We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) and Asia (Indonesia and Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all five areas, forest cover (outside of protected areas) continues to decrease despite local people’s recognition of the importance of fore...
Pfund, J.L.
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Watts, J.D.
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Boissiere, M.
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Boucard, A.
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Bullock, R.M.
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Ekadinata, A.
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Dewi, S.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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Rantala, S.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[Understanding and integrating local perceptions of trees and forests into incentives for sustainable landscape management]
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Understanding and integrating local perceptions of trees and forests into incentives for sustainable landscape management
The potential for combining timber and non-timber forest product extraction has been examined in the context of diversified forest management. Many tropical forests are exploited both commercially for timber and by forest-dependent communities for non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Divergences b...
Rist, L.
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Shanley, P.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Ndoye, O.
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Liswanti, N.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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[The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance]
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The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance
Terrestrial mammals are a key component of tropical forest communities as indicators of ecosystem health and providers of important ecosystem services. However, there is little quantitative information about how they change with local, regional and global threats. In this paper, the first standar...
Ahumada, Jorge A.
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Gajapersad, F.K.
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Hallam, C.
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Hurtado, J.
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Martin, E.
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McWilliam, A.
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Mugerwa, B.
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O'Brien, T.
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Rovero, F.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Spironello, W.R.
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Winarni, N.
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Andelman, Sandy J.
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[Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network]
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Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
Forest cover has been converted to agricultural land use in and around the protected areas of Uganda. The objectives of this study were; to examine the dynamics of forest cover change in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest between 1973 and 2010 and to identify the drivers of forest cover change...
Twongyirwe, R.
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Majaliwa, J.G.M.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Tenywa, M.M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Heist, M. van
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Oluka, M.
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Kumar, L.
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[Dynamics of forest cover conversion in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest, Southwestern Uganda]
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Dynamics of forest cover conversion in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest, Southwestern Uganda
Sheil, Douglas
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[An encounter with an African golden cat Caracal aurata: one of the World’s least known felids]
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An encounter with an African golden cat Caracal aurata: one of the World’s least known felids
How do tropical forest people cope with natural disasters? We worked with four communities in East Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia, before and after a catastrophic flood. We interviewed 42 of 102 heads of households affected by the floods. All 42 households suffered some major loss of property – c...
Liswanti, N.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Basuki, I.
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Padmanaba, M.
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Mulcahy, G.
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[Falling back on forests: how forest-dwelling people cope with catastrophe in a changing landscape]
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Falling back on forests: how forest-dwelling people cope with catastrophe in a changing landscape
We reply to Webber et al. (2011). Our study, Sheil and Padmanaba (2011), was a preliminary assessment of the alien Neotropical tree Cecropia around Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. We highlighted the need for low-cost assessment approaches for addressing alien species and considered what might be ach...
We investigated how demand for war derived scrap metal influenced livelihoods, forest use and environmental outcomes near the biodiverse Annamite Mountains in Central Vietnam. We focused on one community, Khe Tran, and interviewed local villagers, active collectors from other communes, traders an...
Boissiere, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Basuki, I.
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[A booming trade?: how collection of war residues affects livelihoods and forest in Vietnam]
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A booming trade?: how collection of war residues affects livelihoods and forest in Vietnam
Sheil, Douglas
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Heist, M. van
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Liswanti, N.
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Basuki, I.
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Wan, M.
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[Keanekaragaman hayati, lansekap dan sumber penghidupan]
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Keanekaragaman hayati, lansekap dan sumber penghidupan
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