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Do Policy Capacities Matter for Federal Policy Design? Evidence From the Implementation of Three Social Policies in Brazil

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bringing together the literature on policy design, policy capacity and policy making in multilevel systems, this paper argues that the effectiveness of policy design in federal countries depends, ceteris paribus, on the adequacy of federal and local policy capacities.
Giliberto Capano   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing aggregation hypotheses among Neotropical trees and shrubs: results from a 50-ha plot over 20 years of sampling

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Spatial patterns of tropical trees and shrubs are important to understanding their interaction and the resultant structure of tropical rainforests. To assess this issue, we took advantage of previously collected data, on Neotropical tree and shrub stem ...
Randall W. Myster, Michael P. Malahy
doaj  

Understanding smallholder decision‐making to increase farm tree diversity: Enablers and barriers for forest landscape restoration in Western Kenya

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating diverse trees and shrubs (hereafter ‘trees’) in agricultural landscapes has emerged as a crucial nature‐based solution to the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security. The potential benefits of on‐farm trees for both people and nature, however, are often constrained by inadequate consideration of ...
Ennia Bosshard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additions to the bryophyte flora of Réunion (East African Islands) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Nineteen species of bryophytes are reported for the first time for Réunion. Especially remarkable are the first African record of Anastrophyllum leucocephalum (Tayl.) Steph. and the first records for the East African Islands of Cephaloziella cf. vaginans
Müller, Frank
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Conserving wildlife through demand reduction and supply alternatives: Two experiments in restaurants in Kinshasa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rainforest [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mammalogy, 2003
openaire   +2 more sources

Logging emissions from a Forest Stewardship Council certified forest in Guyana

open access: yesCarbon Management
Logging is a dominant land-use activity across the tropics and a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. This study quantifies emissions from selective logging in a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified concession in Guyana that includes ...
Anand Roopsind   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rainforest Gold [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2003
openaire   +1 more source

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