A significant shift has taken place in global forest tenure, with a doubling of the forest area under community ownership (or administration over the past 15 years). There is every indication that communal tenure will double again over the next 15 years. Recognition of traditional and indigenous ...
Molnar,A.
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Gomes, D.
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Sousa, R.
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Vidal, N.
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Hojer, R.F.
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Arguelles, L.A.
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Kaatz, S.
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Martin, A.
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Donini, G.
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Scherr, Sara J.
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White, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Community forest enterprise markets in Mexico and Brazil: new opportunities and challenges for legal access to the forest]
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Community forest enterprise markets in Mexico and Brazil: new opportunities and challenges for legal access to the forest
This paper applies a spatial economic regression model to analyze the relation between deforestation in the period from 1989 to 1994 and access to roads and markets, ecological conditions, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The data come from a Geographic Information System ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Mendez, P.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia]
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Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
The paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agro-indust...
Ndoye, O.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997]
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Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997
This paper looks at the impact of the introduction of new soybean technologies on the clearing of natural vegetation (forest and savanna) in southern Brazil, the Brazilian Cerrado, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The paper looks at how technological change interacted with other government policies and e...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Smith, J.
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[Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia]
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Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia
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...
This policy brief lays out strategies to improve the contribution of forest markets to local livelihoods. It is offered as a first step in a longer-term effort to promote forest markets that enhance the livelihoods of poor people while conserving forest resources. While forests are providing crit...
This chapter attempts to systematically examine some of the main analytical arguments and empirical evidence regarding the impact of technological progress in agriculture on deforestation. Three factors have been highlighted that are important in determining deforestation outcomes: (1) the type o...
Angelsen, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[When does technological change in agriculture promote deforestation]
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When does technological change in agriculture promote deforestation
This chapter summarises the key insights from the case studies included in the book. First, it discusses the technology-deforestation link in six different types of cases: developed countries, commodity booms, shifting cultivation, permanent upland (rainfed) agriculture, irrigated (lowland) agric...
Community based forestry has the potential to contribute much more to achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction than is the case today. This paper describes and analyzes these potentials and demonstrates their feasibility with real world cases of community forest businesses and inno...
Scherr, Sara J.
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White, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[A new agenda for forest conservation and poverty alleviation: making markets work for low-income producers]
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A new agenda for forest conservation and poverty alleviation: making markets work for low-income producers