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Although REDD+ is approaching its 10th anniversary, major impacts in terms of reduced forest loss are hard to document. Conservation practitioners and scholars are therefore increasingly asking why REDD+ has not delivered more tangible results. A recent Comment in Conservation Biology by Fletcher...


Angelsen, ArildBrockhaus, MariaDuchelle, Amy E.Larson, AnneMartius, ChristopherSunderlin, William D.Verchot, Louis V.Wong, GraceWunder, Sven[Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.]Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.
White, A.Hatcher, J.Khare, A.Liddle, M.Molnar, A.Sunderlin, William D.[Seeing people through the trees: mitigating and adapting to climate change without undermining rights and livelihoods]Seeing people through the trees: mitigating and adapting to climate change without undermining rights and livelihoods

This chapter uses an historical case study approach to convey some sense of the kinds of research social scientists do at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). It describes CIFOR's work in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, which led to the cre...


Colfer, C.J.P.Dounias, E.Goloubinoff, M.López, C.Sunderlin, William D.[Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists]Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists

Previous studies of deforestation have focused on agriculture, population and migration, timber exploitation, macroeconomic policies and geographic factors to explain the variability of deforestation rates among countries. This study tests the hypothesis that countries with a high proportion of p...


Sunderlin, William D.Wunder, Sven[The influence of mineral exports on the variability of tropical deforestation]The influence of mineral exports on the variability of tropical deforestation

The rate of forest cover loss in the humid tropics of Cameroon is one of the highest in Central Africa. The aim of the large-scale, two-year research project described here was to understand the effect of the country's economic crisis and policy change on small-scale agricultural systems and land...


Sunderlin, William D.Ndoye, O.Bikie, H.Laporte, N.Mertens, B.Pokam, J.[Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon]Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon

Does human population growth threaten the environment, or does it guarantee we will safeguard it? Is economic growth the key ecological problem, or is it in fact the solution? What will be the leading force to save the planet: civil society, government, or private enterprise? This book shows that...


Sunderlin, William D.[Ideology, social theory, and the environment]Ideology, social theory, and the environment

An economic crisis and political changes that have occurred in Indonesia since 1997 have presented grave dangers but also important opportunities for the country. On the one hand, the depreciation of the rupiah against the dollar is part of a drastic economic downturn, but on the other hand, it r...


Sunderlin, William D.[Dampak krisis dan perubahan politik, 1997-1999]Dampak krisis dan perubahan politik, 1997-1999

In the growing literature at the interface of rural livelihood improvement and conservation of natural forests, two overarching issues stand out: (1) How and to what extent use of forest resources do and can contribute to poverty alleviation and (2) How and to what extent poverty alleviation and ...


Sunderlin, William D.Angelsen, A.Belcher, B.Burgess, P.Nasi, RobertSantoso, L.Wunder, Sven[Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview]Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview

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