Well-intentioned plans are too often forgotten when villagers are left out of the land-use planning process. By placing a 3D map in the middle of a table and asking residents what they would do, it suddenly becomes easier to incorporate local views.
The growing demand for edible oils domestically and internationally has created conditions in which Indonesia has become the global leader in terms of cumulative area of oil palm plantations and Crude Palm Oil production.
Identifying organizations that can bridge gaps in knowledge is an important step when seeking effective ways to design strategies for local adaptation to climate change, an expert in ecosystem-based adaptation has said.
CIFOR has been reinvigorating its focus on West Africa with nine new projects and an expansion of its regional office staffing. A strategic area for research on tropical forests, climate change adaptation and dry forests, CIFOR established a West Afric…
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the links between smallholder bamboo shoot management practices, productivity, and livelihoods in a mountainous and impoverished county in southern China.
