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The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Climate change threatens cofee production and the livelihoods of thousands of families in Mesoamerica that depend on it. Replacing cofee with cocoa and integrating trees in combined agroforestry systems to ameliorate abiotic stress are among the proposed
Holmgren, M.   +4 more
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Flood risk reduction and flow buffering as ecosystem services – Part 2: Land use and rainfall intensity effects in Southeast Asia [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017
Watersheds buffer the temporal pattern of river flow relative to the temporal pattern of rainfall. This ecosystem service is inherent to geology and climate, but buffering also responds to human use and misuse of the landscape.
M. van Noordwijk, L. Tanika, B. Lusiana
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a protocol for quantifying the greenhouse gas balance and identifying mitigation options in smallholder farming systems

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2013
Globally, agriculture is directly responsible for 14% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and induces an additional 17% through land use change, mostly in developing countries (Vermeulen et al 2012).
T S Rosenstock   +3 more
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The Conditions for Functional Mechanisms of Compensation and Reward for Environmental Services

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2010
Mechanisms of compensation and reward for environmental services (CRES) are becoming increasingly contemplated as means for managing human-environment interactions.
Brent M. Swallow   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Poverty and Environmental Services: Case Study in Way Besai Watershed, Lampung Province, Indonesia

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2007
Local communities in developing countries are often forbidden to earn their livelihood from state-owned forests, but nonetheless local people commonly manage these lands and depend on them to survive.
S. Suyanto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agroforestry

open access: yes, 2018
Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crops and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and economic interactions. Existing research indicates that appropriate application of agroforestry principles and practices is a key means by which the European Union might achieve more ...
A. Pantera   +15 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Impacts of Industrialization on Plant Species Composition, Diversity, and Tree Population Structure in Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest in Bangladesh

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forestry Research, 2022
Industrial activities have various effects on biodiversity, posing significant threats to forest ecosystems. The current study describes the species composition, taxonomic diversity, and stand structure at Bhawal Sal forest, Gazipur, Bangladesh, as they ...
Nasima Akther Roshni   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agroforestry Practices Prevailing in SAARC Countries: A Review

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2022
Agroforestry systems have been used from a long time ago. The traditional agroforestry concept and knowledge of integration of the trees in the farm have been passed from one generation to another, especially in the South Asian countries.
Yamuna Paudel, Sujita Shrestha
doaj   +1 more source

Can rewards for environmental services benefit the poor? Lessons from Asia

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2009
Pro-poor rewards for environmental services (RES) link global priorities on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. Emerging approaches to payment for environmental services vary in mechanism and form of payment.
Beria Leimona   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

MAPPING TREES ON FARMLANDS USING OBIA METHOD AND HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA: A CASE STUDY OF KORAPUT DISTRICT, ODISHA [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019
Agroforestry is an integrated self-sustainable land use management system that is not only capable of producing food from marginal agricultural land but also capable of maintaining and improving the quality of environment. Accurate assessment of trees on
R. H. Rizvi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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