Bangladesh government has recently pledged to restore 0.75 million ha of degraded forestland as part of its commitment to the Bonn Challenge, however little is known about the potential challenges and opportunities involved in achieving that goal. Using secondary literature complemented by expert...
Author(s)
Ahammad, R.; Hossain, M. K.; Sobhan, I.; Hasan, R.; Biswas, S. R.; Mukul, S. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Land Use Policy, 2023, 125,
The main goal of this review was to provide an assessment of the potential of fast-growing tree species for the suitable transformation of agroforestry areas for biomass production in the Baltic Sea region. Our interest was to highlight the research on the management process of agroforestry zones...
Author(s)
Daugaviete, M.; Makovskis, K.; Lazdins, A.; Lazdina, D.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2022, 14, 24,
Cocoa-based agroforests play an important role in farmer livelihood and the global environment; however, despite these facts, their low yields and tree aging put at risk their fate. This project investigated the carbon storage potential, productivity, and economics of different agroforestry...
Author(s)
Ballesteros-Possú, W.; Valencia, J. C.; Navia-Estrada, J. F.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2022, 14, 15,
The lives of the urban poor in the majority world are unfree: blighted by social injustice in its manifold forms, from violence and ill-health to absent economic opportunities. We explore the pursuit of freedom through migration away from the metropole to ramais (colonisation tracks) at the...
Author(s)
Silva, M. P. da; Fraser, J. A.; Parry, L.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
World Development (Oxford), 2022, 160,
Most of the rural population of developing countries depends on forest ecosystems; consequently, there is a myriad of trade-offs that jeopardize the ability of the forest to produce goods and services. To maintain the current forest cover and offer opportunities to improve rural livelihoods, more...
Author(s)
Rodríguez-Piñeros, S.; Sabogal-Aguilar, D. M.; Villarraga-Flórez, L. F.
Publisher
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Small-scale Forestry, 2022, 21, 3, pp 437-459
These proceedings contain papers on topics about forest ecology and conservation, forest management, biodiversity and genetic conservation, forest policy and economics, forest remote sensing and gis / precision forestry, forest protection, forest soil and silviculture, social forestry, nature...
Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, UK
Citation
IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science, 2022, 1053, pp unpaginated
Implementing Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) policy has contributed to conserving and protecting the forests to remain relevant for future generations. This study determines stakeholders' viewpoint on the relationship between the implementation of SFM and food security in Sabah. The study was...
Author(s)
Lintangah, W. J.; Atin, V.; Ibrahim, A. L.; Yahya, H.; Johnlee, E. B.; Martin, R. A.; John, G.
Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, UK
Citation
IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science, 2022, 1053,
This paper offers a systematic approach to quantifying the socio-economic role of forests for 'forest-dependent' communities. Focusing on the island of Pemba (Zanzibar, Tanzania), we investigate how forest income contributes to livelihood portfolios, local inequality, and households' insurance...
Author(s)
Andrews, J.; Mulder, M. B.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
World Development (Oxford), 2022, 153,
Assessing the economics of small-scale farm forestry (SSFF) is associated with typical challenges. There is a large number of economically small or even very tiny although quite diverse institutional units with hardly any standards in terms of bookkeeping. At the same time, there is a multiplicity...
Author(s)
Toscani, P.; Sekot, W.; Hoffmann, C.
Publisher
Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Vienna, Austria
Citation
Austrian Journal of Forest Science/Centralblatt für das gesamte Forstwesen, 2021, 138, 4, pp 297-324
This project aimed to identify how commercial forestry could increase the incomes of smallholders and scale out the broader benefits of commercial forestry to local communities and industries. Reflecting the complexity of community-based commercial forestry (CBCF), the project explored the...
Author(s)
Suka, A. P.; Kurniasari, D. R.; Surati; Wibowo, L. R.; Sumirat, B.; Wahyudiyati, K. T.; Ariawan, K.; Irawanti, S.; Abdurrahman, M.; Oktalina, S. N.; Harsoyo; Permadi, D. B.; Hardiyanto, E.; Bisjoe, A. R.; Wakka, A. K.; Muin, N.; Hayati, N.; Purwanti, R.; Dewi, I. N.; Hapsari, E.; Rohadi, D.; Stewart, H.; Reid, R.; Arianti, N.; Schmidt, M.; Silvia, D.; Herawati, T.; Race, D.
Publisher
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia
Citation
ACIAR Final Reports, 2021, FR2021/069, pp 70 pp.