In the growing literature at the interface of rural livelihood improvement and conservation of
natural forests, two overarching issues stand out:(1) How and to what extent use of forest …

This paper reviews and synthesizes findings from scholarly work on linkages among rural
household demographics, livelihoods and the environment. Using the livelihood approach …

Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by
simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article …

Understanding the dynamics of land-use and land-cover has increasingly been recognized
as one of the key research imperatives in global environmental change research (eg, Turner …

Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about
alternative futures. It aims to demystify the future, make possibilities for the future more …

Policies to effectively reduce deforestation are discussed within a land rent (von Thünen)
framework. The first set of policies attempts to reduce the rent of extensive agriculture, either …

Schnaiberg's concept of the treadmill of production is arguably the most visible and enduring
theory to emerge in three decades of environmental sociology. Elaborated and tested, it has …

This paper explores the “state-of-the-art” of the two-way causal links between poverty
alleviation and natural tropical forests. Microimpacts of rising poverty can increase or slow …

Tropical forest conversion, shifting cultivation and clearing of secondary vegetation make
significant contributions to global emissions of greenhouse gases today, and have the …

The interactions between human population dynamics and the environment have often been
viewed mechanistically. This review elucidates the complexities and contextual specificities …