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NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021 This research paper focused on finding links between poor forest governance and corruption. A sample size of 357 respondents was proportionally allocated to each union council and then randomly selected.
Taimoor Khalid +3 more
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The impacts of REDD+ on the social-ecological resilience of community forests
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has emerged as an important and cost-effective climate change mitigation strategy internationally.
Reem Hajjar +2 more
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Strengthening Local Governance of Secondary Forest in Peru
Land, 2021 Natural forest regrowth is critical for restoring ecosystem services in degraded landscapes and providing forest resources. Those who control tenure and access rights to these secondary forest areas determine who benefits from economically charged off ...
Robin R. Sears +3 more
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Can democracy reduce forest loss?: A cross-national analysis
World Development Sustainability, 2023 While democracies are thought to have the power, authority, and ability to make significant reductions in forest loss, cross-national research yields contradictory findings.
Alphonse Opoku, Jamie M. Sommer
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Land, 2023 This paper investigates issues confronting forest management and sustainability, focusing on the governance of the community forest user group (CFUG) initiative in Nepal.
Timothy Cadman +4 more
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Examining the relevance of cultural ecosystem services in forest management in Europe
Ecology and Society, 2020 The ecosystem services framework has become one of the most important paradigms in forest planning and management as a way to link the multiple provisioning, regulating, and cultural services derived from ecosystems and their benefits to human well-being.
Mario Torralba +6 more
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Governança da restauração florestal da paisagem no Brasil: desafios e oportunidades
Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2021 Brazil plays a significant role in distinguished global agreements on forest conservation and climate change. The implementation of these agreements requires governance arrangements in several fields, such as Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR).
Cristina Adams +6 more
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Forest governance and development effects on tropical charcoal production and deforestation
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Severe loss and degradation of tropical forests affects ecosystem services and livelihoods. Charcoal, an important energy and income source for millions of people, causes 7% of tropical deforestation and forest degradation.
Hanneke van ’t Veen +2 more
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Regional Sustainability, 2023 According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the world loses 1.0 × 106 hm2 forest land through deforestation annually. About 1.6 × 106 people who depend on forests for livelihood are negatively affected by deforestation and forest
Aishwarya Basu, Jyotish Prakash Basu
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Local government and urban forest governance: insights from Scotland [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2018 While the benefits of urban forests (UFs) are well-researched, less is known about how to steer collective action for conserving and strengthening this resource, and particularly the role of local government. We address this knowledge gap through a study of urban forest governance in Scotland, United Kingdom. Applying a mixed-methods approach including
van der Jagt, Alexander P. N +1 more
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