The often-claimed environmental and social benefits of forest certification remain to be
empirically evaluated. Despite numerous publications on the impacts of tropical forest …

Fed by demand for beef within Brazil and in global markets, the Brazilian herd grew from
147 million head of cattle in 1990 to≈ 200 million in 2007. Eighty-three percent of this …

In the 1970s and 1980s, rubber tappers in the western Amazonian state ofAcre achieved the
status of environmental icons, and secured remarkablepolicy goals. Specifically, they gained …

The Amazon forest has been characterized as one of the areas with the most extraordinary
biodiversity in the world. However, the implementation of public policies throughout history …

After more than two decades of investment by donors and governments in community forest
management (CFM) initiatives for timber production from natural tropical forests, also known …

Smallholder forestry and agroforestry systems in the tropics provide essential products and
services for millions of producers, their surrounding communities, national and international …

Using data from a household survey covering colonists and indigenous communities in the
Ecuadorian Amazon, this paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of legal and …

Foundations and Applications of Complexity Economics Page 1 J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Foundations and Applications of Complexity Economics Page 2 Foundations and …

Wild product harvesting by forest-dwelling peoples, including hunting, fishing, forest product
collection and timber harvesting, is believed to be a major threat to the biodiversity of tropical …

Although many examples of multiple-use forest management may be found in tropical
smallholder systems, few studies provide empirical support for the integration of selective …