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On-site and off-Site long-term economic impacts of soil fertility management practices

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Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2008
Eastern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Kenya

"This article analyzes the on-site and off-site economic impacts of various sustainable land management (SLM) practices in Kenya. Long-term trial data are used to establish the relationship between SLM practices and maize yield.

Impacts of the Hutan Kamasyarakatan Social Forestry Program in the Sumberjaya watershed, West Lampung District of Sumatra, Indonesia

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Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2008
South-Eastern Asia
Asia
Indonesia

This paper investigates the impacts of a social forestry program in Indonesia, Hutan Kamasyarakatan (HKm), based on analysis of a survey of 640 HKm and comparable non-HKm plots in the Sumberjaya watershed of southern Sumatra, and of the households operating those plots.

Forest incomes after Uganda's forest sector reform

LandLibrary Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2008
Eastern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda

Forest sector governance reform is frequently promoted as a policy tool for achieving favorable livelihood outcomes in the low income tropics. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence to support this claim, particularly at the household level. Drawing on the case of a major forest sector governance reform implemented in Uganda in 2003, this study seeks to fill that gap.

Is community-based forest management more effective than protected areas? : A comparison of land use/land cover change in two neighboring study areas of the Central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Mexico

The importance of the role of local community forestry institutions towards forest conservation is exemplified through a comparison of two adjacent areas within the Central Yucatan Peninsular Region (CYPR) in which Land-Use Cover Change (LUCC) analyses were conducted.