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In this review paper, we assess the economical, governance, and technical conditions that shape forest management in tropical Latin America with particular regard to efforts to reduce forest-based carbon emissions. We provide a framework for discussions about ways to improve forest management tha...


Nasi, RobertPutz, F E.Pacheco, P.Wunder, SvenAnta, S.[Sustainable forest management and carbon in tropical Latin America: the case for REDD+]Sustainable forest management and carbon in tropical Latin America: the case for REDD+
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Over the past several decades, significant donor funding has been directed to sustainable forest management in the tropics, in the hope of combining forest conservation with economic gains through sustainable use. To date, this approach has produced only modest results in terms of changed silvicu...


Wunder, Sven[Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?]Are direct payments for environmental services spelling doom for sustainable forest management in the tropics?

Based on an extensive review of the literature, and broad consultation with experts, we have assessed the sensitivity of Bornean vertebrates to the direct and indirect effects of timber harvest. Well-implemented selective logging has a relatively limited direct impact on wildlife populations: few...


Meijaard, E.Sheil, DouglasNasi, RobertStanley, S.E.[Wildlife conservation in Bornean timber concessions]Wildlife conservation in Bornean timber concessions

The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has a pivotal role for both the Cameroonian legal framework and market-based instruments such as forest certification. We assess the different impacts on timber harvesting of the forest legal framework as compared to the adoption of forest certif...


Cerutti, P.O.Tacconi, L.Nasi, RobertLescuyer, G.[Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon]Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon

This piece of writing briefly reviews the nterpretation of the concept of sustainable forest management (SFM) deduced from state ractice in some Central Africa countries. This assessment of SFM practices draws upon the earlier and highly variable definitions of sustainable development. It demonst...


Assembe-Mvondo, S.Eba'a Atyi, R.Lescuyer, G.Wardell, A.[Sustainable forest management based on state practice in Central Africa countries]Sustainable forest management based on state practice in Central Africa countries

Inter-specific patterns of seed longevity in the soil, germination, and survival and growth of transplanted seedlings under closed canopy of nine trees, Cordia alliodora, Hampea appendiculata, Jacaranda copaia, Laetia procera, Rollinia microsepala, Simarouba amara, Stryphnodendron microstachyum, ...


Guariguata, M.R.[Seed and seedling ecology of tree species in neotropical secondary forests: management implications]Seed and seedling ecology of tree species in neotropical secondary forests: management implications

Few generalizations are currently possible about the effectiveness of local forest management, owing to a lack of common terms and concepts with which to compare the wide range of practices employed. This paper proposes a conceptual framework and typology based on four dimensions which affect the...


Wollenberg, Eva K.[A conceptual framework and typology for explaining the outcomes of local forest management]A conceptual framework and typology for explaining the outcomes of local forest management

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