The adequate management of forests is the key for sustainable development with a direct influence on climate change mitigation. In the world, the planted forest lands increased 40% (from 167.5 to 277.9 million hectares) between 1990 and 2015. However, recently, there is a growing inverse flux from...

We use optimization of a structural dynamic model to evaluate the cost of carbon sequestration when afforestation subsidies are used to encourage private landowners to switch from cropland to forestry. Our model allows for the planting of either softwood or hardwood forest types with flexible...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) contain more tropical high-biodiversity forest than the remaining areas of the planet combined, yet experienced more than a third of global deforestation during the first decade of the 21st century. While drivers of forest change occur at multiple scales, we...

Zero-deforestation supply chain policies that leverage the market power of commodity buyers to change agricultural producer behavior can reduce forest clearing in regions with rapid commodity expansion and weak forest governance. Yet leakage-when deforestation is pushed to other regions - may...

Increasing food production while preserving natural ecosystem services linked to native biodiversity is one of the most important societal challenges in the 21st-century. Natural pollination performed by bees significantly increases yields even in crops that do not strictly depend on animal...

On the basis of documents collection and field investigation, we deeply investigated the main compound management modes of Populus spp. in the Huaibei plain and the riparian plain of Anhui province, summarized 11 kinds of typical management modes (including pure Populus spp. forest) among them, and ...

The rapid changing area in Yom watershed at Phrae province during 2002-2009, half of land using approximately 1.2 million hectare was forest and paddy rice area. On the other hand, a rest of land using approximately 1.1 million hectare was an invasive forest through maize area. The effect of...

As a vast degraded land ecosystem, the karst region of southwest China is currently experiencing serious conflicts between restoration of degraded vegetation communities and agricultural activities. Furthermore, it is not clear what land use pattern suits local farmers best. To evaluate the...

Palm oil is very important exported commodity in Indonesia, which currently generates more than USD18 billion to the national earnings. Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.) is the most efficient crop in terms of productivity in producing oil compared with other crops, such as soybean, rapeseed and...

Tropical deforestation continues despite global efforts to curb forest loss. Corporate zero-deforestation supply chain commitments (ZDCs) have the potential to address this deforestation, especially if strong state-led forest governance is absent. Yet, because ZDC adoption is limited to particular...