This paper summarises some of the prevailing issues and challenges in relation to forests and water. It highlights some of the key constraints to the utilisation of existing knowledge. Hydrological processes may be well understood at a plot level, or for a single particular land use/landcover typ...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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[Forests, water and mixed land use mosaics in developing countries: making research solutions effective]
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Forests, water and mixed land use mosaics in developing countries: making research solutions effective
Oil production can damage rainforests, but this is just one side of a complicated story about the impact of oil on land use. This book a study of eight tropical oil-producing countries, examines the linkages between trade, macroeconomics and policies affecting the environment. In a balanced and c...
Wunder, Sven
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[Oil wealth and the fate of forest: a comparative study of eight tropical countries]
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Oil wealth and the fate of forest: a comparative study of eight tropical countries
This study emphasis on local people perception of the importance of forest and lands, including related attributes, which underlie variations in the type and degree of locally perceived importance. A participatory approach using scoring exercises was completed with seven forest dwelling communiti...
Liswanti, N.
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[Persepsi masyarakat lokal terhadap pentingnya hutan dan lahan-lahan lain di lansekap hutan tropis, Kabupaten Malinau, Kalimantan Timur]
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Persepsi masyarakat lokal terhadap pentingnya hutan dan lahan-lahan lain di lansekap hutan tropis, Kabupaten Malinau, Kalimantan Timur
This chapter reviews several cases at the river basin scale where biophysical and socio-economic aspects are assessed and public policy-making processes are involved, with special reference to South East Asia. Examples from regional, national and local scales demonstrate the importance of a prope...
Murdiyarso, Daniel
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[Water resources management policy responses to land cover change in South East Asian river basins]
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Water resources management policy responses to land cover change in South East Asian river basins
Places experience forest transitions when declines in forest cover cease and recoveries in forest cover begin. Forest transitions have occurred in two, sometimes overlapping circumstances. In some places economic development has created enough non-farm jobs to pull farmers off of the land, thereb...
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Moran, E.
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Achard, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Jianchu Xu
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change]
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Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
Based on the best available remote sensing data from before 1990, the total area of formally eligible lands in Indonesia for the aff orestation and reforestation (A/R) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activities under the Kyoto protocol is about 46 M ha. Priorities for assistance in the developm...
Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Puntodewo, A.
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Widayati, A.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Determination of eligible lands for A/R CDM project activities and of priority Districts for project development support in Indonesia]
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Determination of eligible lands for A/R CDM project activities and of priority Districts for project development support in Indonesia
Decisions on land use in Vietnam are often only based on biophysical and economical assessments, with little consideration for the local people’s opinions or perspectives. This can lead to conflicts over natural resources management, unsustainable land use and decisions that are unfair to local p...
Boissiere, M.
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Basuki, I.
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Koponen, P.
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Wan, M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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[Biodiversity and local perceptions on the edge of a conservation area, Khe Tran Village, Vietnam]
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Biodiversity and local perceptions on the edge of a conservation area, Khe Tran Village, Vietnam
Palmer, C.
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Obidzinski, K.
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[Choosing avoided deforestation baseline in the context of government failure: The case of Indonesia's plantation policy]
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Choosing avoided deforestation baseline in the context of government failure: The case of Indonesia's plantation policy
Since 2003 India has been actively promoting the cultivation of Jatropha on unproductive and degraded lands (wastelands) for the production of biodiesel suitable as transportation fuel. In this paper the life cycle energy balance, global warming potential, acidification potential, eutrophication ...
Achten, W.M.J.
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Almeida, J.
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Fobelets, V.
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Bolle, E.
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Mathijs, E.
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Singh, V.P.
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Tewari, D.N.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Muys, B.
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[Life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel as transportation fuel in rural India]
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Life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel as transportation fuel in rural India
Schoneveld, G.C.
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[Potential land use competition from first-generation biofuel expansion in developing countries]
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Potential land use competition from first-generation biofuel expansion in developing countries