A large number of governance interventions are being developed in order to reduce deforestation and enhance the sustainability of commodity
supply chains across the tropics. The extent to which individual agricultural commodity supply chain interventions can achieve scale, and
environmental or so...
Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Newton, Peter
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Guedes Pinto, L.F.
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[Reducing deforestation and enhancing sustainability in commodity supply chains: interactions between governance interventions and cattle certification in Brazil]
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Reducing deforestation and enhancing sustainability in commodity supply chains: interactions between governance interventions and cattle certification in Brazil
Households’ perception toward deforestation and knowledge on conservation is important for designing suitable management policies. However, more often than not local communities’ perceptions do not receive as much attention as they deserve. The study investigated local communities’ perception tow...
Bessie, S.
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Beyene, F.
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Kotu, B.H.
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Goshu, G.
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Mengesha, Y.
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[Local communities perceptions of bamboo deforestation in Benishangul Gumuz region, Ethiopia]
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Local communities perceptions of bamboo deforestation in Benishangul Gumuz region, Ethiopia
Pacheco, P.
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[Agricultural expansion and deforestation in lowland Bolivia: the import substitution versus the structural adjustment model]
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Agricultural expansion and deforestation in lowland Bolivia: the import substitution versus the structural adjustment model
When negotiations began on the post-2012 global climate change regime, forests and forestry returned to the international stage (Angelsen, 2008). I ask whether it is the time now for agriculture, and whether climate change initiatives in forestry and agriculture can contribute to poverty alleviat...
Developing countries participating in the mitigation mechanism of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), need to determine a national forest reference emission le...
Romijn E
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Ainembabazi, John H.
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Wijaya, A.
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Herold, Martin
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Angelsen, A.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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[Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia]
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Exploring different forest definitions and their impact on developing REDD+ reference emission levels: A case study for Indonesia
Growth of the national cattle herd is contributing to rapid and inappropriate deforestation in Honduras. Field research was conducted in the Department of Olancho to better understand this problem and to assess the possibilities for local interest in forest protection. A recent upsurge in the pro...
Sunderlin, William D.
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[Deforestation, livelihoods, and the preconditions for sustainable management in Olancho, Honduras]
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Deforestation, livelihoods, and the preconditions for sustainable management in Olancho, Honduras
Determinants of low deforestation in Bolivia are analysed, based on the Bolivian experience and general deforestation literature, and lessons are drawn for other countries with low deforestation. Weak domestic demand for agricultural products and poor transportation infrastructure are the princip...
Voluntary certification programs for agricultural and forest products have beendeveloped to improve the environmental and social sustainability of produc-tion processes. The new Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) cattle certifi-cation program aims to reduce deforestation in the cattle supply c...
Newton, Peter
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Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Guedes Pinto, L.F.
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[Certification, forest conservation, and cattle: theories and evidence of change in Brazil]
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Certification, forest conservation, and cattle: theories and evidence of change in Brazil
Tacconi, L.
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Moore, P.F.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Fires in tropical forests - what is really the problem?: lessons from Indonesia]
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Fires in tropical forests - what is really the problem?: lessons from Indonesia
Forest degradations including deforestation and desertification are problematic globally as well as expand rapidly. This is true particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Deforestation is also a serious problem to the tropical forest in Southeast Asian regions. Slash and burn, and shifting ...