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Economic analysis of climate change adaptation strategies in selected coastal areas in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam [PDF]
, 2013 This report is an account of a cross-country study that covered Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Covering four sites (one each in Indonesia and Vietnam) and two sites in the Philippines, the study documented the impacts of three climate hazards ...
Arias, J.K.B. +8 more
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Fuelwood demand and supply in Rwanda and the role of agroforestry [PDF]
, 2011 Fuelwood in Rwanda is assumed to come from forests and woodlands, thus contributing to large-scale deforestation. Available studies on fuelwood demand and supply support this assumption and indicate a continuously rising demand of fuelwood, notably from ...
Mohren, G.M.J., Ndayambaje, J.D.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The return of grey wolves to multi‐use landscapes in North America and Europe raises concerns over accompanying risks of livestock predation. While local‐level risk factors have received attention, it is difficult to explore the role that landscape‐scale variables, such as landscape connectivity, play in driving livestock losses.
Vivian F. Hawkinson +2 more
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Participatory design and use of a simplified landscape in a simulation model for mitigating land use conflict in Northern Thailand highlands [PDF]
, 2009 Landscape modelling integrating spatial information in Geographic Information Systems has been widely used to represent knowledge and support decision-making in the field of natural resource management.
Dumrongrojwatthana, P. +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of ...
Sarah Greenwood +6 more
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The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause +5 more
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Economics of Reforestation [PDF]
The Forestry Chronicle, 1970 The large sums being spent annually on reforestation by provincial governments as well as the rationalization of budget planning warrant a re-evaluation of reforestation projects using economic criteria. This paper examines the direct and indirect returns from a stand of white spruce of site class I in two ways: that of present value and that of ...
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The Evolution of Reforestation in Brazil [PDF]
This paper analyzes the evolution of reforestation in Brazil and makes an evaluation of federal government policies used to stimulate that activity. Despite the huge increase of reforestation areas in Brazil since the 1970s, what put up Brazil as the ...
Carlos Bacha
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
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Willingness to accept the natural regeneration of useful species in Benin, West Africa
Discover SustainabilityReforestation is a solution to the challenge of forest ecosystem loss. The aim of this study was to assess the willingness to accept (WTA) the regeneration of natural species.
Robert Sourokou +2 more
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