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This study evaluated P. edulis f. edulis intraspecific variation at DNA level using AFLPs and SSRs. About 60 specimens were collected from Colombian commercial plantations in the departments of Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Huila, Quindío and Tolima. Ten specimens were also included from Corpo...


Ortiz, Diana CarolinaBohórquez Cháux, AdrianaDuque E., Myriam CristinaTohme, Joseph M.Cuéllar, DavidMosquera Vasquez, Teresa[Evaluating purple passion fruit (Passifloraedulis Sims f. edulis) genetic variability in individuals from commercial plantations in Colombia]Evaluating purple passion fruit (Passifloraedulis Sims f. edulis) genetic variability in individuals from commercial plantations in Colombia

Tropical land use is one of the leading causes of global environmental change. Sustainable agricultural development aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of tropical land use whilst enhancing the well-being of the smallholder farmers residing in those areas. Interventions with this go...


Hammond, JamesWijk, Mark T. vanSmajgl, A.Ward, J.Pagella, TimJianchu XuYufang SuZhuang-Fang YiHarrison, R.D.[Farm types and farmer motivations to adapt: Implications for design of sustainable agricultural interventions in the rubber plantations of South West China]Farm types and farmer motivations to adapt: Implications for design of sustainable agricultural interventions in the rubber plantations of South West China

Land grabbing has transformed rural environments across the global South, generating resistance or political reactions “from below”. In authoritarian countries like Laos, where resource investments are coercively developed and insulated from political dissent, resistance appears absent at first g...


Miles, K.-L.Suhardiman, DianaDwyer, M.B.[State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos]State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos

In Montane Southeast Asia, deforestation and unsuitable combinations of crops and agricultural practices degrade soils at an unprecedented rate. Typically, smallholder farmers gain income from “available” land by replacing fallow or secondary forest by perennial crops. We aimed to understand how ...


Lacombe, GuillaumeValentin, ChristianSounyafong, P.Rouw, Anneke deSoulileuth, B.Silvera, N.Pierret, A.Sengtaheuanghoung, OlothRibolzi, Olivier[Linking crop structure, throughfall, soil surface conditions, runoff and soil detachment: 10 land uses analyzed in northern Laos]Linking crop structure, throughfall, soil surface conditions, runoff and soil detachment: 10 land uses analyzed in northern Laos

This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the wood flows from smallholder plantations to industrial buyers in the Binh Dinh and Phu Tho provinces of Vietnam. It describes the actors involved in the market chains, their respective roles, the value added to the wood in the market chain a...


Nguyen Quang Tan[Chopping for chips: An analysis of wood flows from smallholder plantations in Vietnam]Chopping for chips: An analysis of wood flows from smallholder plantations in Vietnam

This manual provides methods for the development and evaluation of criteria and indicators (C&I) which can then be used to assess the sustainability of forest management. The manual is written primarily for researchers, people or groups interested in evaluating C&I for assessments of forests in n...


Old, K.M.Lee Su SeeSharma, J.K.Zi Qing Yuan[A manual of diseases of tropical acacias in Australia, South-East Asia and India]A manual of diseases of tropical acacias in Australia, South-East Asia and India

Tropical forests are being cleared at a rate of 16.9 million hectares per year and timber harvesting results in over 5 million hectares becoming secondary forests annually without adequate management. This decrease and degradation affect both timber production and many environmental values. Selec...


Kobayashi, S.Turnbull, J.W.Cossalter, C.[Rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems project]Rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems project

This research note provides a brief look at the Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP), West Kalimanta, Indonesia, and its vicinity after the end of the conservation project. It describes the current threats to the park which largely come in the form of boundary confusion, oil palm plantations, mini...


Wadley, R.L.Dennis, R.A.Meijaard, E.Erman, A.Valentinus, H.[After the conservation project: conditions and prospects]After the conservation project: conditions and prospects
Autor: Belcher, B.

This article discusses an analysis of the changing role of rattan in people's livelihoods in an area of Kalimantan, Indonesia where it has been cultivated in a traditional rice-swidden system for more than 100 year.


Belcher, B.[Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing scenario in Kalimantan]Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing scenario in Kalimantan

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