Payments for reduced carbon emissions from deforestation (RED) are now attracting attention as a way to halt tropical deforestatio...

Authors: Gaveau, D.L.A.;Wich, S.;Epting, J.;Juhn, D.;Kanninen, M.;Leader-Williams, N.

Gorontalo’s tropical forest is of global importance and is the last stronghold for conserving Sulawesi’s unique biodiversity. Ho...

Authors: Kartikasari, S.N.;Rixecker, S.;Espiner, S.R.;Colfer C. J. P.

As part of its Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Programme, the local government of Sumbawa District in West Nusa Tenggara ...

Authors: Suwarno, A.;Nawir, A.A.;Julmansyah;Kurniawan

Amazonian communities have the potential for improving their livelihoods by efficiently managing their forest resources. However, ...

Authors: Medina, G.;Pokorny B.;Campbell, B.M.

The forest resources in Ethiopia have suffered decades of mismanagement due mainly to loosely defined property relations over thes...

Authors: Gobeze, T.;Bekele, M.;Lemenih, H.;Kassa, H.

Growing trees outside forests can generate rural income and rehabilitate degraded lands. The characteristics of existing smallhold...

Authors: Hoch, L.;Pokorny B.;de Jong, W.

Most of the world’s population that derives their livelihoods or part of their livelihoods from forests are out of the informatio...

Authors: Shanley, P.;Lopez, C.

In this paper, I illustrate the dynamics of frontier development in the Redencao area in southern Para, one of the oldest agricult...

Authors: Pacheco, P.

In the Andes, demand for water is growing and upland land-use changes are increasing. Water quality, quantity and seasonal flow ha...

Authors: Quinton, M.;Wunder, S.;Estrada, R.D.

This paper describes the experiences and lessons learned in applying a multi-agent systems (MAS) model to study the dynamics and c...

Authors: Campo, P.C.;Mendoza, G.A.;Guizol, P.