Dating from 1986 when a devastating economic crisis began, the rate of deforestation has increased significantly in the humid forest zone of Cameroon. Research was conducted in 1997-98 to know how the crisis has affected socioeconomic conditions, and how these changes have in turn affected forest...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Pokam, J.
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[Economic crisis and forest cover change in Cameroon: the role of migration, crop diversification, and gender division labor]
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Economic crisis and forest cover change in Cameroon: the role of migration, crop diversification, and gender division labor
Sanín, María José
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Zapata, Patricia
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Pintaud, Jean-Christophe
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Galeano, Gloria
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Bohórquez Cháux, Adriana
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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Hansen, Michael Møller
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[Up and Down the Blind Alley: Population Divergence with Scant Gene Flow in an Endangered Tropical Lineage of Andean Palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense Clade: Ceroxyloideae)]
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Up and Down the Blind Alley: Population Divergence with Scant Gene Flow in an Endangered Tropical Lineage of Andean Palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense Clade: Ceroxyloideae)
The genetic history of African cattle pastoralism is controversial and poorly understood. We reveal the genetic signatures of its origins, secondary movements, and differentiation through the study of 15 microsatellite loci in 50 indigenous cattle breeds spanning the present cattle distribution i...
Imbach, P. A
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Locatelli, Bruno
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Molina, L.G
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Ciais, Philippe
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Leadley, P.W.
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[Climate change and plant dispersal along corridors in fragmented landscapes of Mesoamerica]
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Climate change and plant dispersal along corridors in fragmented landscapes of Mesoamerica
From a broad review of 670 publications on gender and forests, ~130 were found to address the world’s dry forests. These were examined with the intent to extract gendered social, cultural, political and economic patterns of relevance in such forests. Seven interrelated themes recurred in this lit...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Elias, Marlène
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review]
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Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review
The Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia represents a peripheral region far from the centers of global capitalist production, and this is all the more apparent in Mithilanchal, a cultural domain spanning the Nepal/Bihar border. The agrarian structure can be considered ‘semi-feudal’ in character,...
Sugden, Fraser
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[A mode of production flux: the transformation and reproduction of rural class relations in lowland Nepal and North Bihar]
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A mode of production flux: the transformation and reproduction of rural class relations in lowland Nepal and North Bihar
Many development countries are currently undergoing major demographic shifts as the percentage of young people of the total population rapidly increases. This shift is associated with high rates of migration, unemployment and instability. In policy discourses, engaging youth in commercial agricul...
Rietveld, Anne
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van der Burg, Margreet
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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[Bridging youth and gender studies to analyse rural young women and men's livelihood pathways in Central Uganda]
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Bridging youth and gender studies to analyse rural young women and men's livelihood pathways in Central Uganda
Jagger, P.
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Shively, G
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Arinaitwe, A.
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[Circular migration, small-scale logging, and household livelihoods in Uganda]
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Circular migration, small-scale logging, and household livelihoods in Uganda
Nkongho, R.N
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Nchanji, Y.K
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Tataw, O
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Levang, P.
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[Less oil but more money! Artisanal palm oil milling in Cameroon]
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Less oil but more money! Artisanal palm oil milling in Cameroon
Shackleton, Charlie M.
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Hebinck, P
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Kaoma, H
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Chishaleshale, M.
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Chinyimba, A
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Shackleton, S. E
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Gambiza, J.
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Gumbo, D.J.
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[Low-cost housing developments in South Africa miss the opportunities for household level urban greening]
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Low-cost housing developments in South Africa miss the opportunities for household level urban greening