Global initiatives to promote large-scale forest landscape restoration (FLR) require adaptive approaches that are consistent with ...
Authors: Paudyal, K.;Baral, H.;Putzel, L.;Bhandari, S.P.;Keenan, R.J.
Articles
Lessons for research, capacity development and policy in agroforestry for development
Publication Year : 2017
Since its foundation in the 1970s, agroforestry science has evolved from setting its concepts, research approaches and flagship ...
Authors: Callo-Concha, D.;Denich, M.;Ul Hassan, M.M.;Place, F.;Wardell, D.A.
Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks
Publication Year : 2017
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a contagious, severe and often lethal form of hemorrhagic fever in humans. The association of EVD out...
Authors: Olivero, J.;Fa, J.E.;Real, R.;Márquez, A.L.;Farfán, M.A.;Vargas, J.M.;Gaveau, D.L.A.;Salim, M.A.;Park, D.;Suter, J.;King, S.;Leendertz, S.A.;Sheil, D.;Nasi, R.
Comparing RIEGL RiCOPTER UAV LiDAR Derived Canopy Height and DBH with Terrestrial LiDAR
Publication Year : 2017
In recent years, LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and especially Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) systems have shown the potent...
Authors: Brede, B.;Lau, A.;Bartholomeus, H,.M.;Kooistra, L.
Will CO2 Emissions from Drained Tropical Peatlands Decline Over Time? Links Between Soil Organic Matter Quality, Nutrients, and C Mineralization Rates
Publication Year : 2017
Conversion, drainage, and cultivation of tropical peatlands can change soil conditions, shifting the C balance of these systems, w...
Authors: Swails, E.;Jaye, D.;Verchot, L.V.;Hergoualc'h, K.;Schirrmann, M.;Borchard, N.;Wahyuni, N.;Lawrence, D.
Construction of multispecies allometric equations: Is there a statistical palliative for destructive tree sampling?
Publication Year : 2017
To avoid the problem of destructive tree sampling, we tested an indirect estimation procedure whereby aboveground tree volumes are...
Authors: Mayaka, T.B.;Eba\'a Atyi, R.;Momo, S.T.
Could REDD+ mechanisms induce logging companies to reduce forest degradation in Central Africa?
Publication Year : 2017
In the Congo Basin where nearly 20 million ha of concessions are exploited according to management plans, improved forest manageme...
Authors: Rossi, V.;Claeys, F.;Bastin, D.;Gourlet-Fleury, S.;Guizol, P.;Eba\'a Atyi, R.;Sonwa, D.J.;Lescuyer, G.;Picard, N.
The Economic and Legal Sides of Additionality in Payments for Environmental Services
Publication Year : 2017
This paper aims to clarify two distinct but complementary questions on economic and legal additionality in the payments for enviro...
Authors: Karsenty, A.;Aubert, S.;Brimont, L.;Dutilly, C.;Desbureaux, S.;Ezzine-de-Blas, D.;Le Velly, G.
An Assessment Framework for Benefit Sharing Mechanisms to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation within a Forest Policy Mix
Publication Year : 2017
Policy instruments for implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the enhancement of forest...
Authors: Wong, G.Y.;Loft, L.;Brockhaus, M.;Yang, A.L.;Pham, T.T.;Assembe-Mvondo, S.;Luttrell, C.
Women's rights to land and communal forest tenure: A way forward for research and policy agenda in Latin America
Publication Year : 2017
In this synthesis paper, the authors of this Special Section contribute towards a collective research and policy agenda on rural a...
Authors: Bose, P.;Larson, A.M.;Lastarria-Cornhiel, S.;Radel, C.;Schmink, M.;Schmook, B.;Vázquez-García, V.