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Reducing reservoir impacts and improving outcomes for dam‐forced resettlement: experiences in central Vietnam

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Diciembre, 2014
Viet Nam

The present study focuses on the growing problem of the impacts of human displacement resulting from hydropower dam construction, within the context of the integrated lake basin management of dam reservoirs. Dam‐forced displacement and resettlement can pose severe challenges to the environmental, economic and social sustainability of a reservoir basin.

Optimalization of forest access by forest road network in forest management unit Čierny Váh

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Diciembre, 2014
Eslovaquia

The paper solves evaluation of current state of accessing the forest with forest road network in the forest management unit Čierny Váh, evaluatation the state of forest roads, point out shortcomings in accessing the forest and eventually propose optimal solutions to improve the situation in the area of interest. Thesis describes natural conditions of the area of interest.

Naturalitatea pădurii: concepte, caracteristici și implicații asupra conservării

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Diciembre, 2014

The paper review the naturalness related concepts, with a special emphasis on forests, and also their implications on forest conservation. Beside naturalness, key aspects of wild(er)ness, ecosystem integrity, ecosystem health, forest quality and authenticity are disscussed.

Underutilized wild edible plants in the Chilga District, northwestern Ethiopia: focus on wild woody plants

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Diciembre, 2014
Etiopía

BACKGROUND: Ethiopia encompasses an extraordinary number of ecological zones and plant diversity. However, the diversity of plants is highly threatened due to lack of institutional capacity, population pressure, land degradation and deforestation. An adequate documentation of these plants also has not been conducted.

Migrants, land markets and carbon emissions in Jambi, Indonesia: Land tenure change and the prospect of emission reduction

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Diciembre, 2014
Indonesia

Policies designed to reduce land-based carbon emissions require a good understanding of the complex connections between state-sanctioned concessions, forest conversion, informal land markets and migrants.

Implications of uncertainty and scale in carbon emission estimates on locally appropriate designs to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+)

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Diciembre, 2014
Indonesia

This study combined uncertainty analysis of carbon emissions with local stakeholders' perspectives to develop an effective Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) scheme at the district level. Uncertainty of carbon emission estimates depends on scale while local stakeholders' views on plausible REDD+ schemes influence and limit transaction costs.

Reform or reversal: the impact of REDD+ readiness on forest governance in Indonesia

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Diciembre, 2014
Indonesia

Indonesia has turned its alleged role as global leader of land-based carbon emissions into a role as a global trailblazer exploring modalities for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). REDD+ readiness is largely about improving forest governance, but this itself is a multilayered concept.

Forest ecosystem services and biodiversity in contrasting Himalayan forest management systems

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Diciembre, 2014

In developing countries, the landscape surrounding agricultural land is important for maintaining biodiversity and providing ecosystem services. Forests provide a full suite of goods and services to subsistence farmers in the Himalayan agro-ecological system.

Effect of catchment properties on runoff coefficient in a karst area of southwest China

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Diciembre, 2014
China

Frequent human activities and climate change in the karst region of southwest China since the 1950s have led to the investigation of response of runoff to climate and catchment properties. Runoff coefficient (Rc) as an expression variable of the catchment response to rainfall is important to describe runoff dynamics and to estimate available streamflow for utilization.

Improving the efficiency measurements of the forest land using the methods of satellite and terrestrial geodesy

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Diciembre, 2014

Currently the most common methods in forestry mapping includes digital photogrammetry, positioning points system using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), or a combination of polar method using universal surveying stations.

Forest Grabbing Through Forest Concession Practices: The Case of Guyana

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Diciembre, 2014
Guyana

Colonial governments asserted sovereignty and property rights gradually over the territory of Guyana, disregarding preexisting Indigenous Rights. Although a Forest Department modeled on the Indian Forest Service was established, there was no equivalent settlement process to determine the rights of forest peoples. State Forest area is declared by administrative fiat.

Rapid deforestation threatens mid‐elevational endemic birds but climate change is most important at higher elevations

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Diciembre, 2014
Indonesia

AIM: Deforestation and climate change are two of the most serious threats to tropical birds. Here, we combine fine‐scale climatic and dynamic land cover models to forecast species vulnerability in rain forest habitats. LOCATION: Sulawesi, Indonesia.