Attempts to reconcile economic development with environmental conservation in a forest area in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, are reviewed for the district of Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, an area of 42,000 km2 that is still largely covered in rainforest. The history of the region is describe...
Boedhihartono, Agni K.
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Gunarso, P.
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Levang, P.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau?]
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The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau?
The biodiversity and climate consequences of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) expansion across South East Asia have received considerable attention. The human side of the issue, highlighted with reports of negative livelihood outcomes and rights abuses by oil palm companies, has also led to controver...
Rist, L.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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[The livelihood impacts of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia]
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The livelihood impacts of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia
Located on the fringe of the last tropical rainforests of Sumatra, rubber agroforests are known to conserve the main ecological functions of the primary forest, including a large part of its biodiversity. Nowadays these smallholder plantations are under threat. The regular rise of natural rubber ...
Therville, C.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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[Farmers’ perspectives about agroforests conversion to plantations in Sumatra: lessons learnt fro m Bungo district (Jambi, Indonesia)]
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Farmers’ perspectives about agroforests conversion to plantations in Sumatra: lessons learnt fro m Bungo district (Jambi, Indonesia)
Indonesian rubber agroforests – smallholders’ plantations combining a large number of perennialspecies – are known to provide a number of environmental services. They produce natural rubber as well as various secondary products for cash or home consumption. We estimated the quantities of the vari...
Lehébel-Péron, A.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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[Rubber agroforests' profitability, the importance of secondary products]
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Rubber agroforests' profitability, the importance of secondary products
Cash crops are developing in the once forested areas of Indonesia in parallel with market and economic improvements. Perennial crops such as coffee, cocoa, and rubber were first planted in estates by private or public companies. Local people then integrated these crops into their farming systems,...
Feintrenie, L.
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Schwarze, S.
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Levang, P.
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[Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia]
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Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia
NTFP are often presented as bringing a major contribution to rural livelihoods in terms of food and cash, and this particularly for rural communities. Few data are available in Gabon to confirm this common assertion. An annual monitoring of 127 households was conducted in 14 villages around two t...
Midoko Iponga, D.
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Mikolo-Yobo, C.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Mba Assoumou, F.
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Levang, P.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Ngoye, A.
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[Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon]
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Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon
Indonesia has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil since 2008. This paper discussed the livelihood impacts of oil palm development in Indonesia, based on lessons learnt from Bungo district, in the province of Jambi. The various community-company partnerships that structure t...
Feintrenie, L.
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Chong, W.K.
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Levang, P.
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[Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia]
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Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia
Awono, A.
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Eba'a Atyi, R.
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Foundjem-Tita, D.
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Levang, P.
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[Vegetal non-timber forest products in Cameroon, contribution to the national economy]
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Vegetal non-timber forest products in Cameroon, contribution to the national economy
Levang, P.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Noumbissi, D.
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Déhu, C.
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Broussolle, L.
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[Does gathering really pay? Case studies from forest areas of the East and South regions of Cameroon]
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Does gathering really pay? Case studies from forest areas of the East and South regions of Cameroon