Forests play a major role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation, but few policies, if any, integrate these two aspects....
Authors: Pham, T.T.;Moeliono, M.;Locatelli, B.;Brockhaus, M.;Di Gregorio, M.;Mardiah, S.
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How does conversion of natural tropical rainforest ecosystems affect soil bacterial and fungal communities in the Nile river watershed of Uganda?
Publication Year : 2014
Uganda\'s forests are globally important for their conservation values but are under pressure from increasing human population and...
Authors: Alele, P.O.;Sheil, D.;Surget-Groba, Y.;Lingling, S.;Cannon, C.H.
Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires
Publication Year : 2014
Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of e...
Authors: Gaveau, D.L.A.;Salim, M.A.;Hergoualc\'h, K.;Locatelli, B.;Sloan, S.;Wooster, M.;Marlier, M.E.;Molidena, E.;Yaen, H.;DeFries, R.;Verchot, L.;Murdiyarso, D.;Nasi, R.;Holmgren, P.;Sheil, D.
Lessons for REDD+ from Cameroon's past forestry law reform: a political economy analysis
Publication Year : 2014
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD+) is gaining traction in Cam...
Authors: Dkamela, G.P.;Brockhaus, M.;Kengoum Djiegni, F.;Schure, J.;Assembe Mvondo, S.
Estimating the aboveground biomass of Bornean Forest
Publication Year : 2014
We apply a process-based model, called 3-PG (physiological principles for predicting growth), to estimate aboveground biomass for ...
Authors: Budiharta, S.;Silk, J.W.F;Raes, N.;Meijaard, E.;Erskine, P.D.;Wilson, K. A.
Carbon stocks of intact mangroves and carbon emissions arising from their conversion in the Dominican Republic
Publication Year : 2014
Mangroves are recognized to possess a variety of ecosystem services including high rates of carbon sequestration and storage. Defo...
Authors: Kauffman, J.B.;Heider, C.;Norfolk, J.;Payton, F.
Economic valuation of ecosystem services fails to capture biodiversity value of tropical forests
Publication Year : 2014
The reconciliation of biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service provision and agricultural production in tropical landscapes re...
Authors: Carrasco, L.R.;Nghiem, T.P.L.;Sunderland, T.C.H.;Koh, L.P.
Non-timber forest products income from forest landscapes of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria: an incidental or integral contribution to sustaining rural livelihoods?
Publication Year : 2014
This paper discusses the relative importance of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for rural households in Cameroon, Nigeria and G...
Authors: Malleson, R.;Asaha, S.;Egot, M.;Kshatriya, M.;Marshall, A. R.;Obeng-Okrah, K.;Sunderland, T.C.H.
Rural livelihoods and the Chinese timber trade in Zambia's Western Province
Publication Year : 2014
In recent years, the increase in Chinas timber demand has brought increased sourcing by Chinese logging companies worldwide. In ...
Authors: Asanzi, P.;Putzel, L.;Gumbo, D.;Mupeta, M.
Comparative Phytochemical Analyses of Resins of Boswellia Species (B. papyrifera (Del.) Hochst., B. neglecta S. Moore, and B. rivae Engl.) from Northwestern, Southern, and Southeastern Ethiopia
Publication Year : 2014
Oleogum resins of B. papyrifera, B. neglecta, and B. rivae were collected from northwestern, southern, and southeastern Ethiopia, ...
Authors: Bekana, D.;Kebede, T.;Assefa, M.;Kassa, H.