We introduce a volume recovery index (VRI), the fraction of inventoried (alternatively felled) tree volume that can be recovered a...

Authors: Mayaka, T.B.;Atyi, R.E.;Nkie, M.C.

Tropical forests are vulnerable to climate-change representing a risk for indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities. Mec...

Authors: Brown, H.C.P.;Smith, B;Somorin, O.A.;Sonwa, D.J.;Nkem, J.

This paper examines the implications of oil palm estate development in Indonesia’s frontier province of Papua. Government planner...

Authors: Obidzinski, K.;Dermawan, A.;Hadianto, A.

Farm household characteristics determine the success of programs promoting agroforestry systems and practices. This paper reports ...

Authors: Sabastian, G.;Kanowski, P.;Race, D.;Williams, E.;Roshetko, J.M.

The oil palm industry in Indonesia faces several challenges in its bid to adopt more sustainable practices. These challenges inclu...

Authors: Lee, J. S. H.;Ghazoul, J.;Obidzinski, K.;Koh, L.P.

Ecosystem services have rapidly moved to the mainstream of environmental policies. Certification has for decades been a market-bas...

Authors: Meijaard, E.;Wunder, S.;Guariguata, M.R.;Sheil, D.

More than 10,000 years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural smallholders across the developing world may s...

Authors: Wunder, S.;Angelsen, A.;Belcher, B.

Background During the past decade there has been a growing interest in bioenergy, driven by concerns about global climate change, ...

Authors: Savilaakso, S.;García, C.;Garcia-Ulloa, J.;Ghazoul, J.;Groom, M.;Guariguata, M.R.;Laumonier, Y.;Nasi, R.;Petrokofsky, G.;Snaddon, J.;Zrust, M.

Background: Alternative livelihood projects are used by a variety of organisations as a tool for achieving conservation results. Y...

Authors: Roe, D.;Day, M.;Booker, F.;Zhou, W.;Allebone-Webb, S;Kumpel, N.;Hill, N.A.O.;Wright, J.;Rust, N.;Sunderland, T.C.H.;Redford, K.H.;Petrokofsky, G.

Most life on land depends on water from rain, but much of the rain on land may also depend on life. Recent studies indicate that v...

Authors: Sheil, D.