The political ecology of participatory conservation: institutions and discourse

RP Bixler, J Dell'Angelo, O Mfune… - Journal of Political …, 2015 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
Increasingly, natural resource conservation programs refer to participation and local
community involvement as one of the necessary prerequisites for sustainable resource …

Model-assisted estimation of growing stock volume using different combinations of LiDAR and Landsat data as auxiliary information

S Saarela, A Grafström, G Ståhl, A Kangas… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and Landsat data were evaluated
as auxiliary information with the intent to increase the precision of growing stock volume …

Adapting forestry and forests to climate change: A challenge to change the paradigm

DHF Schoene, PY Bernier - Forest Policy and Economics, 2012 - Elsevier
Carbon in forest biomass has historically been the fulcrum for major changes in forestry and
forests. Following TS Kuhn, these breaks with the past are seen as paradigm changes. We …

Landscape effects on birds in urban woodlands: an analysis of 34 Swedish cities

M Hedblom, B Söderström - Journal of Biogeography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare bird abundances in woodlands along gradients from the city centre to the
peri‐urban area. To evaluate the importance of the proportion of woodland within the city …

Introduction: The growing importance of traditional forest-related knowledge

RL Trosper, JA Parrotta - Traditional forest-related knowledge: Sustaining …, 2012 - Springer
The knowledge, innovations, and practices of local and indigenous communities have
supported their forest-based livelihoods for countless generations. The role of traditional …

Quantifying the impacts of the quality of governance on deforestation

C Umemiya, E Rametsteiner, F Kraxner - Environmental Science & Policy, 2010 - Elsevier
The quality of governance is known to have effects on deforestation, together with other
social and economic factors. However, assessing the impact of governance quality is a …

The evolution of the timber sector in lowland Bolivia: Examining the influence of three disparate policy approaches

P Pacheco, W de Jong, J Johnson - Forest Policy and Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the influence of forest policies on forestry development, and especially
timber production, in Bolivia during three different periods of time. The first period began in …

Effects of sample size and model form on the accuracy of model-based estimators of growing stock volume

S Saarela, S Schnell, A Grafström… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
In this study, we investigate the use of model-based inference in forest surveys in which
auxiliary data are available as a probability sample. We evaluate the effects of model form …

[PDF][PDF] Agroforestry systems for sustainable livelihoods and improved land management in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

T Reyes - University of Helsinki Tropical Forestry Reports No, 2008 - researchgate.net
Forest destruction for agriculture continues to be a major threat to the rich biological diversity
in the East Usambara Mountains in the northeastern corner of Tanzania. The highest ratio of …

Suomen metsiin perustuva hyvinvointi 2015. Katsaus Suomen metsäalan kehitykseen ja tulevaisuuden vaihtoehtoihin.(Summary: The Contribution of Finland's …

L Hetemäki, P Harstela, J Hynynen, H Ilvesniemi… - 2006 - jukuri.luke.fi
Metsäntutkimuslaitos on laatinut maa-ja metsätalousministeriön toimeksiannosta metsäalan
tulevaisuusraportin. Raportissa esitetään arvio metsäalan toimintaympäristön kehityksestä …