Bamboo, also known as" poor man's timber," is one of Nepal's most significant forest species
and is widely distributed through the country. Bamboo resources have tremendous social …

Community-managed forested landscapes are complex social-ecological systems that
supply a variety of ecosystem services (ES) to society. The flow of these services depends …

Community-based forestry (CBF) has developed through co-evolution of human societies,
social values and biophysical systems shaped by long-term community activities. CBF has …

Rural mountain communities in developing countries are considered particularly vulnerable
to environmental change, including climate change. Forests and agriculture provide …

The increasing incidence of forest and land degradation is affecting billions of people, and
causing loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Realizing the importance of forest …

Growing bioenergy crops on degraded and underutilized land is a promising solution to
meet the requirement for energy security, food security, and land restoration. This paper …

This article envisions urban agriculture as a solution to address global warming by
decreasing the urban heat island effect while also addressing many other urban …

Mitigating climate change, preventing mass species extinctions, improving rural livelihoods,
and disaster risk reduction are among today's most urgent challenges. To meet these …

To promote forest landscape restoration (FLR), national governments have embarked on far
reaching policy reforms to reclassify lands targeted for restoration, designate legitimate …

Globally, planted forests are increasing, providing increased resources to forest industries
and ecosystem services (ES) to local and wider communities. However, assessment of the …