The need for enhanced environmental planning and management for highland aquatic resources is described and a rationale for integrated action planning is presented. Past action planning initiatives for biodiversity conservation and wetland management are reviewed. A re ective account is given of ...
Bunting, S.W.
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Luo, S.
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Cai, K.
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Kundu, N.
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Lund, S.
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Mishra, R.
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Ray, D.
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Smith, K.G.
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Sugden, Fraser
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[Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China]
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Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China
Recent developments in Environmental Flow (E-flow) frameworks advocate holistic, regional scale, probabilistic E-flow assessments that consider flow and non-flow drivers of change in socio-ecological context as best practice. Regional Scale ecological risk assessments of multiple sources, stresso...
This paper provides the general objectives of the special issue: secondary forests in Asia: their diversity, importance and role in future environmental management. It provides a brief overview of the renewed attention to tropical secondary forests and sketches the history of research on this sub...
Jong, W. de
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Smith, J.
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Sabogal, C.
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[Tropical secondary forests in Asia: introduction and synthesis]
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Tropical secondary forests in Asia: introduction and synthesis
An approach to assessing the environmental outcomes and changes in peoples’ livelihoods resulting from landscape-scale conservation interventions was developed for three locations in Africa. Simple sets of performance indicators were developed through participatory processes that included a varie...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Petheram, L.
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Aldrich, M.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Endamana, D.
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Dongmo, Z.L N.
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Defo, L.
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Mariki, S.
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Doggart, N.
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Burgess, N.
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[Assessing environment and development outcomes in conservation landscapes]
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Assessing environment and development outcomes in conservation landscapes
Sheil, Douglas
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Meijaard, E.
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[It’ll take more than research: improving environmental decisions and ecological sciences in Indonesia]
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It’ll take more than research: improving environmental decisions and ecological sciences in Indonesia
Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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Belcher, B.
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[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]
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Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion
Hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin is occurring at a rapid pace. With partial funding from international financial institutions has come pressure on the riparian governments to ensure that the potential environmental and social impacts of hydropower projects are properly considered....
Campbell, Lauren
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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McCornick, Peter G.
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[Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate]
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Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate
Criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management are important tools to improve the quality of forest management. In most cases they have been developed by experts, but the participation of stakeholders is essential if the C&I are to be locally relevant and practicable. We asked fo...
Pokorny, B.
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Prabhu, R.
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McDougall, C.
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Bauch, R.
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[Local stakeholders' participation in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management]
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Local stakeholders' participation in developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
Despite the potential for economic growth, extractive mineral industries can impose negative health externalities in mining communities. We estimate the size of these externalities by combining household interviews with mine location and estimating statistical functions of respiratory illness and...
Saha, S.
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Pattanayak, S.K.
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Sills, E.O.
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Singha, A.K.
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[Under-mining health: environmental justice and mining in India]
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Under-mining health: environmental justice and mining in India