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The literature on deforestation in Malawi points to a number of causes, including high population in relation to available land, poverty, market and policy failures, drought, and the activity of structural adjustment policies. Agricultural statistics from Malawi indicate substantial increases in ...


Mindle, I.J.Kowero, G.S.Ngugi, D.Luhanga, J.[Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi]Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi
Autor: Jong, W. de

Studies in secondary forest in Latin America have largely been confined to terra firme lands. This paper reports on a study of dynamics of secondary forest and its interactions with land use for agriculture and utilization of primary forest in the floodplains of the Uyacali and Amazon rivers in P...


Jong, W. de[Secondary forest dynamics in the Amazon floodplain in Peru]Secondary forest dynamics in the Amazon floodplain in Peru

The participatory forest fire prevention programme of Forest Fire Prevention Management Project (FFPMP) aims at intensive fuel management and fire control with the integrated green belt on community land on the boundary of Berbak National Park, Jambi Province, Sumatra. It aims to motivate farmers...


Otsuka, M.SumantriHariri, D.Yunardi, S.[An overview of development processes and farmers' interactions in a participatory forest fire prevention programme in Jambi province, Indonesia]An overview of development processes and farmers' interactions in a participatory forest fire prevention programme in Jambi province, Indonesia

How does an oil boom affect the forest cover of tropical oil exporting-countries? Are they more or less likely than non-oil countries to experience forest loss? What macro-economic linkages and policies are decisive? This article summarises research on land-use changes in eight tropical developin...


Wunder, SvenSunderlin, William D.[Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages]Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages

This paper describes the effects of the colonial and post-colonial land policies and legislation on the management and utilisation of natural woodlands in Malawi and Zimbabwe. The two countries share similar patterns of land ownership; customary or tribal trust land designated by colonial governm...


Mataya, C.Gondo, P.Kowero, G.S.[Evolution of land policies and legislation in Malawi and Zimbabwe: implications for forestry development]Evolution of land policies and legislation in Malawi and Zimbabwe: implications for forestry development

People have tastes in landscapes. This paper provides examples of different groups’ with lanscape tastes. It discusses, for instance, the Javanese preference for symmetry vis-à-vis the dayak’s appreciation of wildness, the ecologists’ enjoyment of natural chaos compared to the plantation speciali...


Colfer, C.J.P.[Tastes in landscapes]Tastes in landscapes
Nhantumbo, I.Monela, G.C.Kowero, G.S.[Land policies in Mozambique and Tanzania: implications for forestry development]Land policies in Mozambique and Tanzania: implications for forestry development

The sustainable management of biodiversity and productivity in forested lands requires an understanding of key interactions between socioeconomic and biophysical factors and their response to environmental change. Appropriate baseline data are rarely available. As part of a broader study on biodi...


Gillison, A.N.Liswanti, N.Budidarsono, S.Noordwijk, Meine vanTomich, Thomas P.[Impact of cropping methods on biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems in Sumatra, Indonesia]Impact of cropping methods on biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems in Sumatra, Indonesia

This article discuss a search for a common understanding of three environmental problems linked to land use change in Southeast Asia: smoke pollution, degradation of biodiversity functions, and degradation of watershed functions. The objectives of this special issue are to identify usable data an...


Tomich, Thomas P.Chomitz, K.Francisco, H.Izac, N.A.Murdiyarso, DanielRatnere, B.D.Thomas, D.E.Noordwijk, Meine van[Policy analysis and environmental problems at different scales: asking the right questions]Policy analysis and environmental problems at different scales: asking the right questions

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