Why poor logging practices persist in the tropics

FE Putz, DP Dykstra, R Heinrich - Conservation Biology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Despite abundant evidence that both the environmental damage and the financial costs of
logging can be reduced substantially by training workers, pre‐planning skid trails, practicing …

Economics of forest ecosystem carbon sinks: a review

GC van Kooten, B Sohngen - 2007 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Carbon terrestrial sinks are seen as a low-cost alternative to fuel switching and reduced
fossil fuel use for lowering atmospheric CO2. In this study, we review issues related to the …

How costly are carbon offsets? A meta-analysis of carbon forest sinks

GC Van Kooten, AJ Eagle, J Manley… - Environmental science & …, 2004 - Elsevier
Carbon terrestrial sinks are seen as a low-cost alternative to fuel switching and reduced
fossil fuel use for lowering atmospheric CO2. As a result of agreements reached at Bonn and …

[图书][B] Exploring sustainable development: Geographical perspectives

M Purvis, A Grainger - 2013 - books.google.com
Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business
leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary …

Climate change adaptations of smallholder farmers in South Eastern Ethiopia

D Temesgen, H Yehualashet… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2014 - academicjournals.org
The negative impact from the climate change has been striking the agriculture sector in
Africa. For countries like Ethiopia, whose livelihood occupation of the nation is mainly based …

Climate change mitigation via afforestation, reforestation and deforestation avoidance: and what about adaptation to environmental change?

C Reyer, M Guericke, PL Ibisch - New Forests, 2009 - Springer
Climate change is affecting the world's ecosystems and threatening the economic system,
livelihoods and availability of natural resources. Forest ecosystems can be carbon sources …

[图书][B] Local sustainable development effects of forest carbon projects in Brazil and Bolivia: a view from the field

PH May, E Boyd, F Veiga, M Chang - 2004 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
This study on the socio-economic effects of four carbon sequestration projects in Brazil and
Bolivia examines how these projects contribute to local development processes and what …

[图书][B] Managing a changing climate in Africa: Local level vulnerabilities and adaptation experiences

PZ Yanda, CP Mubaya - 2011 - books.google.com
Pius Zebhe Yanda is a Professor of Physical Geography at the Institute of Resource
Assessment, University of Dar Es Salaam. He has served the University of Dar Es Salaam in …

Estimación de la biomasa en un bosque bajo manejo de Pinus patula Schltdl. et Cham. en Zacualtipán, Hidalgo

CM Figueroa-Navarro, G Ángeles-Pérez… - Revista mexicana de …, 2010 - scielo.org.mx
Con el objetivo de estimar la cantidad de biomasa en la vegetación arbórea de bosques
manejados de Pinus patula se realizó el presente estudio en el Ejido La Mojonera, en …

Forestry-based greenhouse gas mitigation: a story of market evolution

P Moura-Costa, MD Stuart - The Commonwealth Forestry Review, 1998 - JSTOR
Concern about rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases has prompted the
search for methods for reducin greenhouse gas emissions or ways of sequestering carbon …