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Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Martin, D. A. & Llopis, J. C. & Raveloaritiana, E. & Coomes, O. T. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Bruun, T. B. & Heinimann, A. & Mertz, O. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly com...

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REDD+ at the crossroads: choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Dwyer, M. B. & Ingalls, M.

Content type: Bulletin

To date, REDD+ projects in Laos have made relatively conservative choices on driver engagement, focusing on smallholder-related drivers like shifting ...

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Effect of small catchment dams on downstream vegetation of a seasonal river in semi-arid African savanna.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal rivers in semiarid African savannas support riparian woodland and hydromorphic grassland, key habitats for wildlife or livestock. We investig...

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Carbon market incentives to conserve, restore and enhance soil carbon.

Published online: 19 Dec 2018

Authors: Unger, M. von & Emmer, I.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report focuses on carbon finance opportunities for enhancing soil organic carbon stocks across the globe and moving towards low-carbon, sustainab...

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Shelter from the storm? Household-level impacts of, and responses to, the 2015 floods in Malawi.

Published online: 24 Jan 2018

Authors: McCarthy, N. & Kilic, T. & Fuente, A. de la & Brubaker, J.

Content type: Bulletin

As extreme weather events intensify due to climate change, it becomes ever more critical to understand how vulnerable households are to these events a...

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Urban cultivation in allotments maintains soil qualities adversely affected by conventional agriculture.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Edmondson, J. L. & Davies, Z. G. & Gaston, K. J. & Leake, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agriculture, in seeking to maximize yields to meet growing global food demand, has caused loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and compaction, imp...

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Social forestry for a good life? The uneven well-being benefits of Indonesia's social forestry scheme.

Published online: 08 Jun 2025

Authors: Toumbourou, T. D. & Dunphy, M. B. & Lilis Mulyani & Ilmiawan Auwalin & Rumayya & Hartoto, A. S. & Gutomo Bayu Aji & Utomo, M. M. B. & Nurul Auliya Amin & Yasmita Yaman & Ferdy Azmal Fakhrani & Pitaloka Ainun Yasmin & Afriyani, A. A. & Masri & Dian Arisanti & Darkono Tjawikrama & Friedman, R. S. & Rawluk, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The Indonesian government has scaled up its devolution of forest management to local communities in the form of social forestry, with the aim of impro...

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Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Fors, H. & Berlin, A. & Gottlieb, U. & Kågström, M. & Weldon, J. & Zhang, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Increasing demands for land to deliver multiple and sometimes conflicting services to people and nature have led to the development of an extensive bo...

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Hub-and-spoke social networks among Indonesian cocoa farmers homogenise farming practices.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Matous, P. & Bodin, Ö.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Smallholder farms support the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people and their decisions on how to manage their land has profound consequences for the envi...

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The challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Sunderlin, W. D. & Ekaputri, A. D. & Sills, E. O. & Duchelle, A. E. & Kweka, D. & Diprose, R. & Doggart, N. & Ball, S. & Lima, R. & Enright, A. & Torres, J. & Hartanto, H. & Toniolo, A.

Content type: Bulletin

This CIFOR Occasional Paper presents research results on challenges experienced by proponents in their efforts to establish REDD+ subnational initiati...

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