While slash-and burn farmers convert forest to agriculture, they also regenerate significant areas of secondary fallow forests on their farms. Under what conditions does secondary forest cover persist on slash-and-burn farms?. Survey data from Para, Brazil show that secondary forests accupy 20% o...
Smith, J.
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Ferreira, S.
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Kop, P. van de
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Ferreira, C.A.P.
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Sabogal, C.
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[The persistence of secondary forests on colonist farms in the Brazilian Amazon]
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The persistence of secondary forests on colonist farms in the Brazilian Amazon
As most nontimber forest products (NTFPs) are low cash value, their potential for generating significant income appears limited. Low value products can, however, result in significant incomes when people specialize in them.
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Nawir, A.A.
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[Turning straw into gold: specialization among damar agroforest farmers in pesisir, Sumatra]
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Turning straw into gold: specialization among damar agroforest farmers in pesisir, Sumatra
Reasons for the decline of people’s income from any given non-timber forest product are: over-harvesting of the resource base; capturing of the business by local elite; domestication of the product; decreased demand; or manufacturing of substitutes. In all of these scenarios, income for local col...
Jong, W. de
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Schroder, J.M.
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[Sustaining incomes from non timber forest products: introduction and synthesis]
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Sustaining incomes from non timber forest products: introduction and synthesis
This paper aims at analyzing fuel consumption in households of forest zones, and at showing the place of fuelwood as a source of energy in the region. The study was carried out in Cameroon and it was based on a survey done in 1996. A sample of 400 households from Yaounde, Mbalmayo and Ebolowa was...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Endamana, D.
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Gockowski, J.
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Ndoye, O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises]
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Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises
Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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[Forestry income management and poverty reduction: empirical findings from Kongo, Cameroon]
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Forestry income management and poverty reduction: empirical findings from Kongo, Cameroon
The contribution that domesticated indigenous fruit trees make to many farmers’ livelihoods is often not acknowledged in either national- or international-level poverty reduction strategies. Current agricultural data tend to be restricted to a narrow range of exotic fruit (e.g. mango, avocado, ci...
Schreckenberg, Kate
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Awono, A.
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Degrande, A.
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Mbosso, C.
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Ndoye, O.
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Tchoundjeu, Z.
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[Domesticating indigenous fruit trees as a contribution to poverty reduction]
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Domesticating indigenous fruit trees as a contribution to poverty reduction
Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although it has been recurrently mentioned that a reduction in water supply will hamper irrigation in the downstream co...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Lamers, J.P.A.
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[Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)]
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Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)
Asfaw, A.
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Lemenih, Mulugeta
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Kassa, H.
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Ewnetu, Z.
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[Importance, determinants and gender dimensions of forest income in eastern highlands of Ethiopia: the case of communities around Jelo Afromontane forest]
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Importance, determinants and gender dimensions of forest income in eastern highlands of Ethiopia: the case of communities around Jelo Afromontane forest
As East African pastoralists settle around market centers, women often adopt new town-based activities to generate income. While settling in or near towns presents women with new opportunities, household poverty may prevent them from exploiting these opportunities or lead them to adopt environmen...
Nduma, I.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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McPeak, J.G.
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[Diversity in income-generating activities for sedentarized pastoral women in northern Kenya]
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Diversity in income-generating activities for sedentarized pastoral women in northern Kenya
Lentes, P
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Holmann, Federico J.
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Peters, Michael
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White, D.
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[Constraints, feeding, strategies and opportunities to improve productivity and income in milk production systems in Olancho, Honduras]
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Constraints, feeding, strategies and opportunities to improve productivity and income in milk production systems in Olancho, Honduras