In this paper, we present an intensification model based on the intensity of exploitation and use of forests and forest lands as a relevant framework for analysing the appearance, dynamics, and evolution of different types of secondary forests. The systematic driving forces responsible for the disturbances and subsequent secondary forest re growth tend to change and evolve along this continuum.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Asia
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2001Latin America and the Caribbean
This study provides a concise overview of the information available on the land rights of indigenous peoples, with a focus on those in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Successive chapters summarise the rights of indigenous peoples in international law and then examine how these rights are being recognised, or not, in Latin America, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001
Do improvements in agricultural technology protect or endanger tropical forests? This book examines this controversial issue. It includes both theoretical frameworks for analysing the issue as well as case studies covering a wide range of geographical regions, technologies, market conditions and types of agricultural procedures. The authors identify technologies, contexts and policies that are likely to be beneficial to both farmers and forests.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001
This chapter summarises the key insights from the case studies included in the book. First, it discusses the technology-deforestation link in six different types of cases: developed countries, commodity booms, shifting cultivation, permanent upland (rainfed) agriculture, irrigated (lowland) agriculture, and cattle production. Next, it returns to the hypotheses presented in the book, and discusses the key conditioning factors in the technology-deforestation link. A number of factors determine the outcome.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2001
Utilises a number of situations observed in tropical Asia to motivate a simple trade-theoretical analysis of the implications of technological progress in agriculture.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksApril, 2001Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Gambia, Croatia, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Laos, Bolivia, Canada, Congo, Guinea, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Cyprus, Lesotho, Albania, Madagascar, Italy, Norway, Brazil, Cuba
This paper presents an overview of the various approaches that developed and developing countries have used in designing national forest funds. It is based on a study of legislation in over forty countries and a review of some of the few empirical studies of forest fund performance. The overview may serve as checklist of issues and options for policymakers who are designing funds. It also may illuminate ongoing discussions about appropriate international roles in forest financing. The paper presents some of the common arguments for and against the use of dedicated funds.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002India
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002India
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002
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