With past and continued destruction of primary forest worldwide, secondary forest constitute a large and growing component of forest cover and have been found to be very important for a wide range of goods and services. Despite its widespread usage, there is considerable ambiguity with regard to ...
In this paper, we present an intensification model based on the intensity of exploitation and use of forests and forest lands as a relevant framework for analysing the appearance, dynamics, and evolution of different types of secondary forests. The systematic driving forces responsible for the di...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Smith, J.
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Jong, W. de
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Sabogal, C.
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[A conceptual framework for the assessment of tropical secondary forest dynamics and sustainable development potential in Asia]
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A conceptual framework for the assessment of tropical secondary forest dynamics and sustainable development potential in Asia
This paper provides the general objectives of the special issue: secondary forests in Asia: their diversity, importance and role in future environmental management. It provides a brief overview of the renewed attention to tropical secondary forests and sketches the history of research on this sub...
Jong, W. de
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Smith, J.
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Sabogal, C.
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[Tropical secondary forests in Asia: introduction and synthesis]
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Tropical secondary forests in Asia: introduction and synthesis
This study in the wake of 1990s fire catastrophes identifies and analyzes underlying causes of vegetation fires in eight locations across Borneo and Sumatra. Multidisciplinary and multiscale analysis integrates geospatial technologies with varied social research approaches and participatory mappi...
Dennis, R.A.
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Mayer, J.
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Applegate, G.
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Kurniawan, I.
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Lachowski, H.
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Maus, P.
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Permana, R.P.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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Stolle, F.
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Suyanto
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Tomich, Thomas P.
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[Fire, people and pixels: linking social science and remote sensing to understand underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia]
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Fire, people and pixels: linking social science and remote sensing to understand underlying causes and impacts of fires in Indonesia
Hope, G.
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Anwar, S.
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[The stratigraphy and fire history of the Kutai peatlands, Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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The stratigraphy and fire history of the Kutai peatlands, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Stand structure including spatial patterns was studied in northern hardwood and mixed forest types in the 2000-ha old-growth Big Reed Forest Reserve in northern Maine using complete stem mapping, dendrochronology, and spatial analyses on ~0.5 plots. The inclusion of saplings, dead wood, age distr...
Chokkalingam, U.
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White, A.
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[Structure and spatial patterns of trees in old-growth northern hardwood and mixed forests of northern Maine]
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Structure and spatial patterns of trees in old-growth northern hardwood and mixed forests of northern Maine
Fire is an important community wetland management tool in Indonesia, but its increasing use in the wetlands of southern Sumatra is degrading the landscape and diminishing household incomes and livelihood options. We studied evolving community land and fire use, resource and livelihood impacts on ...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Suyanto
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Permana, R.P.
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Kurniawan, I.
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Mannes, J.
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Darmawan, A.
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Khususyiah, N.
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Susanto, R.H.
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[Community fire use, resource change, and livelihood impacts: the downward spiral in the wetlands of southern Sumatra]
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Community fire use, resource change, and livelihood impacts: the downward spiral in the wetlands of southern Sumatra
Rehabilitated secondary forests constitute a potential new and emerging resource requiring changes in policy favouring the rehabilitation of the large areas of degraded land in tropical Asia. Conversion of degraded lands into rehabilitated secondary forests rather than into monoculture plantation...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Bhat, D.M.
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Gemmingen, G. von
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[Secondary forests associated with the rehabilitation of degraded lands in tropical Asia: a synthesis]
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Secondary forests associated with the rehabilitation of degraded lands in tropical Asia: a synthesis
Swidden agriculture in tropical Asia is a diverse practice, making it difficult to draw general conclusions on trends of the development of swidden fallow secondary forests (SFSF). There is, however, sufficient evidence to recognise trends of a gradual intensification often through the incorporat...
Jong, W. de
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Perera, G.A.D.
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[The evolution of swidden fallow secondary forests in Asia]
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The evolution of swidden fallow secondary forests in Asia
Large-scale, recurrent fires in Indonesia in recent decades have caused widespread deforestation and transformation of peatlands, and have contributed to substantial smoke haze and greenhouse-gas pollution. In some areas, local community use of fire for livelihood needs could be a major factor be...
Chokkalingam, U.
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Kurniawan, I.
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Ruchiat, Y.
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[Fire, livelihoods, and environmental change in the middle Mahakam peatlands, East Kalimantan]
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Fire, livelihoods, and environmental change in the middle Mahakam peatlands, East Kalimantan