Deforestation in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh, has reached an alarming rate in recent years due to the various pressures of a growing population, land clearances for agriculture, illegal felling, development interventions, gaps in policy and legislation, and conflicting institutional mandate...
Rahman, S.A.
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Rahman, F.
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[Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh]
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Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh
Leakage from policies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest dgradation (REDD+) must be monitored, measured and mitigated to ensure their efectiveness. This paper reviews research on leakage at the large (international and national) and small (subnational and project) scales to summari...
Atmadja, S.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[A review of the state of research, policies and strategies in addressing leakage from reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)]
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A review of the state of research, policies and strategies in addressing leakage from reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)
A preliminary insight into how structural adjustment policies (SAPs) may have affected deforestation and forest degradation in the lowland tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia. It presents tentative hypotheses regarding how changes in prices, costs, incomes and government services ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Erwidodo.
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Ndoye, O.
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Pacheco, P.
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Balanza, P.P.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia]
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Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia
This paper explains the ways in which, and the extent to which, public policy measures might be used to reduce inappropriate tropical deforestation.Inappropriate deforestation is a signifanct problem: 1. deforestation generally causes negative externalities that generate cost to society not refle...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Byron, R.N.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Public policies to reduce inappropriate tropical deforestation]
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Public policies to reduce inappropriate tropical deforestation
This book looks at the history of lowland forest in Bolivia from the beginning of the century to the present time. It allows us to understand why the rate of deforestation in Bolivia has increased so dramatically and the minor use of just forestry or environmental base actions compared to the inf...
Balanza, P.P.
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[Estilos de desarrollo, deforestacion y degradacion de los bosques en las tierras bajas de Bolivia]
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Estilos de desarrollo, deforestacion y degradacion de los bosques en las tierras bajas de Bolivia
Forests cover between 17 and 19 million ha of the Central American isthmus. Most of this is broadleaved forest on the Atlantic side of the isthmus. The size and contribution of these forests vary greatly between the Central American countries, from Belize, with over 80% of its land in forests, to...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Paupitz, J.
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[Forests, policies and people on the Central American agricultural frontier]
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Forests, policies and people on the Central American agricultural frontier
The article describes deforestation from early man to our time. During the last 8 000 years forests (very widely defined) may have decreased by about 40%. Deforestation began in West Asia, China, India and the Mediterranean followed by Europe and somewhat later by North America. It has now moved ...
Persson R.
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[Skogsforstorelsen fran Adam till Clinton=Deforestation from Adam to Clinton]
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Skogsforstorelsen fran Adam till Clinton=Deforestation from Adam to Clinton
The massive loss of quantity and quality of natural forest cover in Indonesia threatens an important source of foreign exchange and employment. Several studies and government policies indicate that population growth, particularly among small landholders, is the principal cause of deforestation. A...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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[The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia]
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The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia
This paper applies a spatial economic regression model to analyze the relation between deforestation in the period from 1989 to 1994 and access to roads and markets, ecological conditions, land tenure, and zoning policies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The data come from a Geographic Information System ...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Mendez, P.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Vanclay, J.K.
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[Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia]
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Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Bolivia's structural adjustment policies, initiated in 1985, increased poverty among certain groups, but this did not lead to widespread migration to the agricultural frontier. Nor did adjustment greatly affect the average area planted in annual crops by small lowland farmers. Structural adjustme...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Thiele, Graham
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Pacheco, P.
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[The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia]
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The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia