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...
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
This paper examines the causes of agricultural land expansion and deforetstion in Tanzania. In the theoretical section, two different -- and partly contradicting -- sets of hypotheses are outlined. These are based on a subsistence approach, emphasising the food or income requirements of farm hous...
Angelsen, A.
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Shitindi, E.F.K.
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Aarrestad, Johnstein
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[Why do farmers expand their land into forests?: theories and evidence form Tanzania]
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Why do farmers expand their land into forests?: theories and evidence form Tanzania
Field research was conducted on 1,050 Indonesian households to understand the effects of the Asian economic crisis on the well-being of small farmers outside of Java and on their forest-clearing practices. The main findings are: (a) most farmers perceived themselves as worse off during the crisis...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Angelsen, A.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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Dermawan, A.
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Rianto, E.
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[Economic crises, small farmer well-being, and forest cover change in Indonesia]
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Economic crises, small farmer well-being, and forest cover change in Indonesia
Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where th...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Dewi, S.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Muller, D.
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Angelsen, A.
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Epprecht, M.
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[Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation]
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Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation
Places experience forest transitions when declines in forest cover cease and recoveries in forest cover begin. Forest transitions have occurred in two, sometimes overlapping circumstances. In some places economic development has created enough non-farm jobs to pull farmers off of the land, thereb...
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Moran, E.
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Achard, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Jianchu Xu
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change]
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Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
Bos, A.B.
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Duchelle, Amy E.
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Angelsen, A.
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Avitabile, Valerio
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Sy, V. de
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Herold, Martin
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Joseph, S.
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Sassi, C. de
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Sills, E.O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives]
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Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives
Dokken, T.
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Caplow, S
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Angelsen, A.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Tenure issues in REDD+ pilot project sites in Tanzania]
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Tenure issues in REDD+ pilot project sites in Tanzania
Hosonuma, N
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Herold, Martin
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Sy, V. de
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Fries, R.S. de
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Brockhaus, M.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Angelsen, A.
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Romijn, E.
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[An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries]
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An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries