A qualitative soft system model is proposed in this paper to address the inherent complecity of community-based resource managemen...

Authors: Purnomo, H.;Mendoza, G.A.;Prabhu, R.

Conservation concessions, as advocated by E.Niesten and R.Rice, suggest the paying revenues to populations and the State so that t...

Authors: Karsenty, A.;Nasi, R.

The sustainable management of biodiversity and productivity in forested lands requires an understanding of key interactions betwee...

Authors: Gillison, A.N.;Liswanti, N.;Budidarsono, S.;van Noordwjik, M.;Tomich, T.P.

This paper examines Cameroon’s model of forest-management decentralisation by characterising its organisational infrastructure an...

Authors: Oyono, P.R.

In a number of places, sacred forest sites play an important role in conservation and local livelihoods. This paper examines how I...

Authors: Wadley, R.L.;Colfer, C.J.P.

General measures summarizing the shapes of mortality and fecundity schedules are proposed. These measures are derived from moments...

Authors: Dewi, S.;Chesson, P.

Timber extraction with crawler tractors in humid tropical forests causes degradation of soil physical properties and decreases pla...

Authors: Ilstedt, U.

The Amazon is the largest tropical forest area on Earth, and is undergoing rapid deforestation since the last four decades. These ...

Authors: Mertens, B.;Piketty, M.G.;Venturieri, A.;Alves, D.;Tourrand, J.F.

The department of Santa Cruz in Bolivia makes part of the Amazon basin, and it embraces a large portion of the Bolivian lowland fo...

Authors: Pacheco, P.;Mertens, B.

In the Brazilian Amazon, deforestation and fragmentation of tropical forests are estimated to affect one third of the region. Desp...

Authors: Garcia-Fernandez, C.;Shanley, P.