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...

The environmental and economic effects of rubber expansion in southeast Asia have been widely explored, while the possible social influence on local community is rarely investigated. This paper investigates the impacts of rubber cultivation by women's natal households on women's decisions about...

Contract farming guarantees smallholder farmers a reliable market, allow them to access inputs and technical support, and thus improve their welfare. However, side selling is a major threat to the promotion and development of contract farming in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Ghana. While there...

Natural rubber (NR) plantation industry in India is facing constraints due to low rubber prices, spiraling cost of production and shortage of skilled tappers. Practice of Controlled Upward Tapping (CUT), is ideal under Indian conditions for assured sustainable rubber production from old and senile...

To effectively conserve tropical forested areas, it is useful to study and understand historical land-cover changes and local people's attitudes toward the current land-uses. Using forest inventory data, and data collected from a survey of 145 households, we explored the forestland-cover changes,...

In almost all forms of agriculture and farming practice, land clearing is the initial step. In Indonesia, in general, the most cost effective means of clearing land is through the use of fire. However, this use of fire often results in uncontrolled outbreaks, particularly in lowland areas...

Landscape pattern, ecosystem service value (ESV), and human well-being are closely related. Determining the link between the three is significant to the realization of regional sustainable development. However, the relationship is complex and vulnerable to multiple factors, many of which remain...

The wood industry is potentially advantageous to applying the concepts of circular economy for sustainable development and can contribute to the commitment of carbon neutrality. This study developed an integrated circular economy index based on five different quantitative indicators for assessment...

Revealing the public's preference for ecological restoration projects will help increase public support and improve social benefits evaluation accuracy, which is a prerequisite for implementing ecological restoration projects. This study aimed to reveal the public's preference for natural rubber...

North Sumatra is the second largest natural rubber producing province in Indonesia so it has a considerable influence on Indonesia's rubber export activities, however, the export volume of rubber from North Sumatra has fluctuated. The aims of this research were to analyze the factors that influence ...