The Amazon basin is the world’s largest rainforest and the most biologically diverse place on Earth. Despite the critical importance of this region, Amazon forests continue inexorably to be degraded and deforested for various reasons, mainly a consequence of agricultural expansio...
Blanco Gutiérrez, I.
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Manners, R.
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Varela Ortega, C.
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Tarquis, A.
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Martorano, L.G.
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Toledo, M.
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[Examining the sustainability and development challenge in agricultural-forest frontiers of the Amazon Basin through the eyes of locals]
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Examining the sustainability and development challenge in agricultural-forest frontiers of the Amazon Basin through the eyes of locals
Colombiaʼs agriculture, forestry and other land use sector accounts for nearly half of its total
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The importance of smallholder deforestation is comparatively high
in relation to its regional counterparts, and livestock agriculture represents the largest driver of
p...
Landholm, David M.
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Pradhan, Prajal
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Wegmann, Peter
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Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio
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Suárez Salazar, Juan Carlos
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Kropp, Juergen P
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[Reducing deforestation and improving livestock productivity: greenhouse gas mitigation potential of silvopastoral systems in Caquetá.]
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Reducing deforestation and improving livestock productivity: greenhouse gas mitigation potential of silvopastoral systems in Caquetá.
Imbach, Pablo
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Manrow, M
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Barona, Elizabeth
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Barretto, A
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Hyman, Glenn
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Ciais, Philippe
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[Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: a new agricultural land-use dataset from census data since 1950]
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Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: a new agricultural land-use dataset from census data since 1950
Börner, J.
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Wunder, Sven
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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Hyman, Glenn
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Nascimento, N
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[Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: costs and income effects]
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Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: costs and income effects
Agroforestry and other tree-based systems (wood lots, afforestation) can contribute to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in two ways: 1) as part of REDD+ under certain forest definitions; and / or 2) as part of a strategy for achieving REDD+ in landscapes. In th...
Minang, Peter A.
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Bernard F
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Kahurani E
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[Agroforestry in REDD+: Opportunities and Challenges. ASB Policy Brief 26]
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Agroforestry in REDD+: Opportunities and Challenges. ASB Policy Brief 26
Land degradation is a great threat for the future and it requires great effort and resources to ameliorate. The major causes of land degradation in Ethiopia are the rapid population increase, severe soil loss, deforestation, low vegetative cover and unbalanced crop and livestock production. Inapp...
United Nations Environment Programme
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[Uganda Case Study: A Sampler Atlas of Environmental Resource Datasets within GRID - GRID Case Study Series No.1]
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Uganda Case Study: A Sampler Atlas of Environmental Resource Datasets within GRID - GRID Case Study Series No.1
United Nations Environment Programme
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International Resource Panel
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[Hundreds of Millions of Hectares, Nearly the Size of Brazil, Face Degradation Threat – UN Report Warns]
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Hundreds of Millions of Hectares, Nearly the Size of Brazil, Face Degradation Threat – UN Report Warns
Francesconi, Wendy
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Pérez Miñana, Elena
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Willcock, Simon P.
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Villa, Ferdinando
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Quintero, Marcela
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[Linking ecosystem services to food security in a changing planet: assessing Peruvian Amazon deforestation using the ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services (ARIES) framework]
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Linking ecosystem services to food security in a changing planet: assessing Peruvian Amazon deforestation using the ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services (ARIES) framework
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) commissioned this report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) to summarize the current state of negotiations towards a decision in Co...
Verchot, Louis V.
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Petkova, E.
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[La situation des négociations relatives au mécanisme REDD: Points de consensus, options pour aller de l’avant et besoins en matière de recherche afin de soutenir le processus]
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La situation des négociations relatives au mécanisme REDD: Points de consensus, options pour aller de l’avant et besoins en matière de recherche afin de soutenir le processus