While mineral exploitation can provide significant income and employment, it may negatively impact the environment, being ultimately detrimental to livelihoods in the long term. The consequences of mining are of concern in high value forest ecosystems such as the Sangha Tri-National (TNS) landsca...
Ingram, V.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Schure, J.
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Nkamgnia, E.M.
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Tadjuidje, M. H.
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[Where artisanal mines and forest meet: socio-economic and environmental impacts in the Congo Basin]
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Where artisanal mines and forest meet: socio-economic and environmental impacts in the Congo Basin
Managing complex landscape mosaics in areas dominated by poverty often requires addressing conflicting objectives and managing trade-offs, such as that between maintaining/enhancing ecological functions and improving livelihoods. Laos, like many other developing countries dependent on agriculture...
Bourgoin, J.
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Castella, J.C.
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Pullar, D.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Bouahom, B.
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[Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos]
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Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos
This first report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment describes the conceptual framework that is being used in the MA. It is not a formal assessment of the literature, but rather a scientifically informed presentation of the choices made by the assessment team in structuring the analysis and f...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Luckert, M.K.
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Mutamba, M.
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[Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: is there a way out of poverty?]
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Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: is there a way out of poverty?
For the last two decades, some countries in Asia have initiated progressive tenure reform in the forestry sector through transfer of management and use rights from the state to the local communities, indigenous groups, local government units, private sector and individual households. However, sti...
Dahal, G.R.
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Adhikari, K.P.
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[Trends and impact of forest tenure reforms in Asia: cases from India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal and the Philippines]
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Trends and impact of forest tenure reforms in Asia: cases from India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal and the Philippines
Forestry and poverty analyses in China show an ambiguous relationship. While the co-occurrence of forest rich areas and poor counties has been noted by some authors, others have stressed the role played by forestry in these areas where it is frequently one of the few options available. This study...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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[Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China]
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Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China
Jintao Xu
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Bull, G.Q.
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Nilsson, S.
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White, A.
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Pottinger, A.J.
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[Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower]
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Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower
Miombo woodlands cover vast areas of southern Africa. Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. There is also evidence that woodland resources are exten...
Dewees, P. A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Katerere, Y.
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Sitoe, A.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor]
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor
De nombreuses organisations font la promotion des produits forestiers non ligneux (Pfnl) en Afrique centrale afin d'améliorer la gestion de la forêt et de contribuer à l'élévation des niveaux de vie en milieu rural. Trois sites ont été retenus dans la zone méridionale du Cameroun pour analyser l'...
Lescuyer, G.
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[Importance économique des produits forestiers non ligneux dans quelques villages du Sud-Cameroun]
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Importance économique des produits forestiers non ligneux dans quelques villages du Sud-Cameroun
The Guinean rain forest (GRF) of West Africa, identified over 20 years ago as a global biodiversity hotspot, had reduced to 113,000 km2 at the start of the new millennium which was 18% of its original area. The principal driver of this environmental change has been the expansion of extensive smal...
Gockowski, J.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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[Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa]
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Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of N fertilization and the presence of N2 fixing leguminous trees on soil fluxes of greenhouse gases. For a one year period, we measured soil fluxes of nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), related soil parameters (temp...
Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Skiba, U.
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Harmand, J.M.
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Henault, C.
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[Fluxes of greenhouse gases from Andosols under coffee in monoculture or shaded by Inga densiflora in Costa Rica]
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Fluxes of greenhouse gases from Andosols under coffee in monoculture or shaded by Inga densiflora in Costa Rica