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.

This paper reviews the various rights of local communities and indigenous peoples over forest resources in Central Africa. Indeed,...

Authors: Assembe Mvondo, S.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the links between smallholder bamboo shoot management practices, productivity, and li...

Authors: Hogarth, N.J.

Rural forests are characterized by different levels of formal and nonformal appropriation by rural communities who have generally ...

Authors: Genin, D.;Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y.;Balent, G.;Nasi, R.

Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resulting “domestic” or “rural” fo...

Authors: Michon, G.;Nasi, R.;Balent, G.