One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for ...
Venter, O.
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Meijaard, E.
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Possingham, H.
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Dennis, R.A.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Wich, S.
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Hovani, L.
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Wilson, K.A.
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[Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals]
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Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals
Barr, C.
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Dermawan, A.
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Purnomo, H.
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Komarudin, H.
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[Préparation à la REDD: gouvernance financière et enseignements fournis par le Fonds de reboisement de l’Indonésie (FR)]
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Préparation à la REDD: gouvernance financière et enseignements fournis par le Fonds de reboisement de l’Indonésie (FR)
Barr, C.
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Dermawan, A.
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Purnomo, H.
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Komarudin, H.
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[Preparación para REDD: gobernanza financiera y lecciones del Fondo de Reforestación de Indonesia]
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Preparación para REDD: gobernanza financiera y lecciones del Fondo de Reforestación de Indonesia
Governments have played only a marginal role in the development of the biofuels market in most developing countries. For biofuel development to contribute to domestic energy security objectives, considerable initial financial support may be required. Biofuel production for domestic or underregula...
Schoneveld, G.C.
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German, L.
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Andrade, R.
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Chin, M.
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Caroko, W.
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Romero Hernández, O.
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[The role of national governance systems in biofuel development: a comparative analysis of lessons learned]
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The role of national governance systems in biofuel development: a comparative analysis of lessons learned
The ‘Bali Road Map’ of UNFCCC COP-13 calls for sharing lessons learned from demonstration activities that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation and enhance forest carbon stocks (now known as ‘REDD+’). To develop a feasible yet rigorous strategy for learning from these REDD+ p...
Caplow, S.
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Jagger, P.
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Lawlor, K.
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Sills, E.
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[Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+]
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Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+
The Guinean rain forest (GRF) of West Africa, identified over 20 years ago as a global biodiversity hotspot, had reduced to 113,000 km2 at the start of the new millennium which was 18% of its original area. The principal driver of this environmental change has been the expansion of extensive smal...
Gockowski, J.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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[Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa]
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Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa
Inclusion of improved forest management as a way to enhance carbon sinks in the Copenhagen Accord of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (December 2009) suggests that forest restoration will play a role in global climate change mitigation under the post-Kyoto agreement. Alth...
Sasaki, N.
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Asner, G.P.
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Knorr, W.
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Durst, P.B.
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Priyadi, H.
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Putz, F.E.
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[Approaches to classifying and restoring degraded tropical forests for the anticipated REDD+ climate change mitigation mechanism]
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Approaches to classifying and restoring degraded tropical forests for the anticipated REDD+ climate change mitigation mechanism
While forest transition (FT) in South Korea began in 1955, when forest cover was only 35% of national land area, significant increases in both forest cover and growing stock really occurred in the early 1970s. Using reconstructed historical records, we empirically demonstrate that (1) FT in South...
Bae, J.S.
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Joo, R.W.
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Kim, Y.S.
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[Forest transition in South Korea: reality, path and drivers]
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Forest transition in South Korea: reality, path and drivers
Cultivation of soy for human and animal food has been growing rapidly in Brazil in the last thirty years, and the recent emergence of a biodiesel market in Brazil has stimulated this further. Soy occupies large parts of the Cerrado biome and has now reached the Amazon, and concerns have been rais...
Lima, M.
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Skutsch, M.
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Medeiros Costa, G. de
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[Deforestation and the social impacts of soy for biodiesel: Perspectives of farmers in the South Brazilian Amazon]
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Deforestation and the social impacts of soy for biodiesel: Perspectives of farmers in the South Brazilian Amazon