Management of forest carbon (C) stocks is an increasingly prominent land-use issue. Knowledge of carbon storage in tropical forest...

Authors: Donato, D.C.;Kauffman, J.B.;Mackenzie, R.A.;Ainsworth, A.;Pfleeger, A.Z.

Recent attention has focused on the high rates of annual carbon sequestration in vegetated coastal ecosystems—marshes, mangroves,...

Authors: Pendleton, L.;Donato, D.C.;Murray, B.C.;Crooks, S.;Jenkins, W.A.;Sifleet, S.;Craft, C.;Fourqurean, J.W.;Kauffman, J.B.;Marbà, N.;Megonigal, P.;Pidgeon, E.;Herr, D.;Gordon, D.;Baldera, A.

This study examines challenges associated with early stages of decentralizing the administration and management of forest resource...

Authors: Bouda, H.;Savadogo, P.;Tiveau, D.;Ouedraogo, B.

Nowadays, adaptation has become a key focus of the scientific and policy-making communities and is a major area of discussion in...

Authors: Bele, M.Y.;Somorin, O;Sonwa, D.J.;Nkem, J.;Locatelli, B.

The potential for conservation of individual species has been greatly advanced by the International Union for Conservation of Natu...

Authors: Rodriguez, J. P.;Rodriguez-Clark, K.M.;Baillie, J.E.M.;Ash, N.;Benson, J.;Boucher, T.;Brown, C.;Burgess, N.;Collen, B.;Jennings, M.;Keith, D.A.;Nicholson, E.;Revenga, C.;Reyers, B.;Rouget, M.;Smith, T.;Spalding, M.;Taber, A.;Walpole, M.;Zager, I.;Zamin, T.

Because ecosystem services are generally not produced and used in the same place, their assessment should consider the flows of se...

Authors: Locatelli, B.;Imbach, P.;Vignola, R.;Metzger, M.J.;Leguia Hidalgo, E.J.

In Central Africa, important carbon stocks are stored in natural forest stands, while activities that modify the carbon storage oc...

Authors: Sonwa, D.J.;Walker, S.;Nasi, R.;Kanninen, M.

In this article, we attempt to find the spatial relations between deforestation and biofuel production at global level by analyzin...

Authors: Gao, Y.;Skutsch, M.;Drigo, R.;Pacheco, P.;Masera, O.

Important transformations are underway in tropical landscapes in Latin America with implications for economic development and clim...

Authors: Pacheco, P.;Aguilar-Støen, M.;Boner, J.;Etter, A.;Putzel, L.;Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.

The ‘Bali Road Map’ of UNFCCC COP-13 calls for sharing lessons learned from demonstration activities that aim to reduce emission...

Authors: Caplow, S.;Jagger, P.;Lawlor, K.;Sills, E.