Forests are sources of wood, non‐timber forest products and ecosystems services and
goods that benefit society as a whole, and are especially important to rural livelihoods …

Although many activities can jointly contribute to the climate change strategies of adaptation
and mitigation, climate policies have generally treated these strategies separately. In recent …

Post-classification change detection was applied to examine the nature of Land Use Land
Cover (LULC) transitions in West Africa in three time intervals (1975–2000, 2000–2013, and …

Agroforestry is widely promoted to mitigate climate change and strengthen agricultural
systems; this study thus evaluates various agroforestry systems practiced in South Asian …

Landscapes are being degraded and simplified across the globe. This book explores how
forest restoration might be carried out to increase landscape heterogeneity, improve …

Since 2001, Ghana has introduced a number of forest-based strategies to improve the
livelihoods of forest communities, restore the country's forest cover and address timber …

This study tested a proposed community resilience model by investigating the role of
institutions, capital assets, community and socio-demographic variables as determinants of …

Land use in much of sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by legislative frameworks based on a
strong colonial legacy, focusing strongly on state control and minimal devolution of …

In recognition of the failures of sectoral approaches to overcome global challenges of
biodiversity loss, climate change, food insecurity and poverty, scientific discourse on …

REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and related forest
activities) is a climate change mitigation mechanism currently being negotiated under the …