The Peruvian Amazon is undergoing rapid and uneven economic growth, alongside alarming rates of deforestation, increasing land use change and food security concerns. Although it has been widely acknowledged that food insecurity is intrinsically linked with deforestation, the links have not been t...
Andrieu, Nadine
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Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
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Cruz García, Gisella S.
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[Trade-offs between food security and forest exploitation by mestizo households in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon]
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Trade-offs between food security and forest exploitation by mestizo households in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon
The biodiversity of West African rainforests is globally significant but poorly described, little understood in terms of its functional significance, and under threat from forest loss and degradation. Estimates suggest that about 10 million ha of forest may have been lost in the 20th Century, and...
Norris, K.
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Asase, A.
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Collen, B.
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Gockowski, J.
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Mason, J.
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Phalan, B.
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Wade, A.
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[Biodiversity in a forestagriculture mosaic: the changing face of west Africa rainforests]
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Biodiversity in a forestagriculture mosaic: the changing face of west Africa rainforests
Robison, Daniel Merritt
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Dalrymple, J.B.
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[A soil-based assessment of the sustainability of a zero-input alternative to shifting cultivation in Bolivia]
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A soil-based assessment of the sustainability of a zero-input alternative to shifting cultivation in Bolivia
Castro-Nuñez, Augusto
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Mertz, Ole
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Buritica Casanova, Alexander
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Sosa, Chrystian C.
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Lee, Stephanie T.
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[Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict]
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Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict
This study outlines a case where the behaviour of farmers in accumulating capital, rather than their poverty as commonly assumed, results in deforestation. Fieldwork was undertaken in the Upper Kerinci region of the island of Sumatera, Indonesia. A financial analysis of the "net income" streams r...
Wibowo, D.H.
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Tisdell, C.A.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia]
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Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia
Swidden agriculture is often deemed responsible for deforestation and forest degradation in tropical regions, yet swidden landscapes are commonly not visible on land cover/use maps, making it difficult to prove this assertion. For a future REDDþ scheme, the correct identification of deforestation...
Hett, C.
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Castella, J.C.
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Heinimann, A.
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Messerli, P.
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Pfund, J.L.
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[A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective]
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A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective
In this article, we attempt to find the spatial relations between deforestation and biofuel production at global level by analyzing available global deforestation and biofuels data, and find that, for a variety of reasons relating to data availability and its characteristics, and the way biofuels...
Gao, Y.
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Skutsch, M.
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Drigo, R.
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Pacheco, P.
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Masera, O.
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[Assessing deforestation from biofuels: methodological challenges]
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Assessing deforestation from biofuels: methodological challenges
Strategies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) could become an important part of a new agreement for climate change mitigation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We constructed a system dynamics model for a cocoa agroforest landsca...
Sandker, M.
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Nyame, S. K.
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Forster, J.
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Collier, N.
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Shepherd, G.
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Yeboah, D.
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Ezzine-de-Blas, D.
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Machwitz, M.
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Vaatainen, S.
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Garedew, E.
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Etoga, G.
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Ehringhaus, C.
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Anati, J.
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Quarm, O.D.K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss]
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REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss
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.
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Walker, S.
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Nasi, Robert
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Kanninen, M.
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[Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa]
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Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa
Gottschalk, Pia
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Bellarby, J.
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Chenu, C
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Foereid, B
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Smith, Pete
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Wattenbach, M
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Zingore, Shamie
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Smith, J.
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[Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements]
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Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements