Fires are increasingly responsible for forest degradation in the humid tropics due to the expansion of fire-dependent agriculture,...

Authors: Barlow, J.;Parry, L.;Gardner, T.;Ferreira, J.;Aragão, Luiz E.O.C.;Carmenta, R.;Berenguer, E.;Vieira, I;Souza, C.;Cochrane, M.

Agroforestry represents an opportunity to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere by increasing carbon (C) stocks in agricultu...

Authors: Hergoualc\'h, K.;Blanchart, E.;Skiba, U.;Henault, C.;Harmand, J.M.

In this article, we draw on the contributions to this issue to address the question ‘Will REDD+ work?’. We do so by differentiat...

Authors: Visseren-Hamakers, I.J.;Gupta, A.K.;Herold, M.;Peña-Claros, M.;Vijge, M.J.

Reference levels (RLs) are key points that determine the starting point of carbon credits payment within REDD+ framework. This wor...

Authors: Wijaya, A.;Romijn, E.;Rahman, S.;Herold, M.

Analyzing the spatial extent and distribution of forest fires is essential for sustainable forest management. The present study ap...

Authors: Reddy, C.S.;Krishna,P.H.;Anitha, K.;Joseph, S.

We adapt participatory photography as a tool for engaging local stakeholders and for incorporating local knowledge, preferences, a...

Authors: Belcher, B.;Roberts, M.

Since the emergence of the sustainable development paradigm in the late 1980s, land-use planning has become a key arena for politi...

Authors: Lestrelin, G.;Castella, J.C.;Bourgoin, J.

The contribution of forest and wild products to the rural economy is typically undervalued in standard socioeconomic surveys. In t...

Authors: Jagger, P.

Does the set of social characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies with “immediate-return systems” evolve when these societies ...

Authors: Koizumi, M.;Mamung, D.;Levang, P.

Little is known about the contribution of migrant logging to rural livelihoods in East Africa. In this paper, we analyze logging b...

Authors: Jagger, P.;Shively, G.;Arinaitwe, A.