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Habitat loss and human–elephant conflict in Assam, India: does a critical threshold exist?

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011
Índia

Human–elephant conflict in India, driven by habitat loss and an expanding human population, is a complex challenge for biodiversity conservation. Determining if, how and why this conflict has changed over time will be an important step towards managing landscapes where people and elephants Elephas maximus coexist.

Process of recognizing the local potentials as a basis for sustainable development

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Dezembro, 2011
Eslovênia

The article discusses the process of recognizing the local developmental and human potentials in the pilot area of Pohorje, Slovenia. Special emphasis herein is given to the need of stakeholder participation strategic plan. In the pilot area, the theoretical model was tested.

When collective action and tenure allocations collide: Outcomes from community forests in Quintana Roo, Mexico and Petén, Guatemala

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011
Guatemala
México

Based on a comparative case study of four community forestry enterprises in Guatemala and Mexico, we examine the relationship between user group characteristics and state allocation of tenure bundles.

Assessing strategic water availability using remote sensing, GIS and a spatial water budget model: case study of the Upper Ing Basin, Thailand

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011
Tailândia

This paper assesses strategic water availability and use under different development pathways on a basin scale using remote sensing (RS), geographical information systems (GIS) and a spatial water budget model (SWBM).

Adapting a global stratified random sample for regional estimation of forest cover change derived from satellite imagery

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011

A desirable feature of a global sampling design for estimating forest cover change based on satellite imagery is the ability to adapt the design to obtain precise regional estimates, where a region may be a country, state, province, or conservation area. A sampling design stratified by an auxiliary variable correlated with forest cover change has this adaptability.

REDD+, transparency, participation and resource rights: the role of law

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011

One of the crucial questions which emerges in the context of REDD+ is how the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities will be protected. These rights include the rights of sharing in the financial benefits of REDD+, the rights to participate in decision-making around REDD+ schemes, and the rights to have their knowledge about forestry resources respected.

How and why forest managers adapt to socio-economic changes: A case study analysis in Swiss forest enterprises

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011
Suíça

Forestry is an important source of income for forest owners and those employed in rural areas. In recent years, this sector has had to tackle far-reaching changes taking place in the social, economic and political system. New demands are now being addressed and policies reformulated.

Aquatic systems and water security in the Metropolitan Valley of Mexico City

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011

In megacities water quantity and quality are threatened by complex and interrelated processes caused by population growth, land use change, unsustainable agricultural practices, deforestation, erosion, destruction of ecosystems, lack of planning, laissez-faire policies, unsustainable water management, political conflicts, and increasingly also by the impacts of climate change.

Assessment of carbon budget of Russia’s forest for reporting under the U.N.O. Climate Convention and Kyoto Protocol

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Conference Papers & Reports
Dezembro, 2011
Rússia

The estimates of emission and absorption of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases obtained according to the requirements of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with using methodology of the Center for forest ecology and productivity RAS are represented.

Deforestation rates in insular Southeast Asia between 2000 and 2010

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2011

Insular Southeast Asia experienced the highest level of deforestation among all humid tropical regions of the world during the 1990s. Owing to the exceptionally high biodiversity in Southeast Asian forest ecosystems and the immense amount of carbon stored in forested peatlands, deforestation in this region has the potential to cause serious global consequences.