In recognition of the importance of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in both social and forest resource management terms, one of CIFOR's major projects is on "Sustainable Use and Development of Non-Timber Forest Products ". The project is aiming at a world level comparison of NTFPs-based forest...
Dewi, S.
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García Fernandez, C.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Agar, P.M. de
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Loken, A.
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Lutnaes, K.
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[Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies]
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Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies
This paper addresses under what circumstances technological change in agriculture is likely to increase deforestation and when it will decrease it. It identifies four sets of variables that influence these outcomes: the type of technological change involved, the farmers' socio-economic profile, t...
A widespread belief among development and forest researchers and practitioners holds that technological progress in tropical agriculture is good for forest conservation. Higher yield enables farmers to produce the same amount of food on less agricultural land. The alternative view suggests that p...
The article reviews some of the critical issues for including Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) into a new global climate agreement. Four different REDD models (regimes) are discussed based on two dimensions: scale (national vs. project) and funding (market vs. fu...
This paper develops a microeconomic framework to assess how opening up for trade will affect the overall welfare and its distribution within a forest community, as well as the impact on the environment. Whereas trade will increase overall welfare, it usually creates both winners and losers. The i...
Angelsen, A.
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[Impacts of trade on growth, distribution and the environment in forest communities]
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Impacts of trade on growth, distribution and the environment in forest communities
The poverty-environment thesis suggests that the poor are both the agents and victims of environmental degradation. Even though the thesis may have been necessary to avoid a North-South confrontation on environmental issues, its validity can be questioned. It is argued that the coexistence of pov...
As international concern over tropical deforestation has grown over the last ten years, researchers have sought to understand the causes of deforestation and possible solutions using quantitative economic models. This book reviews the results and methodology of over 150 of these models and synthe...
Developing countries participating in the mitigation mechanism of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), need to determine a national forest reference emission le...
Romijn E
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Ainembabazi, John H.
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Wijaya, A.
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Herold, Martin
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Angelsen, A.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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[Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia]
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Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia
This paper investigates if and howthe establishment of private commercial forest plantations in degraded forestreserves can conserve natural forests in Uganda. It uses difference-in-difference and decomposition analyses onhousehold data collected from intervention and control villages in the neig...
Ainembabazi, John H.
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Angelsen, A.
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[Do commercial forest plantations reduce pressure on natural forests? evidence from forest policy reforms in Uganda]
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Do commercial forest plantations reduce pressure on natural forests? evidence from forest policy reforms in Uganda
Angelsen, A.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Kanninen, M.
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Sills, E.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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[La implementación de REDD+: estrategia nacional y opciones de política]
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La implementación de REDD+: estrategia nacional y opciones de política