The Amazon is the largest tropical forest area on earth, and has been undergoing rapid deforestation for the last four decades. In...

Authors: Mertens, B.;Poccard-Chapuis, R.;Piketty, M.G.;Lacques, A.E.;Venturieri, A.

Based on social ecology, anthropological and policy research conducted on social dimension of natural resources management in Came...

Authors: Oyono, P.R.

Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improve conservation in tropical countries. Those concerned with conserv...

Authors: Sheil, D.;Nasi, R.

Authors: Kaimowitz, D.

This paper draws together information from three separate projects on the production of Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam or \'sa...

Authors: Awono, A.;Ndoye, O.;Schreckenberg, K.;Tabuna, H.;Isseri, F.;Temple, L.

The social and environmental implications of plantations in the CDM are analysed under a hypothetical laissez faire approach and a...

Authors: Smith, J.

One of the consequences of impacts of elephants and fire on woodlands is a change in woody cover, which often results in major cha...

Authors: Mapaure, I.;Campbell, B.M.

Dating from 1986 when a devastating economic crisis began, the rate of deforestation has increased significantly in the humid fore...

Authors: Sunderlin, W.D.;Pokam, J.

This paper aims at analyzing fuel consumption in households of forest zones, and at showing the place of fuelwood as a source of e...

Authors: Nkamleu, B.;Endamana, D.;Gockowski, J.;Ndoye, O.;Sunderlin, W.D.

Twenty nine places of secondary forest aged between 5 and 25 years were evaluated in 20 agricultural units from 8 native communiti...

Authors: Coronado, C.;Lombardi, I.;Sabogal, C.