This article discuss a search for a common understanding of three environmental problems linked to land use change in Southeast Asia: smoke pollution, degradation of biodiversity functions, and degradation of watershed functions. The objectives of this special issue are to identify usable data an...
Tomich, Thomas P.
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Chomitz, K.
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Francisco, H.
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Izac, N.A.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Ratnere, B.D.
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Thomas, D.E.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Policy analysis and environmental problems at different scales: asking the right questions]
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Policy analysis and environmental problems at different scales: asking the right questions
The study attempted to understand the dynamics and complexities of forest resources management following decentralization, the interactions among stakeholders in forest resources management, and the impacts of the new legislation on local community livelihoods in Sintang District, West Kalimantan...
Yasmi, Y.
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Anshari, G.Z.
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Alqadrie, S.
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Budiarto, T.
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Ngusmanto
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Abidin, E.
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Komarudin, H.
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McGrath, S.
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Zulkifli
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Afifudin
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[The complexities of managing forest resources in post-decentralization Indonesia: a case study from Sintang District, West Kalimantan]
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The complexities of managing forest resources in post-decentralization Indonesia: a case study from Sintang District, West Kalimantan
The study attempted to understand the dynamics and complexities of forest resources management following decentralization, the interactions among stakeholders in forest resources management, and the impacts of the new legislation on local community livelihoods in Sintang District, West Kalimantan...
Yasmi, Y.
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Anshari, G.Z.
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Alqadrie, S.
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Budiarto, T.
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Ngusmanto
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Abidin, E.
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Komarudin, H.
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McGrath, S.
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Zulkifli
,
Afifudin
,
[Kompleksitas pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan di era otonomi daerah: studi kasus di Kabupaten Sintang, Kalimantan Barat]
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Kompleksitas pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan di era otonomi daerah: studi kasus di Kabupaten Sintang, Kalimantan Barat
In the 1970s, it appeared that fuelwood use was growing rapidly, and this could have major adverse impacts on the resource and poor users. By the mid-1980s, revised assessments indicated that there was less of a problem than had been foreseen, and much less of a need for forestry interventions to...
The success of multiple forest management systems is contingent on a variety of social, economic, biophysical, and institutional factors, including the integration of timber and non-timber forest product (NTFP) extraction and management. Selective logging for timber is increasingly taking place i...
Guariguata, M.R.
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Licona, J.C.
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Mostacedo, B.
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia]
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Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia
An ambitious project to help smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change has significantly reduced hunger at test sites in East Africa. In seven villages in Kenya, for example, the number of households that experience at least two months per year with one or no meals per day fell by roughly 60...
This book looks at the role of municipal governments in lowland Bolivia in forest management since passage of a popular participation law in 1994 and a new forestry law in 1996. It covers issues related to logging, protected area management, land use planning, indigenous territories, and non-timb...
An Agricultural Innovation Platform (AIP) facilitates and accelerates transition of
farmers from subsistence farming to socially inclusive, environmentally sound
and market-oriented farming.
AIPs adapt interventions around interlinked levers in the food value chains, with
entry points based o...
Homann-Kee Tui, S.
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Falk, T.
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Sixpence, C.
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Gungulo, A.
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Quembo, C.
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[Nudging sustainability transitions in Central Mozambique]
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Nudging sustainability transitions in Central Mozambique
The present paper is a review of the methods used for assessing defaunation, as a forest degradation component, linked to logging and logging concessions with an emphasis on mammals and Central Africa Rainforests. A discussion on the usefulness and weaknesses of these methods is provided
Nasi, Robert
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Vliet, N. van
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[Defaunation and forest degradation in Central African logging concessions: how to measure the impacts of bush meat hunting on the ecosystem? case studies on measuring and assessing forest degradation]
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Defaunation and forest degradation in Central African logging concessions: how to measure the impacts of bush meat hunting on the ecosystem? case studies on measuring and assessing forest degradation
The crop improvement research effort of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers and their national agricultural research systems (NARS) partners has had a large impact on world food production. Although bean impact has been documented in a number of past stud...
Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, Rachel
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Andrade, Robert
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[Crop improvement, adoption and impact of improved bean varieties in Sub Saharan Africa]
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Crop improvement, adoption and impact of improved bean varieties in Sub Saharan Africa