This paper presents different models designed to operationalize the principle of forest sustainability. Concepts such as resource or environmental utilization space, carrying capacity and critical thresholds are defined. The paper also describes an application of the qualitative and quantitative ...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Hartanto, H.
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Prabhu, R.
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Villanueva, T.
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[Multicriteria and critical threshold value analyses in assessing sustainable forestry: model development and application]
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Multicriteria and critical threshold value analyses in assessing sustainable forestry: model development and application
Analysis of the fuelwood situation has been hampered by lack of reliable information, and has been the subject of considerable debate. The present paper assesses the implications of recent information on the subject. New data and recent more accurate projections show that increasing urbanisation ...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Persson, R.
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[Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries]
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Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries
Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where th...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Dewi, S.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Muller, D.
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Angelsen, A.
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Epprecht, M.
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[Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation]
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Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation
Market mechanisms for forest environmental services are a new approach for conservation, but there is also an increasing interest in the derived developmental benefits of these mechanisms. We first propose a conceptual framework for future research on the livelihood impacts of environmental servi...
Grieg-Gran, M.
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Porras, I.
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Wunder, Sven
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[How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor?: preliminary Lessons from Latin America]
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How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor?: preliminary Lessons from Latin America
Most of the world’s biodiversity will continue to exist outside protected areas and there are also managed lands within many protected areas. In the assessment of millennium targets, there is therefore a need for indicators to measure biodiversity and suitability of habitats for biodiversity both...
Dudley, N.
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Baldock, D.
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Nasi, Robert
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Stolton, S.
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[Measuring biodiversity and sustainable management in forests and agricultural landscapes]
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Measuring biodiversity and sustainable management in forests and agricultural landscapes
Le bois énergie et le charbon de bois couvrent une bonne partie des besoins en énergie domestique dans les pays du Sahel : 92% au Burkina, 86% au Mali, 80% au Niger, 47% au Sénégal, 96% au Tchad, selon une étude de la Fao (1986). Les formations arborées (principalement des savanes) sont, de fait,...
Picard, N.
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Ballo, M.
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Dembele, F.
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Gautier, D.
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Kaire, M.
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Karembe, M.
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Mahamane, A.
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Manlay, R.
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Ngom, D.
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Ntoupka, M.
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Ouattara, S.
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Savadogo, P.
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Sawadogo, L.
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Seghieri, J.
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Tiveau, D.
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[Evaluation de la productivite et de la biomasse des savanes seches africaines: l’apport du collectif savator]
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Evaluation de la productivite et de la biomasse des savanes seches africaines: l’apport du collectif savator
Data from rural Malawi are used to assess the role of forests in rural household adaptation to climate variability, and to examine implications for adaptation to future climate change. Although forests do not currently play a role in anticipatory adaptation by rural households, they do appear imp...
Fisher, M.
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Chaudhury, M.
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McCusker, B.
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[Do forests help rural households adapt to climate variability: evidence from southern Malawi]
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Do forests help rural households adapt to climate variability: evidence from southern Malawi
This paper discusses the discourses on climate change adaptation and mitigation that are currently at the forefront in the Congo Basin. On mitigation, the forests have enormous opportunities to contribute to the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) mechanism. But t...
Somorin, O.A.
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Brown, H.C.P.
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Visseren-Hamakers, I.J.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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Arts, Bas
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Nkem, J.
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[The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)]
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The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)
Tanzania natural forests harbor several indigenous edible mushrooms that are meagerly exploited due to various reasons including unawareness on their potential values. This study establishes antioxidant potentials of seven wild edible mushroom species, and their two domesticated forms. The invest...
Onyango, B.O.
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Mbaluto, C.A.
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Mutuku, C.S.
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Otieno, D.O.
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[Molecular characterization of wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia sp) from Kakamega forest in western Kenya]
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Molecular characterization of wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia sp) from Kakamega forest in western Kenya
Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics. Value depends on managing both the diversity of tree species present in landscapes and the genetic variation within these species. The bene...
Dawson, Ian K.
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Leakey, R.
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Clement, C.R.
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Weber, John C.
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Cornelius, J.P.
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Roshetko, J.M.
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Vinceti, B.
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Kalinganire, A.
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Tchoundjeu, Z.
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Masters, E.
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops]
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The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops