Vietnam is one of the countries particularly vulnerable to climate change. Increased temperatures, increased salinity intrusion due to sea-level rise and altering precipitation patterns significantly affect livelihood options of smallholder farmers, resulting in losses in agricultural production....
Lan, Le Ngoc
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Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac
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Parker, Louis
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Bourgoin, Clément
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Than, Nguyen Thi
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Guerten, Nora
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Grosjean, Godefroy
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Hung, Pham Anh
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Lan, Vu Cong
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Tran, Vuong Thuc
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Ha, Pham Quang
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Thong, Dao Van
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Thanh, Luong Huu
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Läderach, Peter
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[Pragmatic economic valuation of adaptation risk and responses across scales Case study in Vietnam]
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Pragmatic economic valuation of adaptation risk and responses across scales Case study in Vietnam
Climate mitigation projects that involve smallholder farmers may provide solutions for decreasing agriculture’s role in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Farmer involvement in the development of agricultural climate change mitigation projects is essential if projects are to be sustainable an...
Lee Jean
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[Smallholder agricultural carbon projects in Ghana: Benefits, barriers, and institutional arrangements]
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Smallholder agricultural carbon projects in Ghana: Benefits, barriers, and institutional arrangements
Conservation organisations are faced with the complexities between protecting forests, developing local livelihoods and strengthening institutions. The aim of this paper is to analyse the strategies employed by organisations to implement conservation and development, and to assess how project pro...
Preece, L.
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Herrero Cangas, B.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Stacey, Natasha
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[Losing less and winning more: project strategies to negotiate between conservation and development in the Lower Mekong]
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Losing less and winning more: project strategies to negotiate between conservation and development in the Lower Mekong
Since 2009, CIFOR has initiated the Global Comparative Study of REDD+ in six countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia, Tanzania and Vietnam. In analysing national REDD+ policy arenas and emerging strategies, CIFOR researchers have developed five areas of work for each country. These includ...
This study outlines a case where the behaviour of farmers in accumulating capital, rather than their poverty as commonly assumed, results in deforestation. Fieldwork was undertaken in the Upper Kerinci region of the island of Sumatera, Indonesia. A financial analysis of the "net income" streams r...
Wibowo, D.H.
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Tisdell, C.A.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia]
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Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia
Since 2009, CIFOR has initiated the Global Comparative Study of REDD+ in six countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia, Tanzania and Vietnam. In analysing national REDD+ policy arenas and emerging strategies, CIFOR researchers have developed five areas of work for each country. These includ...
Nicaragua is particularly vulnerable to climate change due to its geographic, social, economic
and environmental conditions. Increased temperature, fluctuation of precipitation patterns, and
sea-level rise pose significant impacts for agricultural productivity, water resources availability
and th...
Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac
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Czaplicki, Stanislaw
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Collado, Carmen
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Parker, Louis
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Bourgoin, Clément
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Guerten, Nora
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Lan, Le Ngoc
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Läderach, Peter
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[Pragmatic economic valuation of adaptation risk and responses across scales in Nicaragua]
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Pragmatic economic valuation of adaptation risk and responses across scales in Nicaragua