This study investigates four decades of socio-economic and environmental change in a shifting cultivation landscape in the northe...
Authors: Castella, J.C.;Lestrelin, G.;Hett, C.;Bourgoin, J.;Fitriana, Y.R.;Heinimann, A.;Pfund, J.L.
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From large to small: reorienting rural development policies in response to climate change, food security and poverty
Publication Year : 2013
Discourses regarding the development of the Amazon region highlight the importance of the local cultures, local knowledge and part...
Authors: Pokorny, B.;de Jong, W.;Godar, J.;Pacheco, P.;Johnson, J.
Engaging local communities in low emissions land-use planning: a case study from Laos
Publication Year : 2013
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD+) is a performance-based pay...
Authors: Bourgoin, J.;Castella, J.C.;Hett, C.;Lestrelin, G.;Heinimann, A.
Supporting local adaptive capacity to climate change in the Congo basin forest of Cameroon: a participatory action research approach
Publication Year : 2013
This paper aims at assessing the vulnerability of local communities in the Congo basin forests of Cameroon; to help them identify ...
Authors: Bele, M.Y.;Sonwa, D.J.;Tiani, A.M.
Local communities' and indigenous peoples' rights to forests in Central Africa: from hope to challenges
Publication Year : 2013
This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest resources in Central Africa. Indeed,...
Authors: Assembe Mvondo, S.
An Operational framework for defining and monitoring forest degradation
Publication Year : 2013
Forest degradation is broadly defined as a reduction in the capacity of a forest to produce ecosystem services such as carbon stor...
Authors: Thompson, I. D.;Guariguata, M.R.;Okabe, K.;Bahamondez, C.;Nasi, R.;Heymell, V.;Sabogal, C.
Export-oriented deforestation in Mato Grosso: harbinger or exception for other tropical forests?
Publication Year : 2013
The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso was a global deforestation hotspot in the early 2000s. Deforested land is used predominantly to...
Authors: de Fries, R.S.;Herold, M.;Verchot, L.V.;Macedo, M.N.;Shimabukuro, Y.
Environmental impacts of large-scale oil palm enterprises exceed that of smallholdings in Indonesia
Publication Year : 2013
The expansion of large-scale oil palm plantations in Indonesia has taken a heavy toll on forests, biodiversity and carbon stocks b...
Authors: Lee, J.S.H;Abood, S.;Ghazoul, J.;Barus, B.;Obidzinski, K.;Koh, L.P.
When payments for environmental services will work for conservation
Publication Year : 2013
Using the article by Muradian et al. (2013) as entry point, I develop a broader framework for the conditions needed to allow PES t...
Authors: Wunder, S.
Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses
Publication Year : 2013
Landscape approaches seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and enviro...
Authors: Sayer J.A.;Sunderland, T.C.H.;Ghazoul, J.;Pfund, J.L.;Sheil, D.;Meijard, E.;Venter, M.;Boedhihartono, A.K.;Day, M.;García, C.;Van Oosten, C.;Buck, L.E.