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The Natures of Progress: Land Use Dynamics and Forest Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hecht, Susanne B. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Catastrophic deforestation and environmental degradation have become habits of thought about forest landscapes in Latin …. Next, forest resurgence-largely a function of natural regeneration-is widely documented throughout the region on previously … tropical forest trends. Deforestation "hot spots", each with a different political ecology, remain and command attention, but …

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La demande d’assurance contre le risque incendie de forêt: Une analyse empirique sur des propriétaires privés en France

Brunette, Marielle; Couture, Stéphane; Garcia, Serge - Laboratoire d'Économie Forestière, Département … - 2011

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Institutional Determinants of Success Among Forestry-Based Carbon Sequestration Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

Reynolds, Travis W. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 3, pp. 542-554

This paper contributes to the debate on the economic and social implications of carbon forestry through the study of 42 programs in Africa using carbon offset payments to fund tree-planting activities. Such projects may be understood as multi-layered collective action problems: growing trees for...

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Marginalized Forest Peoples’ Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Governance: An Exploration

Colfer, Carol J. Pierce - In: World Development 39 (2011) 12, pp. 2147-2164

have perceived the legitimacy of their forest-related governance. These perceptions are examined within the contexts of … addressed. These issues take on special urgency within the context of the recent global, forest-related climate change discourse. …

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Sustainable Forest Management and Cadastre in Turkey

Yalcin, Güler - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 2 (2012) 2, pp. 136-142

In Turkey the forest is one of the most important natural resources. It both affects the rural development processes … and is affected from these. Nevertheless “deforestation” is the main forest problem in Turkey. Sustainable forest …. “To protect and to secure the forest areas” is the initial studies to be done for sustainable forest management. To …

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Forest Conservation and CO2 Emissions : A Viable Approach

Zaccour, Georges; Saint-Pierre, Patrick; Domenech, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

We adopt viability theory to assess the sustainability of the world’s forests while taking into account some of the competing economic, social, and environmental uses of these forests, namely, timber production, poverty alleviation through agriculture, and air quality as well as the negative...

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Russian forests: The path of reform

Ulybina, Olga - In: Forest Policy and Economics 38 (2014) C, pp. 143-150

archival materials and in-depth interviews with participants of the forest sector, we show the strong path-dependence of …

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A Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Community Forestry Project in Chumkiri District, Kampot Province, Cambodia

Hou, Kaylan; Meas, Sothunvathanak; Im, Mared; Ros, Chanthy - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2010

Past experience with the forest management system of Cambodia has shown that the open-access forest scheme has … contributed to the decline of timber and non-timber forest products collected from the forests. Authorities have responded by …. To assess if this scheme is worth supporting, an economic analysis of a CF managed forest is compared with alternative …

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To Burn or not to Burn: Making the Burning of Chocolate Hills of Bohol, Philippines Carbon Neutral

Bantayan, Nathaniel T.; Calderon, Margaret M; Pulhin, … - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

that an estimated 153 ha of forest should be established to offset the carbon emission due to the clearing of such hills …. This means that the carbon offset project will require the establishment of one hectare of forest for every two hills …

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Evaluating the Pilot Implementation of Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Lam Dong, Vietnam

Ly, Nguyen Thi Y - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

This study aims to assess the performance and the short-term impacts of the payment for forest environmental services …. The environmental impact is assessed by proxy variables such as time spent conducting forest protection and conservation …, amount of illegal logging, forest removed or burned, and farmers’ and local authorities’ awareness of environmental …

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