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Recent studies have shown that although swidden agriculture contributes to tropical deforestation in Latin America, swidden farmers also regenerate significant areas of secondary forests on their farms as part of the following process. This paper discusses the opportunities and constraints to far...


Smith, J.Finegan, B.Sabogal, C.Gonçalves-Ferreira, M.D.S.Siles Gonzales, G.Kop, P. van deDíaz Barba, A.[Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua]Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua

This book for the first time brings together a suite of effective methods as a guidance on how to deal with the needs of local communities and biodiversity in landscapes required by decision makers. The techniques provide conventional biophysical descriptions of the landscape and explicitly relat...


Sheil, DouglasPuri, R.K.Basuki, I.Heist, M. vanSaefuddinRukmiyatiSardjono, M.A.Samsoedin, I.Sidiyasa, K.D.ChrisandiniPermana, E.Angi, E.M.Gatzweiler, F.Johnson, B.Wijaya, A.[Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people's perspectives in forest landscapes: methods for a multidisciplinary landscape assessment]Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people's perspectives in forest landscapes: methods for a multidisciplinary landscape assessment
Autor: Milne, M.

This report provides some preliminary estimates of transaction costs, especially to project developers and investors and outlines the steps involved in establishing and implementing a number of forest-carbon projects. In order to provide more comprehensive policy recommendations on how to minimis...


Milne, M.[Transaction costs of forest carbon projects]Transaction costs of forest carbon projects

Many rural dwellers depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for their livelihood and their income needs. Increased urbanisation (as a result of rural urban migration) is an important factor that expands the size of local markets of NTFPs. This paper focuses on local markets in the humid for...


Ndoye, O.Ruiz Perez, M.[The markets on non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon]The markets on non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon
Autor: Angelsen, A.

This paper develops a microeconomic framework to assess how opening up for trade will affect the overall welfare and its distribution within a forest community, as well as the impact on the environment. Whereas trade will increase overall welfare, it usually creates both winners and losers. The i...


Angelsen, A.[Impacts of trade on growth, distribution and the environment in forest communities]Impacts of trade on growth, distribution and the environment in forest communities

The recent forest fires in Indonesia have left severe scars on the environment and the economy. Remote sensing and GIS are being integrated and utilized to quantify the effects of the burning on the several local communities in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.


Dennis, R.A.Puntodewo, A.Colfer, C.J.P.[Fishermen, farmers, forest change and fire]Fishermen, farmers, forest change and fire

Climate change will create challenges for forest-dependent communities in Africa. Local institutions play an important role in fostering community resilience in the context of change. The resilience of a community is influenced by social learning that can happen as people meet together and share ...


Brown, H.C.P.Sonwa, D.J.[Diversity within village institutions and its implication for resilience in the context of climate change in Cameroon]Diversity within village institutions and its implication for resilience in the context of climate change in Cameroon

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