Monela, G.C.; Kajembe, G.C.; Kaoneka, A.R.S.; Kowero, G.
Balancing supply and demand: A case study of rattan in the Danau Sentarum national park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Publication Year : 2000
The Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP), Kalimantan, Indonesia, covers 30 000 ha of lake and 81 000 ha of lowland,…
Authors: Peters, C.M. Giesen, Wim
The case of Prunus africana (J.D. Hook): lesson from a non-timber forest product from Mount Cameroon
Publication Year : 2000
Prunus africana trees’ bark from moist forests on Mt. Cameroon produce medicinal extractive that is traded internationally with high economic…
Authors: Schroder, J.M.
Rehabilitation methods in second-growth forest and degraded lands in the Ucayali region, Peruvian Amazon: finish report (1998-2000)
Publication Year : 2000
6 native forest species were tested in two assays of initial adaptability at 25 and 7 months old. The experimental…
Acuan generik kriteria dan indikator CIFOR (The CIFOR criteria and indicators generic template)
Publication Year : 2000
This manual provides a comprehensive set of criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management based on CIFORs research. This…
Authors: CIFOR C&I Team
Between extractivism and peasant agriculture: differentiation of rural settlements in the Bolivian Amazon
Publication Year : 2000
The economy of the northern Bolivian Amazon has historically been based on rubber and other non-timber forest products (NTFPs). In…
Authors: Stoian, D.; Henkemans, A.