In the lower Tocantins region of Brazil, one Amazonian woman questioned why scientists publish principally for elite audiences. Her experience suggests that the impact may be enhanced by also sharing data with people who depend upon forest goods. Having defended her family homestead near the city...
Shanley, P.
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[Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia]
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Science for the poor: how one woman challenged researchers, ranchers, and loggers in Amazonia
Gold and diamond mining constitute more than half of all mineral exploitation worldwide and an estimated 6 to 9 million artisanal miners are active in the gold and diamond sector. Africa hosts a third of the world’s natural mineral wealth, among which 65 percent of global diamond deposits. While ...
Schure, J.
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Ingram, V.
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[Impacts of Artisanal Gold and Diamond Mining on Livelihoods and the Environment in the Sangha Tri-National Park (TNS) Landscape]
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Impacts of Artisanal Gold and Diamond Mining on Livelihoods and the Environment in the Sangha Tri-National Park (TNS) Landscape
To meet the challenges of poverty and environmental sustainability, a different kind of research will be needed. This research will need to embrace the complexity of these systems by redirecting the objectives of research toward enhancing adaptive capacity, by incorporating more participatory app...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Research to integrate productivity enhancement, environmental protection, and human development]
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Research to integrate productivity enhancement, environmental protection, and human development
The contribution of non-timber forest products to the global economy is significant, though probably less than that of timber products. In addition, non-timber resources provide substantial environment benefits that are difficult or impossible to measure in an economic sense but are nevertheless ...
A GIS compiled by the Departmental Government of Santa Cruz, Bolivia offers data that may help to resolve some competing theories of tropical deforestation. The GIS contains many attributes relating to land use at two points in time, 1989 and 1994, and allow us to address questions like: What has...
Vanclay, J.K.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Mendez, P.
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[Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia]
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Spatially explicit model of deforestation in Bolivia
This study seeks to examine the causes and consequences of forest loss and therefore biodiversity loss in Ghana. It examines the driving forces behind and evaluates policy options for addressing the problem of biodiversity loss. It also makes recommendations for an optimal strategy for the sustai...
This paper looks at the impact of the introduction of new soybean technologies on the clearing of natural vegetation (forest and savanna) in southern Brazil, the Brazilian Cerrado, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The paper looks at how technological change interacted with other government policies and e...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Smith, J.
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[Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia]
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Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia
Based on field research carried out in Central Kalimantan during June and July 2000, this chapter examines the likely impact of the decentralisation reforms on forest management in Barito Selatan. Conclusions are derived from three major sources. First, interviews were conducted with key governme...
McCarthy, J.F.
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[Decentralisation, local communities and forest management in Barito Selatan district, Central Kalimantan]
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Decentralisation, local communities and forest management in Barito Selatan district, Central Kalimantan
This case study discusses decentralisation and forest management in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan, focusing specifically on the impact of these administrative reforms on timber concessions operating there. It is based on field research carried out during June and July 2000. The study is bas...
McCarthy, J.F.
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[Decentralisation and forest management in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan]
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Decentralisation and forest management in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan
Spilsbury, M.J.
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[CIFOR. The sustainability of forest management: assessing the impact of CIFOR criteria and indicators research]
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CIFOR. The sustainability of forest management: assessing the impact of CIFOR criteria and indicators research