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We present an integrated methodology composed of a role-playing game on land adjudication from which we extract narrative and spatially explicit drivers of land-use decisions. We show how geographic information systems (GIS), qualitative decision-matrix analyses, a simple rule-based model using m...


Washington-Ottombre, C.Pijanowski, B.C.Campbell, D.J.Olson, J.Maitima, J.Musili, A.Kibaki, T.Kaburu, H.Hayombe, P.Owango, E.Irigia, B.Gichere, S.Mwangi, A.[Using a role-playing game to inform the development of land-use models for the study of a complex socio-ecological system]Using a role-playing game to inform the development of land-use models for the study of a complex socio-ecological system

Important transformations are underway in tropical landscapes in Latin America with implications for economic development and climate change. Landscape transformation is driven not only by national policies and markets, but also by global market dynamics associated with an increased role for tran...


Pacheco, P.Aguilar-Støen, M.Boner, J.Etter, A.Putzel, L.Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.[Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+]Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+

Chemical sequential extraction is widely used to divide soil phosphorus (P) into different inorganic (Pi) and organic (Po) fractions, but the assignment of these fractions to pools of differing plant availability, especially for low P tropical soils, is still matter of discussion. To improve this...


Buehler, S.Oberson, AstridRao, Idupulapati M.Friesen, Dennis K.Frossard, Emmanuel[Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems]Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems

Cash crops are developing in the once forested areas of Indonesia in parallel with market and economic improvements. Perennial crops such as coffee, cocoa, and rubber were first planted in estates by private or public companies. Local people then integrated these crops into their farming systems,...


Feintrenie, L.Schwarze, S.Levang, P.[Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia]Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia

In Central Africa, important carbon stocks are stored in natural forest stands, while activities that modify the carbon storage occur in the forest landscape. Besides clean development mechanisms, the reduction of emission through deforestation and degradation (REDD) initiative is viewed as one w...


Sonwa, D.J.Walker, S.Nasi, RobertKanninen, M.[Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa]Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa
Gottschalk, PiaBellarby, J.Chenu, CFoereid, BSmith, PeteWattenbach, MZingore, ShamieSmith, J.[Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements]Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements

The overlap of large carnivores, livestock and people can engender conflicts that often threaten the future viability of carnivore populations in the pastoral systems of Africa. A playback survey of lions Panthera leo, spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta and black-backed jackals Canis mesomelas and a ...


Ogutu, J.Bhola, N.Reid, Robin S.[The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya]The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya

Few studies of land-use/land-cover change provide an integrated assessment of the driving forces and consequences of that change, particularly in Africa. Our objectives were to determine how driving forces at different scales change over time, how these forces affect the dynamics and patterns of ...


Reid, Robin S.Kruska, R.L.Muthui, N.Taye, A.Wotton, S.Wilson, C.J.Mulatu, W.[Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia]Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia

Improved understandings of the agricultural and range ecologies of semi-arid Africa require better information on the spatiotemporal distribution of domestic livestock across agropastoral landscapes. An empirical GIS-based approach was developed for estimating distributions of herded livestock a...


Turner, M.D.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.[The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa]The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa

Poor cropland fertility and a rapidly rising demand for food force Sahelian farmers to cultivate more land and shorten fallow periods. This mostly leads to a gradual decline in crop yields per hectare, which can be counterbalanced by the systematic use of livestock manure on cropland. To assess t...


Schlecht, E.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Achard, F.Turner, M.D.[Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger]Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger

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