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Vulnerability of forest ecosystems in West Africa is likely to be aggravated with current and projected climate and human stresses with implications for adaptation and REDD regimes. This is because vulnerability of the forest ecosystems affects economic sectors and millions of people that depend ...


Idinoba, M.Nkem, J.Kalame, F.B.Tachie-Obeng, E.Gyampoh, B.A.[Dealing with reducing trends in forest ecosystem services through a vulnerability assessment and planned adaptation actions]Dealing with reducing trends in forest ecosystem services through a vulnerability assessment and planned adaptation actions

Many of the services supplied by nature are externalities. Economic theory suggests that some form of subsidy or contracting between the beneficiaries and the providers could result in an optimal supply of environmental services. Moreover, if the poor own resources that give them a comparative ad...


Pattanayak, S.K.Wunder, SvenFerraro, P.J.[Show me the money: do payments supply environmental services in developing countries?]Show me the money: do payments supply environmental services in developing countries?

Fire in the forested tropics has profound environmental, economic, and social impacts at multiple geographical scales. Causes of tropical fires are widely documented, although research contributions are from many disciplines, and each tends to focus on specific facets of a research problem, which...


Carmenta, R.Parry, L.Blackburn, A.Vermeulen, Sonja J.Barlow, J.[Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions: a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences]Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions: a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences
Noordwijk, Meine vanLusiana, B.Villamor, G.Purnomo, H.Dewi, S.[Feedback loops added to four conceptual models linking land change with driving forces and actors.]Feedback loops added to four conceptual models linking land change with driving forces and actors.

Regional studies of land cover change are often limited by available data and in terms of comparability across regions, by the transferability of methods. This research addresses the role of roads and infrastructure improvements across a tri-national frontier region with similar climatic and biop...


Southworth, J.Marsik, M.Qiu, Y.Perz, S.Cumming, G.Stevens, F.Rocha, K.Duchelle, Amy E.Barnes, G.[Roads as drivers of change: trajectories across the Tri-National Frontier in MAP, the Southwestern Amazon]Roads as drivers of change: trajectories across the Tri-National Frontier in MAP, the Southwestern Amazon

With the rapid growth of biofuel production and consumption and the proliferation of policy decisions supporting this expansion, concerns about the biofuel sector’s environmental and social impacts are increasing. Consequently, a range of actors – among them governments, multilateral institutions...


Guariguata, M.R.Masera, O.R.Johnson, F.X.Maltitz, G. vonBird, N.Tella, P.Martínez Bravo, R.[A review of environmental issues in the context of biofuel sustainability frameworks]A review of environmental issues in the context of biofuel sustainability frameworks

Tulisan ini merupakan hasil dari survei rumah tangga yang dilakukan di desa Long Segar Kabupaten Kutai, Kalimantan Timur, pada bulan Juni 1997. Survei yang dilakukan mencakup periode tahun 1991-1997. Survei ini merupakan kelanjutan dari survei tata guna lahan yang pernah dilakukan pada tahun 1980...


Colfer, C.J.P.Salim, A.[Pemanfaatan hutan oleh masyarakat kenyah di Kalimantan Timur: reaksi terhadap adanya El Nino, transmigrasi dan HTI]Pemanfaatan hutan oleh masyarakat kenyah di Kalimantan Timur: reaksi terhadap adanya El Nino, transmigrasi dan HTI

The brief illustrates two communities’ efforts through collective action to secure property rights over their land. As conflict over natural resources and the need for sufficient farm land continue to increase, both men’s and women’s groups tried to negotiate their rights to manage natural resour...


Siagian, Y.Neldysavrino[Collective action to secure land management rights for poor communities]Collective action to secure land management rights for poor communities

Shifting cultivation is practiced by millions of farmers in the tropics and has been accused of causing deforestation and keeping farmers in poverty. The assumed positive relationship between fallow length and crop yields has long shaped such negative opinions on the sustainability and environmen...


Mertz, O.Wadley, R.L.Nielsen, U.Bruun, T.B.Colfer, C.J.P.Neergaard, Andreas deJepsen, M.R.Martinussen, T.Qiang ZhaoNoweg, G.T.Magid, J.[A fresh look at shifting cultivation: fallow length an uncertain indicator of productivity]A fresh look at shifting cultivation: fallow length an uncertain indicator of productivity

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