The present study is an evaluation of the current strengths and weaknesses of the oil palm smallholder sector in Cameroon, or more...

Authors: Nkongho, R.N.;Feintrenie, L.;Levang, P.

Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are praised as innovative policy instruments and they influence the governance of forest...

Authors: Pirard, R.;de Buren, G.;Lapeyre, R.

Non-timber forest product (NTFP) governance is a recent concept denoting the process of rule and decision-making concerning produc...

Authors: Wiersum, K.F.;Ingram, V.;Ros-Tonen, M.A.F.

Cost-effectiveness is an important aspect in the assessment of payments for environmental services (PES) initiatives. In participa...

Authors: Khalumba, M.;Wünscher, T.;Wunder, S.;Büdenbender, M.;Holm-Müller, K.

Following the food and energy price crises of the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has become one of the largest recipients for large...

Authors: Schoneveld, G.

This paper broadly defines the private forestry sector to include timber enterprises ranging from small-scale chainsaw loggers to ...

Authors: Carodenuto, S.;Cerutti, P.O.

We explore how smallholder agricultural systems in the Kenyan highlands might intensify and/or diversify in the future under a ran...

Authors: Herrero, M.;Thornton, P.K.;Bernués, A.;Baltenweck, I.;Vervoort, J.;van de Steeg, J.;Makokha, S.;van Wijk, M.T.;Karanja, S.;Rufino, M.C.;Staal, S.J.

Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) has gained increasing global attention because of its potential to r...

Authors: Pham, T.T.;Di Gregorio, M.;Carmenta, R.;Brockhaus, M.;Le, D.N.

Indonesia is at the forefront of countries implementing voluntary partnership agreements (VPA) with the EU in order to meet legal ...

Authors: Obidzinski, K.;Dermawan, A.;Andrianto, A.;Komarudin, H.;Hernawan, D.

The present study was carried out in four of the seven oil palm production basins generated during the Fonader-sponsored smallhold...

Authors: Nkongho, R.N.;Nchanji, Y.K.;Tataw, O.;Levang, P.