The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet … affecting where and how agricultural production occurs. Global datasets were used to document the trends in deforestation and …

genetic diversity conservation, it would be more efficient and satisfactory for the parties involved to build on local … indigenous or local contributions in the conservation of genetic resources. This simplifies the remuneration issue and reinforces …

design of targeted, cost-effective conservation programs on farms." from Author's Abstract …

This paper examines the recent decentralization of governance in Indonesia and its impact on local infrastructure … provision. The decentralization of decisionmaking power to local jurisdictions in Indonesia may have improved the matching of … public infrastructures provision with local preferences. However, decentralization has made local public infrastructures …

provision more responsive to users. Ethiopia has undertaken two rounds of decentralization, making first the regional states and … then the district governments responsible for providing key public services. This paper explores whether decentralization …

that rural areas have sizes below this cut-off (Onokerhoraye 1984). Decentralization has become a key issue in development … policy in the last two decades. Decentralization is a process of transitioning from a governance structure in which power is …