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The role of national governance systems in biofuel development: a comparative analysis of lessons learned

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Dezembro, 2010

Governments have played only a marginal role in the development of the biofuels market in most developing countries. For biofuel development to contribute to domestic energy security objectives, considerable initial financial support may be required.

The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian amazon

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2010
Brasil
América Central
América do Sul

The dynamics of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are complex. A growing debate considers the extent to which deforestation is a result of the expansion of the Brazilian soy industry. Most recent analyses suggest that deforestation is driven by the expansion of cattle ranching, rather than soy. Soy seems to be replacing previously deforested land and/or land previously under pasture.

The state of REDD negotiations: consensus points, options for moving forward and research needs to support the process

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Reports & Research
Dezembro, 2010

The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) commissioned this report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) to summarize the current state of negotiations towards a decision in Copenhagen, specifically outlining areas of consensus, options for resolving areas where consensus has

Factores de impacto directos e indirectos que determinaron el proceso complejo de la deforestación a nivel ejidal, en la región de Calakmul, Campeche, durante el periodo 1976-2008

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Reports & Research
Dezembro, 2010
México

Este trabajo analiza las causas directas e indirectas del proceso complejo de la deforestación, en cinco ejidos en la región de Calakmul en el estado de Campeche durante el periodo 1976-2008. En los cinco ejidos estudiados el establecimiento de la agricultura y la práctica de la ganadería han sido los factores de impacto directo de deforestación.

Coexistence of silver fir and beech in the Dinaric Alps : implications for conservation and management of silver fir

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Dezembro, 2010
Slovenia
Peru
Europe

The tree species composition of silver fir and beech forests has changed in space and time due to a number of direct and indirect natural and anthropogenic causal factors. Forming silvicultural guidelines, therefore, requires a sufficient understanding of the ecological, historical, economic and general environmental factors that influence silver fir-beech forests.

Deforestation drivers in Southwest Amazonia: Comparing smallholder farmers in Iñapari, Peru, and Assis Brasil, Brazil

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Journal Articles & Books
Dezembro, 2010
Brazil
Peru

Broad interpretation of land use and forest cover studies has been limited by the biophysical and socio-economic uniqueness of the landscapes in which they are carried out and by the multiple temporal and spatial scales of the underlying processes.