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.
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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.
Multi-Level policy dialogues, processes, and actions: Challenges and opportunities for national REDD+ safeguards Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)
Publication Year : 2014
REDD+ social safeguards have gained increasing attention in numerous forums. This paper reviews the evolution of multi-level polic...
Authors: Jagger, P.;Brockhaus, M.;Duchelle, A.E.;Gebara, M.F.;Lawlor, K.;Resosudarmo, I. A. P.;Sunderlin, W.D.
REDD+ policy making in Nepal: toward state-centric, polycentric, or market-oriented governance?
Publication Year : 2014
Over the past 40 years, Nepal has become renowned for its community-based forestry policies, initiatives, and institutions, charac...
Authors: Bushley, B.R.
China's Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program for household delivery of ecosystem services: how important is a local implementation regime to survival rate outcomes?
Publication Year : 2014
Chinas Conversion of Cropland to Forests Program (CCFP) is the worlds largest afforestation-based Payments for Ecosystem Servi...
Authors: Bennett, M.T.;Xie, C.;Hogarth, N.J.;Peng, D.;Putzel, L.
Tree biomass equations for tropical peat swamp forest ecosystems in Indonesia
Publication Year : 2014
To assist countries to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the United Nations has introduced the REDD+ mec...
Authors: Manuri, S.;Brack, C.;Nugroho, N. P.;Hergoualc\'h, K.;Novita, N.;Dotzauer, H.;Verchot, L.V.;Putra, C.A.S.;Widyasari, E.
The geography of large-scale land acquisitions: Analysing socio-ecological patterns of target contexts in the global South
Publication Year : 2014
This paper analyses local geographical contexts targeted by transnational large-scale land acquisitions (>200 ha per deal) in orde...
Authors: Messerli, P.;Giger, M.;Dwyer, M. B.;Breu, T.;Eckert, S.
Social equity matters in payments for ecosystem services
Publication Year : 2014
Although conservation efforts have sometimes succeeded in meeting environmental goals at the expense of equity considerations, the...
Authors: Pascual, U.;Phelps, J.;Garmendia, E.;Brown, K.;Corbera, E.;Martin, A.;Gómez-Baggethun, E.;Muradian, R.
Carbon isotopic signatures of soil organic matter correlate with leaf area index across woody biomes
Publication Year : 2014
Leaf area index (LAI), a measure of canopy density, is a key variable for modelling and understanding primary productivity, and al...
Authors: Ladd, B.;Peri, P.L.;Pepper, D.A.;Silva, L.C.R.;Sheil, D.;Bonser, S.P,;Laffan, S.W.;Amelung, W.;Ekblad, A.;Eliasson, P.;Bahamonde, H.;Duarte-Guardia, S.;Bird, M.