Concern about climate change, with the subsequent emergence of carbon markets and policy initiatives such as REDD (reducing carbon...
Authors: Ladd, B.;Laffan, S.W.;Amelung, W.;Peri, P.L.;Silva, L.C.R.;Gervassi, P.;Bonser, S.P,;Navall, M.;Sheil, D.
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Testing a multi-scale scenario approach for smallholder tree plantations in Indonesia and Vietnam
Publication Year : 2013
Smallholder tree plantations are seen as promising routes to alleviating poverty and increasing forest area among the countries in...
Authors: Dermawan, A.;Kemp-Benedict, E.;Huber-Lee, A.;Fencl, A.
Variability of soil organic carbon stocks under different land uses: a study in an afro-montane landscape in southwestern Uganda
Publication Year : 2013
We explore and compare quantities and patterns of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) in protected forest and neighboring land around Bwindi...
Authors: Twongyirwe, R.;Sheil, D.;Majaliwa, J.G.M.;Ebanyat, P.;Tenywa, M.M.;van Heist, M.;Kumar, L.
Women's participation in forest management: a cross-country analysis
Publication Year : 2013
The role of women\'s participation in community forestry has recently been investigated in a number of theoretical and empirical p...
Authors: Coleman, E.A.;Mwangi, E.
Global greenhouse gas implications of land conversion to biofuel crop cultivation in arid and semi-arid lands: lessons learned from Jatropha
Publication Year : 2013
Biofuels are considered as a climate-friendly energy alternative. However, their environmental sustainability is increasingly deba...
Authors: Achten, W.M.J.;Trabucco, A.;Maes, W.H.;Verchot, L.V.;Aerts, R.;Mathijs, E.;Vantomme, P.;Singh, V.P.;Muys, B.
The role of forest-related income in household economies and rural livelihoods in the border-region of Southern China
Publication Year : 2013
Quarterly socioeconomic data from 240 households are used to study the links between forest-related income and rural livelihoods i...
Authors: Hogarth, N.J.;Belcher, B.;Campbell, B.M.;Stacey, N.
Vulnerability to coastal flooding and response strategies: the case of settlements in Cameroon mangrove forests
Publication Year : 2013
Worldwide, millions of people experience coastal flooding each year, with devastating effects especially in rural coastal settleme...
Authors: Munji, C.A.;Bele, M.Y.;Nkwatoh, A.F.;Idinoba, M.;Somorin, O.A.;Sonwa, D.J.
Designing and Implementing Effective REDD +Policies: A Forest Transition Approach
Publication Year : 2013
Effective policies to halt deforestation depend critically on the forest context. This article uses a forest transition framework ...
Authors: Angelsen, A.;Rudel, T.K.
Linking community-based and national REDD+ monitoring: a review of the potential
Publication Year : 2013
Countries participating in REDD+ schemes are required to establish a national monitoring system that keeps track of forest carbon ...
Authors: Pratihast, A.K.;Herold, M.;de Sy, V.;Murdiyarso, D.;Skutsch, M.
Stream water nutrient and organic carbon exports from tropical headwater catchments at a soil degradation gradient
Publication Year : 2013
Carbon and nutrient losses were quantified fromfoursmall headwater catchments inwesternKenya in the year 2008. They include a fore...
Authors: Recha, J.W.;Lehmann, J.;Walter, M.T.;Pell, A.;Verchot, L.V.;Johnson, M.