Evidence from this presentation’s core study suggests that harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is failing to meet goals for combining conservation and poverty alleviation.
The main drivers of deforestation worldwide are no longer subsistence-level farmers trying to put food on their tables, but corporations, converting massive tracts of land for industrial agriculture, said the founder of the Mongabay website, adding tha…
Policy knowledge is only effective when shared appropriately. This presentation by CRP6 Director Robert Nasi explores the impact pathway from knowledge to uptake/adoption, particularly in relation to CRP6 (CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and A…
Insects and diseases fill important roles in forest dynamics, but occasionally they grow to damaging proportions with catastrophic impacts, threatening economic stability and food security. Across Africa, new pathogens and several new fungal species ha…
The importance of forests for livelihoods is well-recognised, but what drives the extent and diversity of household forest product collection is little understood. Using data from a survey of 180 households in resettled dry forest areas of northwestern…
