The ongoing expansion of oil palm plantations in the humid tropics, especially in Southeast Asia, is generating considerable concern and debate. Amid industry and environmental campaigners’ claims, it can be hard to perceive reality. Is oil palm a valuable route to sustainable development or a co...
Sheil, Douglas
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Casson, A.
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Meijaard, E.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Gaskell, J.
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Sunderland-Groves, J.
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Wertz, K.
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Kanninen, M.
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[The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know?]
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The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know?
Based on the best available remote sensing data from before 1990, the total area of formally eligible lands in Indonesia for the aff orestation and reforestation (A/R) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activities under the Kyoto protocol is about 46 M ha. Priorities for assistance in the developm...
Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Puntodewo, A.
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Widayati, A.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Determination of eligible lands for A/R CDM project activities and of priority Districts for project development support in Indonesia]
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Determination of eligible lands for A/R CDM project activities and of priority Districts for project development support in Indonesia
Villamor, G.
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Akiefnawati, R.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Desrianti, F.
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Pradhan, U.
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[Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia
Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their signif...
Zomer, Robert J.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Xu, Jianchu
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Ahrends, Antje
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Trabucco, Antonio
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Wang, Mingcheng
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[Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets]
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Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets
Oil palm, currently the world’s main vegetable oil crop, is characterised by a large productivity and a long life span (≥25 years). Peak oil yields of 12 t ha−1 yr−1 have been achieved in small plantations, and maximum theoretical yields as calculated with simulation models are 18.5 t oil ha−1 yr...
Woittiez, Lotte Suzanne
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Slingerland, Maja
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Yield gaps in oil palm: A quantitative review of contributing factors]
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Yield gaps in oil palm: A quantitative review of contributing factors
Previous research on the determinants of effectiveness in knowledge systems seeking to support sustainable development has highlighted the importance of “boundary work” through which research communities organize their relations with new science, other sources of knowledge, and the worlds of acti...
Clark, W.C.
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Tomich, Thomas P.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Guston, D.
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Catacutan, D.
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Dickson, N.M.
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McNie, E.
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[Boundary work for sustainable development: Natural resource management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)]
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Boundary work for sustainable development: Natural resource management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Minang, Peter A.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Gockowski, J.
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[Carbon trade-offs along tropical forest margins: lessons from ASB partnership work in Cameroon]
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Carbon trade-offs along tropical forest margins: lessons from ASB partnership work in Cameroon
Gillison, A.N.
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Bignell, D.E.
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Brewer, K.R.W
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Fernandes, Erick C.M.
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Jones, D.T.
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Sheil, D.
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May, P.H
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Watt, A.D
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Constantino, R
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Couto, E.G
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Hairiah, K
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Jepson, P
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Kartono, A.P
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Maryanto, I
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Neto, G.G
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Silveira, E.A
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Susilo, F.X
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Vosti, S.A.
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Nunes, P.C.
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[Plant functional types and traits as biodiversity indicators for tropical forests: two biogeographically separated case studies including birds, mammals and termites]
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Plant functional types and traits as biodiversity indicators for tropical forests: two biogeographically separated case studies including birds, mammals and termites
Anthropogenic soils of the Amazon Basin (Terra Preta, Terra Mulata) reveal that pre-Colombian peoples made lasting improvements in the agricultural potential of nutrient-poor soils. Some have argued that applying similar techniques could improve agriculture over much of the humid tropics, enhanci...
Sheil, Douglas
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Basuki, I.
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German L
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Kuyper, Thomas W.
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Limberg G
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Puri RK
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Sellato, B.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Do Anthropogenic Dark Earths occur in the interior of Borneo? Some initial observations from East Kalimantan]
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Do Anthropogenic Dark Earths occur in the interior of Borneo? Some initial observations from East Kalimantan
Successfully meeting the mitigation and adaptation targets of the Paris Climate Agreement (PA) will depend on strengthening the ties between forests and agriculture. Climate-smart land use can be achieved by integrating climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and REDD+. The focus on agriculture for food ...
Carter, Sarah
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Arts, Bas
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Giller, Ken E.
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Glolcher, Cinthia S.
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Kok, Kasper
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Koning, Jessica de
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Reidsma, Pytrik
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Salvini, Giulia
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Herold, Martin
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[Climate-smart land use requires local solutions, transdisciplinary research, policy coherence and transparency]
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Climate-smart land use requires local solutions, transdisciplinary research, policy coherence and transparency