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Birding for and with People: Integrating Local Participation in Avian Monitoring Programs within High Biodiversity Areas in Southern Mexico

Ortega-Álvarez, Rubén; Sánchez-González, Luis Antonio; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 1984-1998

Biological monitoring is a powerful tool for understanding ecological patterns and processes, implementing sound management practices, and determining wildlife conservation strategies. In Mexico, regional long-term bird monitoring has been undertaken only over the last decade. Two comprehensive...

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Baselines for land-use change in the tropics: application to avoided deforestation projects

Brown, Sandra; Hall, Myrna; Andrasko, Ken; Ruiz, Fernando; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 12 (2007) 6, pp. 1001-1026

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REDD+ and international leakage via food and timber markets: a CGE analysis

Kuik, Onno - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 6, pp. 641-655

context of actions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). First a simple analytical model of …

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Migrants, land markets and carbon emissions in Jambi, Indonesia: Land tenure change and the prospect of emission reduction

Galudra, Gamma; Noordwijk, Meine; Agung, Putra; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 6, pp. 715-731

national Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+ (REDD+) programs will need to recognize underlying land …

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Voter Response to Conservation Policies in Madagascar

Moser, Christine M. - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 93-103

International conservation groups pour millions of dollars into developing countries to help preserve resources and set conservation priorities, but critics argue that affected populations are often excluded from the decision-making process. In 2003 many in the international community praised...

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Harnessing the climate commons: an agent-based modelling approach to making reducing emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD)+work

Purnomo, Herry; Suyamto, Desi; Irawati, Rika - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 4, pp. 471-489

Parties (COP) on climate change increased political commitment to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation and to …

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Governance, Location and Avoided Deforestation from Protected Areas: Greater Restrictions Can Have Lower Impact, Due to Differences in Location

Pfaff, Alexander; Robalino, Juan; Lima, Eirivelthon; … - In: World Development 55 (2014) C, pp. 7-20

constraints on local economic development, also differ in their locations. Taking this into account, we estimate the deforestation … locations with unprotected locations that are similar in their characteristics relevant for deforestation. We find that … sustainable use protection, whose governance permits some local deforestation, is found on sites with high clearing threat. That …

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Land Tenure and Tropical Forest Carbon Management

Naughton-Treves, Lisa; Wendland, Kelly - In: World Development 55 (2014) C, pp. 1-6

This essay introduces five papers investigating land tenure issues related to conserving tropical forests via incentive-based strategies (e.g., PES, REDD+). After briefly reviewing key terms and concepts, we point to important contributions from the papers regarding (a) a deeper theoretical and...

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How are REDD+ Proponents Addressing Tenure Problems? Evidence from Brazil, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Sunderlin, William D.; Larson, Anne M.; Duchelle, Amy E.; … - In: World Development 55 (2014) C, pp. 37-52

This paper assesses proponent activities to address tenure insecurity in light of actions required for effective and equitable implementation of REDD+. Field research was carried out at 19 REDD+ project sites and 71 villages in Brazil, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Results show...

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Monitoring needs to transform Amazonian forest maintenance into a global warming-mitigation option

Fearnside, Philip - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2 (1997) 2, pp. 285-302

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