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View article: Critical social perspectives in forest and landscape restoration – a systematic review
Critical social perspectives in forest and landscape restoration – a systematic review Open
In response to increasing calls for better consideration of social dimensions in Forest (and) Landscape Restoration (FLR), this systematic literature review identifies and synthesises relevant themes associated with critical social perspec…
View article: Boom and bust: Variegated livelihood pathways among rural households in the banana boom in northern Laos
Boom and bust: Variegated livelihood pathways among rural households in the banana boom in northern Laos Open
Crop booms are a significant driver of change for both rural landscapes and smallholder livelihoods. Cavendish bananas have boomed in northern Laos and replaced maize, the previous boom crop, through land leasing contracts between farmers …
View article: Lao Plantation Policy: Prospects for Change
Lao Plantation Policy: Prospects for Change Open
Policies to promote tree plantations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic have been developed since independence to support national socio-economic and environmental goals, and in response to domestic and international markets. The effe…
View article: International Forest Governance and Policy: Institutional Architecture and Pathways of Influence in Global Sustainability
International Forest Governance and Policy: Institutional Architecture and Pathways of Influence in Global Sustainability Open
This paper reviews the design of the international forest governance and policy, and analyses its impacts in addressing deforestation and forest degradation as global sustainability issues. Informed by literatures on international relation…
View article: Multilateral forestry research and tertiary forestry education for development: reflections on progress since the 1970s
Multilateral forestry research and tertiary forestry education for development: reflections on progress since the 1970s Open
The contemporary institutional landscapes for multilateral forestry research and tertiary forestry education for development were shaped largely in the last three decades of the 20 th century. Some limitations of largely post-colonial arra…
View article: Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People
Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People Open
SDG3, Health and Wellbeing for All, depends on many other SDGs but there are also potential conflicts and trade-offs. In this chapter, ee stress the importance of forests to global health and well-being as well as for Indigenous and local …
View article: Learning From 'Actually Existing' REDD+: A Synthesis of Ethnographic Findings
Learning From 'Actually Existing' REDD+: A Synthesis of Ethnographic Findings Open
The 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement on Climate reinforces actions to conserve and enhance forests as carbon
\nreservoirs. A decade after sub-national demonstration projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest
\ndegradatio…
View article: Improving the smallholder balsa value chain in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Improving the smallholder balsa value chain in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea Open
Ochroma pyramidale (balsa) is a fast-growing tree, grown as a plantation crop by both companies and smallholders in East New Britain Province (ENB) of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The ENB balsa industry is entirely export-oriented, producing 9%…
View article: Identifying factors that influence the success of forestry research projects implemented in developing countries: case study results from Vietnam
Identifying factors that influence the success of forestry research projects implemented in developing countries: case study results from Vietnam Open
This paper reports a qualitative investigation of factors contributing to success in 10 collaborative international
\nforestry research projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
\n(ACIAR) in Vietnam. …