The REDDplus mechanism currently negotiated under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has developed rapidly but not as expected …

Fundamental trade-offs exist between different land uses for carbon, livelihoods, economic
development, biodiversity, agriculture and energy (especially biofuels). This article analyses …

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised
by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for …

Projects for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) have
been initiated in develo** countries, featuring partnerships with multiple actors under the …

This paper compares the historic German discourse on forest functions with the current
international debate on ecosystem services and analyzes the factors that may have …

This study analyzes articles of various research design methods such as case studies,
survey studies, descriptive studies, exploratory studies, and historical studies, to determine …

Discourses regarding the development of the Amazon region highlight the importance of the
local cultures, local knowledge and participation of smallholders, such as indigenous …

The reduction of tropical deforestation is of crucial importance for mitigating climate change
and curbing the loss of biodiversity. In light of the current international efforts to reduce …

The R educing E missions from D eforestation and F orest D egradation (REDD+) project in
S ungai L amandau was I ndonesia's first forest carbon finance initiative officially proposed …

Due to land-use conversions for palm oil, mining and other extractive industries, Indonesia
remains the largest contributor of greenhouse gases from primary forest loss in the world …