The methods used to value tropical forests have the potential to influence how policy makers and others perceive forest landsforestlands. A small number of valuation studies achieve real impact. These are generally succinct accounts supporting a specific perception. However, such reports risk bei...
Sheil, Douglas
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Wunder, Sven
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[The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions]
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The value of tropical forest to local communities: complications, caveats, and cautions
This paper reviews the shifts in thinking as reflected in eight recent books that discuss deforestation in the Amazon. It looks first at whether the land uses that replace forests are profitable and sustainable without subsidies and then examines how technology, tenure, credit, and roads affect d...
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is considered a signifi cant mitigation opportunity. Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon has traditionally been highest in the world and, thus, represents a likely target for future REDD initiatives. The paper presents an ex-ante assess...
Borner, J.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design]
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Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design
Mlay, G.
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Turuka, F.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Kachule, R.
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[Agricultural policies and forestry development in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe: complementarities and conflicts]
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Agricultural policies and forestry development in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe: complementarities and conflicts
The Amazon is the largest tropical forest area on Earth, and is undergoing rapid deforestation since the last four decades. These conversions are mostly located in frontier areas distributed along the so-called “arc of deforestation”. Within this large zone, various land use change processes are ...
Mertens, B.
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Piketty, M.G.
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Venturieri, A.
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Alves, D.
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Tourrand, Jean François
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[Contrasted land use and development trajectories in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Contrasted land use and development trajectories in the Brazilian Amazon
The department of Santa Cruz in Bolivia makes part of the Amazon basin, and it embraces a large portion of the Bolivian lowland forest, with most of its area covered by semideciduous forest. The agricultural development, and hence deforestation in Santa Cruz, does not follow any similar path of o...
Pacheco, P.
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Mertens, B.
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[Land use change and agriculture development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia]
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Land use change and agriculture development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
All too often communities and their natural environments are the victims of poorly informed decisions. Those coming from outside often have little understanding of how local people perceive and prioritize the natural resources they depend on. The enormous harm poorly informed decisions can inflic...
Basuki, I.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[Local perspectives of forest landscapes: A preliminary evaluation of land and soils, and their importance in Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Local perspectives of forest landscapes: A preliminary evaluation of land and soils, and their importance in Malinau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
The allocation of large areas of State owned forest land for the development of Industrial Timber Plantations (HTI) in Indonesia has been very important in supporting the economically-important pulp and paper industry. This allocation resulted in totally clearing vast areas of forests already log...
Maturana, J.
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[Biaya dan manfaat ekonomi dari pengalokasian lahan hutan untuk pengembangan hutan tanaman industri di Indonesia: Economic costs and benefits of allocating forest land for industrial tree plantation development in Indonesia]
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Biaya dan manfaat ekonomi dari pengalokasian lahan hutan untuk pengembangan hutan tanaman industri di Indonesia: Economic costs and benefits of allocating forest land for industrial tree plantation development in Indonesia
The allocation of large areas of State owned forest land for the development of Industrial Timber Plantations (HTI) in Indonesia has been very important in supporting the economically-important pulp and paper industry. This allocation resulted in totally clearing vast areas of forests already log...
Maturana, J.
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[Economic costs and benefits of allocating forest land for industrial tree plantation development in Indonesia]
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Economic costs and benefits of allocating forest land for industrial tree plantation development in Indonesia