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Land cover change interacts with drought severity to change fire regimes in Western Amazonia
Publication Year : 2014
Fire is becoming a pervasive driver of environmental change in Amazonia and is expected to intensify, given projected reductions i...
Authors: Gutierrez-Velez, V.H.;Uriarte, M.;DeFries, R.;Pinedo-Vasquez, M.;Fernandes, K.;Ceccato, P.;Baethgen, W.;Padoch, C.
The impact of land use and cover change on above and below-ground carbon stocks of the miombo woodlands since the 1950s: a systematic review protocol
Publication Year : 2014
Increasingly, forests are on the international climate change agenda as land use and cover changes drive forest and carbon loss. T...
Authors: Syampungani, S.;Clendenning, J.;Gumbo, D.;Nasi, R.;Moombe, K.B.;Chirwa, P.;Ribeiro, N.;Grundy, I.;Matakala, N.;Martius, C.;Kaliwile, M.;Kabwe, G.;Petrokofsky, G.
Répondre au défi de la déforestation tropicale
Publication Year : 2014
Près de treize millions dhectares de forêts tropicales disparaissent chaque année. Ce phénomène a de multiples causes, parm...
Authors: Pirard, R.
Producing woodfuel for urban centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a path out of poverty for rural households?
Publication Year : 2014
Woodfuel is a renewable energy source with good potential for climate change mitigation. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
Authors: Schure, J.;Levang, P.;Wiersum, K.F.
Above-ground carbon assessment in the Kom-Mengamé forest conservation complex, South Cameroon: Exploring the potential of managing forests for biodiversity and carbon
Publication Year : 2014
Protected areas are important for biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem services, including climate regulatio...
Authors: Fongnzossie, E.F.;Sonwa, D.J.;Kemeuze, V.A.;Auzel, P.;Nkongmeneck, B.A.
Micro-Geopolitics: Capitalising Security in Laos's Golden Quadrangle
Publication Year : 2014
Enclosure, dispossession and displacement loom large in current debates about the recent boom in transnational farmland deals, and...
Authors: Dwyer, M. B.
Territorial Entanglements: Ambiguities of Giving Back in Northwestern Laos
Publication Year : 2014
This research note is part of the thematic section, Limits to Giving Back, in the special issue titled Giving Back in Field Rese...
Authors: Dwyer, M. B.
Heirlooms and marriage payments: Transmission and circulation of prestige jars in Borneo
Publication Year : 2014
Drawing from literature and ethnography, this article attempts to distinguish the origin, social implications and main uses of pre...
Authors: Césard, N.
Shifting rights, property and authority in the forest frontier: 'stakes' for local land users and citizens
Publication Year : 2014
Customary land and forests are more embedded in the global economy than ever. With globally significant supplies of land and raw m...
Authors: German, L.;Mandondo, A.;Paumgarten, F.;Mwitwa, J.