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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery allows for a new way of obtaining geographic information. In this work, a Geographical Information System (GIS) open source application was developed in QGIS software that estimates several parameters and metrics on ...
Lia Duarte +2 more
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Carbon and nutrient stocks of tea plantations differing in age, genotype and plant population density [PDF]
, 2008 Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is a perennial evergreen shrub managed intensively for continuous growth of young shoots. Most tea plantations were established at the expense of native forest. Change in carbon (C) and nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
Kamau, D.M., Oenema, O., Spiertz, J.H.J.
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Scientific Reports, 2020 The global expansion of tree plantations is often claimed to have positive effects for mitigating global warming, preventing soil erosion, and reducing biodiversity loss.
Camila Cifuentes-Croquevielle +2 more
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Jurnal Agrotek TropikaPenyakit lapuk akar dan pangkal batang merupakan permasalahan serius pada perkebunan tebu di Lampung dan Sumatera Selatan. Penyakit lapuk akar dan pangkal batang tebu disebabkan oleh jamur Xylaria sp..
Dwi Endarwati +5 more
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A systematic review of the socio-economic impacts of large-scale tree plantations, worldwide
Global Environmental Change, 2018 Since their widespread introduction in the 1980s, large-scale tree plantations have seen contestations over their socio-economic impacts. With the establishment of new plantations on the rise, a review of the literature examining their impacts on local ...
A. Malkamäki +6 more
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Forests, 2020 Forest plantations have expanded rapidly in response to financial support from the state and local governments and have had significant positive impacts on rural livelihoods and development in Vietnam, since the late 1980s.
T. Cuong, T. Chinh, Yaoqi Zhang, Yi Xie
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Rise and fall of forest loss and industrial plantations in Borneo (2000–2017)
Conservation Letters, 2018 The links between plantation expansion and deforestation in Borneo are debated. We used satellite imagery to map annual loss of old‐growth forests, expansion of industrial plantations (oil palm and pulpwood), and their overlap in Borneo from 2001 to 2017.
D. Gaveau +5 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Mycological monitoring in the Hungarian Biodiversity Monitoring System
Acta Mycologica, 2013 The results of a mycological monitoring, carried out from 2001 until 2003 in two forest reserves (in the Bükk and the Mecsek Mountains) within the frame of a project of the Hungarian Biodiversity Monitoring System (HBMS) aiming to monitor forest reserves
Ferenc Pál-Fám +2 more
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, 2017 Whether or not investments in African agriculture can generate quality employment at scale, avoid dispossessing local people of their land, promote diversified and sustainable livelihoods, and catalyse more vibrant local economies depends on what farming
R. Hall, I. Scoones, D. Tsikata
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