This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case-studies, we compare land use/ cover change data for these two broad types of forest management and assess their performan...
Porter-Bolland, L.
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Ellis, E.A.
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Guariguata, M.R.
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Ruiz Mallén, I.
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Negrete-Yankelevich, S.
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Reyes García, Victoria
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[Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics]
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Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics
Multiple-use forest management is considered by many as a preferable alternative to single-use, generally timber-dominant, management models. In the Congo Basin rainforests, integration of timber and non-timber forest resources plays a key role in the subsistence and market economies of rural com...
Nasi, Robert
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Billand, A.
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Vliet, N. van
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[Managing for timber and biodiversity in the Congo Basin]
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Managing for timber and biodiversity in the Congo Basin
One of the major issues surrounding the debate on sustainability of management of tropical forests is the impact of different forest management strategies on biodiversity. Recent research has suggested a number of options for minimising the risks to biodiversity of forestry operations. The mainte...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Zuidema, P.A.
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Rijks, M.H.
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[Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests]
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Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests
Neuenschwander, P.
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Toko, I.
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[Benin, its natural environment and socio-economic data]
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[Bénin, milieu naturel et données socio-économiques]
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Bénin, milieu naturel et données socio-économiques
The past three decades have seen significant investments in programs to protect forests in developing countries. As a result the number and aggregate area of National Parks and equivalent protected areas have grown considerably. But a recent report released by WWF/World Bank has concluded that on...
Hunter, D.
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Chantragoon, S.
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[Good practices for conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives of tropical fruit tree diversity]
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Good practices for conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives of tropical fruit tree diversity
United Nations Environment Programme
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
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[Les aires protégées en Méditerranée: Essai d'étude analytique de la législation pertinente - MAP Technical Reports Series No. 83]
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Les aires protégées en Méditerranée: Essai d'étude analytique de la législation pertinente - MAP Technical Reports Series No. 83
Leisher, C
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Touval, Jerome L.
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Hess, SM
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Boucher, TM
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Reymondin, Louis
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[Land and forest degradation inside protected areas in Latin America]
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Land and forest degradation inside protected areas in Latin America
Gap analysis is a well-established conservation technique that identifies areas in which selected elements of biodiversity are represented and through comparison with existing in situ protected area networks identifies habitats or ecosystems that need additional protection. We aim to demonstrate ...
Natural resource-related conflicts between local communities and nation states can be extremely destructive. Worldwide, interest is growing in gaining a better understanding of why and how these conflicts originate, particularly in protected areas inhabited by local communities. The literature on...
Pourcq, K. de
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Thomas, E.
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Elias, M.
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Damme, P. van
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[Exploring park–people conflicts in Colombia through a social lens]
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Exploring park–people conflicts in Colombia through a social lens