This publication has two objectives. First, it analyzes the past research on deforestation and summarizes the findings of that research, in terms of its relevance to the development of future REDD regimes. Second, it highlights areas where future research and methodological development are needed...
Kanninen, M.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Seymour, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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German, L.
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[Les arbres poussent-ils sur l’argent ?: Implications de la recherche sur la déforestation pour les politiques de promotion de REDD]
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Les arbres poussent-ils sur l’argent ?: Implications de la recherche sur la déforestation pour les politiques de promotion de REDD
Locatelli, Bruno
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Kanninen, M.
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Brockhaus, M.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Santoso, H.
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[Menghadapi masa depan yang tak pasti: bagaimana hutan dan manusia beradaptasi terhadap perubahan iklim]
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Menghadapi masa depan yang tak pasti: bagaimana hutan dan manusia beradaptasi terhadap perubahan iklim
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
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
Cette etude a ete realisee en 1997-98 par le CIFOR en collaboration avec les institutions et les chercheurs camerounais, grace a l'appui financier du DFID du Royaume-Uni. Son objectif general est de compendre les causes qui expliqueraient le taux de deforestation beaucoup plus elevependantla cris...
Kemajou J.P.W.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[L'Impact de la crise economique sur les populations, les migrations et le couvert forestier du Sud-Cameroun]
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L'Impact de la crise economique sur les populations, les migrations et le couvert forestier du Sud-Cameroun
A sample survey of 648 households was conducted in 54 villages in the humid forest zone of Cameroon to understand the effect of the economic crisis (dating from 1986) and the 1994 currency devaluation on the practices of small farmers, and the effect of these practices on forest cover change. Fou...
Bikie, H.
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Ndoye, O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[L'Impact de la crise economique sur les systemes agricoles et la changement du couvert forestier dans la zone forestiere humide du Cameroun]
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L'Impact de la crise economique sur les systemes agricoles et la changement du couvert forestier dans la zone forestiere humide du Cameroun
Loggers, miners and rural communities all exploit forests in unsustainable ways in search of profits and means of subsistence. They are the primary actors in forest decline and their immediate motivations are the direct causes of deforestation and degradation. However, these motivations are deter...
Despite considerable international attention in the field of forest conservation, tropical forests are still disappearing at an unaltered pace. This book gives an economic perspective on the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empiric...
Fires are considered a potential threat to sustainable development for their direct impacts on ecosystems, their contribution to carbon emissions, and impacts on biodiversity. In 1997/98, Indonesia had the most severe fires worldwide, and smoke haze pollution recurs yearly. The fire-related polic...
The main challenge that the Amazon region poses is what should be done to avoid that the region will follow the fate of other tropical regions: forest destruction and poverty. The fact that most of 80 percent of the region remains as forest leaves us the opportunity to build the way towards susta...
Alencar, A.
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Nepstad, D.C.
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McGrath, D.
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Moutinho, P.
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Pacheco, P.
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Carmen Vera Diaz, M. del
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Soares Filho, B.
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[Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"]
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Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"