Two issues prompted this review: Global concerns to decentralize and democratize will require more effective involvement of now-marginalized people; and addressing global problems (climate change, poverty, forests, and biodiversity loss) will pragmatically require their involvement. This explorat...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Marginalized forest peoples’ perceptions of the legitimacy of governance: an exploration]
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Marginalized forest peoples’ perceptions of the legitimacy of governance: an exploration
The growing risk of vulnerability to climate change is widely discussed in the scientific and political sphere. More evidence from local case studies emerges that document this risk. Vulnerability to climate change and variability appears most likely to negatively affect poor people, particularly...
Djoudi, H.
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Brockhaus, M.
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[Is adaptation to climate change gender neutral?: Lessons from communities dependent on livestock and forests in northern Mali]
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Is adaptation to climate change gender neutral?: Lessons from communities dependent on livestock and forests in northern Mali
The value chains of three internationally important dry forest NTFPs, namely gum arabic, gum olibanum (frankincense) and honey from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Zambia respectively, were assessed in terms of the roles played by women and the benefits they obtain from their involvement. Women perfor...
Shackleton, S.
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Paumgarten, F.
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Kassa, H.
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Husselman, M.
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Zida, M.
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[Opportunities for enhancing poor women’s socioeconomic empowerment in the value chains of three African non-timber forest products (NTFPs)]
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Opportunities for enhancing poor women’s socioeconomic empowerment in the value chains of three African non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
The global community is negotiating an international REDD+ mechanism, and recent multilateral and bilateral arrangements indicate Indonesia may receive a significant share of financial resources attached to this mechanism. These financial incentivesmay potentially alter the country's economic lan...
Brockhaus, M.
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Obidzinski, K.
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Dermawan, A.
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Laumonier, Y.
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Luttrell, C.
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[An overview of forest and land allocation policies in Indonesia: Is the current framework sufficient to meet the needs of REDD+?]
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An overview of forest and land allocation policies in Indonesia: Is the current framework sufficient to meet the needs of REDD+?
This paper discusses the evolution of the roles of Brazilian women within one of the most prominent organizations of the Amazonian social movement, the National Council of Extractivist Populations (CNS). Between 1990 and 2009, Brazil’s Federal government created 89 extractive and sustainable deve...
Shanley, P.
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Silva, F.C. da
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MacDonald, T.
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[Brazil’s social movement, women and forests: A case study from the National Council of Rubber Tappers]
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Brazil’s social movement, women and forests: A case study from the National Council of Rubber Tappers
The Ngovayang Massif of southern Cameroon is a range of small hills near the Atlantic coast, in the Lower Guinea floristic region. This region is known to harbor forests with high levels of biodiversity and endemism, but this Massif is botanically poorly known. We assessed tree species diversity,...
Gonmadje, C.F.
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Doumenge, C.
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McKey, D.
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Tchouto, G.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Balinga, M.
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Sonke, B.
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[Tree diversity and conservation value of Ngovanyang’s lowland forests, Cameroon]
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Tree diversity and conservation value of Ngovanyang’s lowland forests, Cameroon
Arnold, M
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Powell, B.
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Shanley, P.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[Editorial: Forests, biodiversity and food security]
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Editorial: Forests, biodiversity and food security
Throughout history, forests dwellers have adapted to permanent changes of forest ecosystems that, in essence, are dynamic. Accordingly, they have long served as models of how humans lived when their lifestyles and genetic endowment were complementary. What is now commonly described as the “paleod...
Dounias, E.
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Froment, A.
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[From foraging to farming among present-day forest hunter-gatherers: consequences on diet and health]
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From foraging to farming among present-day forest hunter-gatherers: consequences on diet and health