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Over the past decade, shihuahuaco timber – comprising several species of Dipteryx (Fabaceae) traded internationally as “cumarú” or “Brazilian teak” – has become one of the most highly demanded types of hardwood from Peruvian Amazonia, particularly in the Chinese market. Dipteryx is an ecologicall...


Putzel, L.Peters, C.M.Romo, M.[Post-logging regeneration and recruitment of shihuahuaco (Dipteryx spp.) in Peruvian Amazonia: implications for management]Post-logging regeneration and recruitment of shihuahuaco (Dipteryx spp.) in Peruvian Amazonia: implications for management
Villamor, G.Akiefnawati, R.Noordwijk, Meine vanDesrianti, F.Pradhan, U.[Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia]Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia

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.Ellis, E.A.Guariguata, M.R.Ruiz Mallén, I.Negrete-Yankelevich, S.Reyes García, Victoria[Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics]Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

Rapid growth of emerging economies, emerging interest in biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels and recent volatility in commodity prices have led to a marked increase in the pace and scale of foreign and domestic investment in landbased enterprises in the global South. Emerging evidence of t...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Mwangi, E.[Contemporary processes of largescale land acquisition by investors: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa]Contemporary processes of largescale land acquisition by investors: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa

Presents data on the geomorphology, vegetation structure and ecological units identified at Medacho & Did Hara areas of Ethiopia, comparing effects of rangeland utilization in order to derive conclusions on their management by pastoralists, with particular reference to grazing pressures applied t...


Bille, Jean-ClaudeEshete, A.[Rangelands management and range condition: A study in the Medacho and Did Hara areas of the effects of rangeland utilization]Rangelands management and range condition: A study in the Medacho and Did Hara areas of the effects of rangeland utilization

This study aims to explain effects of soil textural class, topography, land use, and land use history on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Lake Victoria region. We measured GHG fluxes from intact soil cores collected in Rakai, Uganda, an area characterized by low‐input smallholder (<2 ha) f...


Wanyama, IbrahimRufino, Mariana C.Pelster, David E.Wanyama, George N.Atzberger, ClementAsten, Piet J.A. vanVerchot, Louis V.Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus[Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands]Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands

Kristjanson, Patricia M.Radeny, Maren A.O.Nkedianye, D.Kruska, R.L.Reid, Robin S.Gichohi, H.Atieno, F.Sanford, R.[Valuing alternative land-use options in the Kitengela wildlife dispersal area of Kenya. A joint International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and African Conservation Centre (ACC) report undertaken for the Kitengela community]Valuing alternative land-use options in the Kitengela wildlife dispersal area of Kenya. A joint International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and African Conservation Centre (ACC) report undertaken for the Kitengela community

Sommer, RolfPaul, Birthe K.Kihara, Job[The soil carbon dilemma in the humid tropics: cannot hoard it!?]The soil carbon dilemma in the humid tropics: cannot hoard it!?
Autor: Barrett, J.C.

Throughout Africa the importance of land use issues in relation to tsetse control planning has been emphasized consistently in the tsetse literature. Because of inappropriate land use, concerns for the environment in tsetse-freed areas have been expressed frequently. This debate is very relevant ...


Barrett, J.C.[Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations]Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations

The use of East African freshwater wetlands for agriculture has increased in recent decades, raising concerns about potential impacts on wetlands and the long-term sustainability of such land use trends. WET-health is an indicator-based rapid wetland assessment approach developed in South Africa....


Beuel, S.Álvarez, M.Amler, E.Behn, K.Kotze, D.Kreye, C.Leemhuis, C.Wagner, K.Willy, D.K.Ziegler, S.Becker, M.[A rapid assessment of anthropogenic disturbances in East African wetlands]A rapid assessment of anthropogenic disturbances in East African wetlands

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