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The Influence of Forest Management Regimes on Deforestation in a Central Indian Dry Deciduous Forest Landscape

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Peer-reviewed publication
Setembro, 2016

This research examines the impact of forest management regimes, with various degrees of restriction, on forest conservation in a dry deciduous Indian forest landscape. Forest change is mapped using Landsat satellite images from 1977, 1990, 1999, and 2011.

Valuation of forest carbon stocks to estimate the potential for result-based payment under REDD+ in Cameroon

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Journal Articles & Books
Setembro, 2016
Camarões
África
África Central

This study base on existing scientific literature makes an economic evaluation of carbon stocks gained under different deforestation and forest degradation scenarios (100, 50 and 25% avoided deforestation) during a 20 years period (2010–2030).

A History of Landscape-Level Land Management Efforts in Haiti

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Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
Setembro, 2016
Haiti
América Latina e Caribe

Section one of this report opens with a brief environmental history of Haiti, followed by an analysis of the current state of environmental conditions, and closes with an examination of contemporary human and landscape vulnerabilities to acute and chronic environmental degradation and extreme climatic events.

Breves acotaciones sobre la agricultura resiliente al clima

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Setembro, 2016
Venezuela

La agricultura resiliente al clima está en vigencia hoy más que antes debido a los constantes cambios que experimenta nuestro planeta. Al comprender los orígenes de las investigaciones sobre la agricultura y el cambio climático, el autor busca unir la tecnología y los saberes ancestrales de los pueblos para la producción alimenticia más eficiente.

Jelutung (Dyera polyphylla) agroforestry on drained peatlands

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Reports & Research
Julho, 2016
Indonésia
Japão
Singapura
Malásia
China
Ásia

Dyera polyphylla, which is locally known as jelutung, is a tree that produces latex. The latex is used for chewing gums, insulator, tube, and others. The wood is soft and bright colour, which can be used for pulp, plywood, pencil, wooden toy, and others. It naturally grows on peat swamp forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo).

REGULATING ECO-SENSITIVE ZONES ANALYSING INDIAN LAWS BASED ON WESTERN GHATS ECOLOGY PANEL REPORT

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Reports & Research
Julho, 2016
Southern Asia
India

The monograph examines the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel on making the Western Ghats eco sensitive zones in the light of Indian environment laws. The Indian environment debate of conservation and protection of biodiversity has been sustained by post colonial response that has two major opposing strands.

Amazonía transfronteriza: Dinámicas poblacionales, identidades y disputa por los recursos naturales

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Reports & Research
Julho, 2016
Bolívia

El presente estudio tiene como antecedentes los trabajos realizados por el Instituto Para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) en el año 2012 a solicitud del Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA), Christian Aid y Oxfam. A diferencia de aquel producto, esta investigación busca explorar el tema de las identidades en el contexto transfronterizo amazónico.