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Surprisingly small increase of the sedimentation rate in the floodplain of Morava River in the Strážnice area, Czech Republic, in the last 1300years

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
République tchèque

Sediment profiles from the floodplain of Morava River in the Czech Republic have been collected from exposed river banks (4–6m long sections) and cores (2–4m deep) and investigated using a set of geochemical proxies validated by granulometry and conventional geochemical analysis, outlined in our previous paper.

Economic Integration, Rural Hardship, and Conservation on Guatemala's Agricultural Frontier

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
Guatemala
Amérique centrale
Amérique du Sud

Despite decades of attention by conservationists, deforestation remains a critical problem in Latin America, particularly in agricultural frontiers like the Amazon and the lowlands of Central America. The limited impact of conservation initiatives in such regions stems partly from a poor understanding of the socioeconomic and land use dynamics that typify frontiers.

Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
Afrique centrale

In Central Africa, important carbon stocks are stored in natural forest stands, while activities that modify the carbon storage occur in the forest landscape. Besides clean development mechanisms, the reduction of emission through deforestation and degradation (REDD) initiative is viewed as one way to mitigate climate change.

Improving communication among stakeholders through ex-post transactional analysis -- case study on Romanian forestry

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011

One of the most visible components of the Forestry Development Project, carried out between 2003 and 2009 by the World Bank and Romanian Government was “PR support, Awareness Campaign and Development of PR products”, meant to improve the communication between all stakeholders involved in sustainable forest management.

Paying the forest for electricity: a modelling framework to market forest conservation as payment for ecosystem services benefiting hydropower generation

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
Cambodge

The operation and longevity of hydropower dams are often negatively impacted by sedimentation. Forest conservation can reduce soil erosion, and therefore efforts to maintain upstream forest cover within a watershed contribute to the economic life span of a hydropower facility.

Analysis of rural landscape structure use in Southern Lithuania

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Conference Papers & Reports
Décembre, 2011
Lettonie
Lituanie

Rural landscape of the southern part of Lithuania as well as its use is analysed in the article. The defects of land reclamation system cause the rise of deserted lands. Dampness and bagged up soils are a large obstacle for the proper use of deserted lands. One more reason is lands of low productivity.

Exploring land use changes and the role of palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
Indonésie
Malaisie

This study compiles and analyses national-level data on land use change (LUC) and its causes in Indonesia and Malaysia over the past 30 years. The study also explores the role that palm oil has played in past LUC and that projected growth in palm oil production may play in LUC until 2020 and suggests strategies to minimize negative effects.

Fragmentation in the Legal Amazon, Brazil: Can landscape metrics indicate agricultural policy differences?

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
Brésil

Large-scale land conversion for agriculture in Brazilian Amazonia is occurring at persistently high rates. Basin-wide net land use and land cover changes imply substantially different situations between distinct regions and states due to different agricultural policies.

Geographic bias of field observations of soil carbon stocks with tropical land-use changes precludes spatial extrapolation

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011

Accurately quantifying changes in soil carbon (C) stocks with land-use change is important for estimating the anthropogenic fluxes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and for implementing policies such as REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) that provide financial incentives to reduce carbon dioxide fluxes from deforestation and land degradation.

Structuring sustainability science

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011

It is urgent in science and society to address climate change and other sustainability challenges such as biodiversity loss, deforestation, depletion of marine fish stocks, global ill-health, land degradation, land use change and water scarcity. Sustainability science (SS) is an attempt to bridge the natural and social sciences for seeking creative solutions to these complex challenges.