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THE ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY APPROACH AS A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR ATTAINING CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE FRAMEWORK: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVES

open access: yesRussian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2023
The contribution of agroforestry methods in Bangladesh is examined in this review study as a climate-smart agriculture tool, including the aspects of i) Agroforestry as Food Security Capacity and Livelihood Improvement, ii) Sustainable land use through ...
Talucder M.S.A., Ruba U.B.
doaj   +1 more source

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

Who Gets to Adopt? Contested Values Constrain Just Transitions to Agroforestry

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Agroforestry is often promoted as a multi-benefit solution to increasing the resilience of agricultural landscapes. Yet, there are many obstacles to transitioning agricultural production systems to agroforestry. Research on agroforestry transitions often
Zoe Hastings, Maile Wong, Tamara Ticktin
doaj   +1 more source

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
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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
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Agroforesty Curriculum Management at Tunas Rimba I Kindergarten Purwokerto

open access: yesAl-Athfaal, 2023
This research aims to describe the management of the agroforestry curriculum at Tunas Rimba I Kindergarten, Purwokerto. This research is qualitative. Data was collected using interview, observation, and documentation techniques.
Isti Pujiati   +2 more
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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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

Assessing soil and land health across two landscapes in eastern Rwanda to inform restoration activities [PDF]

open access: yesSOIL, 2021
Land degradation negatively impacts water, food, and nutrition security and is leading to increased competition for resources. While landscape restoration has the potential to restore ecosystem function, understanding the drivers of degradation is ...
L. A. Winowiecki   +7 more
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

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