A main target of environmental campaigns to save the rainforest has been to stop oil operations from damaging tropical forests. However, there is more to the oil-and-forest story than meets the eye. A comprehensive study of long-run land use changes in eight tropical oil-producing countries shows...
Resin producing agroforestry in the Krui area of Sumatra in Indonesia is presented as an environmentally friendly, income generating land-use system which contributes to both development and conservation objectives. We studied the change in household income portfolios in three communities in the ...
Kusters, K.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Foresta, H. de
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Dietz, T.
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Ros-Tonen, M.A.F.
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Belcher, B.
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Manalu, P.
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Nawir, A.A.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia]
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Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia
Within the Kyoto Protocol, the clean development mechanism (CDM) is an instrument intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while assisting developing countries in achieving sustainable development, with the multiple goals of poverty reduction, environmental benefits and cost-effective emissio...
Zomer, Robert J.
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Trabucco, Antonio
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Climate change mitigation: a spatial analysis of global land suitability for Clean Development Mechanism afforestation and reforestation]
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Climate change mitigation: a spatial analysis of global land suitability for Clean Development Mechanism afforestation and reforestation
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of leguminous fallows on ethane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), N oxides (N2O and NO) fluxes.We measured CH4, N2O, NO, and CO2 fluxes from improved fallows of Inga edulis and Acacia mangium during two successive fallow periods in an old agricult...
Verchot, Louis V.
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Brienza, S.
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Oliviera, V.C. de
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Mutegi, J.K.
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Cattanio, J.H.
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Davidson, E.A.
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[Fluxes of CH4, CO2, NO, and N2O in an improved fallow agroforestry system in Eastern Amazonia]
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Fluxes of CH4, CO2, NO, and N2O in an improved fallow agroforestry system in Eastern Amazonia
Termites are major decomposers in tropical regions and play an important role in soil processes. This study measured the impact of land-use intensification on the termite assemblage of lowland rain fores in Jambi Province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Termite composition was assessed in s...
Jones, D.T.
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Susilo, F.X.
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Bignell, D.E.
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Hardiwinoto, S.
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Gillison, A.N.
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[Termite assemblage collapse along a land-use intensification gradient in lowland central Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Termite assemblage collapse along a land-use intensification gradient in lowland central Sumatra, Indonesia
A succinct account of the development and application of methods to assess biodiversity with the involvement of local communities in the forests of Malinau East Kalimantan. The new approach is shown to offer many benefits over more conventional approaches.
Sheil, Douglas
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Liswanti, N.
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Heist, M. van
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Basuki, I.
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Syaefuddin
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Samsoedin, I.
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Rukmiyati
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Sardjono, M.A.
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[Local priorities and biodiversity]
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Local priorities and biodiversity
Places experience forest transitions when declines in forest cover cease and recoveries in forest cover begin. Forest transitions have occurred in two, sometimes overlapping circumstances. In some places economic development has created enough non-farm jobs to pull farmers off of the land, thereb...
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Moran, E.
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Achard, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Jianchu Xu
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Lambin, E.F.
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[Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change]
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Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
Since 2003 India has been actively promoting the cultivation of Jatropha on unproductive and degraded lands (wastelands) for the production of biodiesel suitable as transportation fuel. In this paper the life cycle energy balance, global warming potential, acidification potential, eutrophication ...
Achten, W.M.J.
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Almeida, J.
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Fobelets, V.
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Bolle, E.
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Mathijs, E.
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Singh, V.P.
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Tewari, D.N.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Muys, B.
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[Life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel as transportation fuel in rural India]
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Life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel as transportation fuel in rural India
Over the past decade, shihuahuaco timber – comprising several species of Dipteryx (Fabaceae) traded internationally as “cumarú” or “Brazilian teak” – has become one of the most highly demanded types of hardwood from Peruvian Amazonia, particularly in the Chinese market. Dipteryx is an ecologicall...
Putzel, L.
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Peters, C.M.
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Romo, M.
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[Post-logging regeneration and recruitment of shihuahuaco (Dipteryx spp.) in Peruvian Amazonia: implications for management]
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Post-logging regeneration and recruitment of shihuahuaco (Dipteryx spp.) in Peruvian Amazonia: implications for management
Villamor, G.
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Akiefnawati, R.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Desrianti, F.
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Pradhan, U.
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[Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia