With the rapid growth of biofuel production and consumption and the proliferation of policy decisions supporting this expansion, concerns about the biofuel sector’s environmental and social impacts are increasing. Consequently, a range of actors – among them governments, multilateral institutions...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Masera, O.R.
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Johnson, F.X.
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Maltitz, G. von
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Bird, N.
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Tella, P.
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Martínez Bravo, R.
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[A review of environmental issues in the context of biofuel sustainability frameworks]
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A review of environmental issues in the context of biofuel sustainability frameworks
The disturbance and destruction of the old-growth forests of the tropics continue to monopolize attention in international fora and the popular media, but a steadily growing land area is covered by secondary forest developing on sites which have been deforested and then abandoned by their owners....
Guariguata, M.R.
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Finegan, B.
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[Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest: science, people and policy: proceedings of a conference held at CATIE, Costa Rica, November 10-12, 1997]
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Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest: science, people and policy: proceedings of a conference held at CATIE, Costa Rica, November 10-12, 1997
This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case-studies, we compare land use/ cover change data for these two broad types of forest management and assess their performan...
Porter-Bolland, L.
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Ellis, E.A.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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Ruiz Mallén, I.
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Negrete-Yankelevich, S.
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Reyes García, Victoria
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[Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics]
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Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics
Savilaakso, S.
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Laumonier, Y.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Does production of oil palm, soybean, or jatropha change biodiversity and ecosystem functions in tropical forests]
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Does production of oil palm, soybean, or jatropha change biodiversity and ecosystem functions in tropical forests
Baral, H.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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Keenan, R.J.
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[A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests]
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A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests