Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article tracks some of the major myths on driving forces of land-cover change and proposes alternative pathways of change that ...
Lambin, E.F.
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Turner, B.L.
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Geist, H.J.
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Agbola, S.J.
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Angelsen, A.
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Bruce, J.W.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Dirzo, R.
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Fischer, G.
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Folke, C.
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[The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths]
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
The circulation of seed among farmers is central to agrobiodiversity conservation and dynamics. Agrobiodiversity, the diversity of agricultural systems from genes to varieties and crop species, from farming methods to landscape composition, is part of humanity�s cultural heritage. Whereas agrobio...
Pautasso, M.
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Aistara, G.
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Barnaud, A.
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Caillon, S.
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Clouvel, P.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Deletre, M.
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Demeulenaere, E.
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Santis, P. de
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Doring, T.
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Eloy, L.
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Emperaire, L.
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Garine, E.
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Goldringer, I.
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Jarvis, D.
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Joly, H.I.
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Leclerc, C.
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Louafi, S.
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[Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review.]
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Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review.
The dynamics of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are complex. A growing debate considers the extent to which deforestation is a result of the expansion of the Brazilian soy industry. Most recent analyses suggest that deforestation is driven by the expansion of cattle ranching, rather than so...
Barona, Elizabeth
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Ramankutty, N
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Hyman, Glenn
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Coomes, O.T.
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[The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian amazon]
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The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian amazon
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
Wood, S.L.R.
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Rhemtulla, J.M.
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Coomes, O.T.
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[Intensification of tropical fallow-based agriculture: trading-off ecosystem services for economic gain in shifting cultivation landscapes?]
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Intensification of tropical fallow-based agriculture: trading-off ecosystem services for economic gain in shifting cultivation landscapes?
The importance of seed provisioning in food security and nutrition, agricultural development and rural livelihoods, and agrobiodiversity and germplasm conservation is well accepted by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. The role of farmer seed networks is less well understood and yet is...
Coomes, O.T.
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McGuire, S.J.
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Garine, E.
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Caillon, S.
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McKey, D.
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Demeulenaere, E.
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Jarvis, D.
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Aistara, G.
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Barnaud, A.
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Clouvel, P.
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Emperaire, L.
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Louafi, S.
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Martin, P.
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Massol, F.
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Pautasso, M.
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Violon, C.
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Wencelius, J.
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[Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions]
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Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions