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Incorporating biodiversity conservation in Peruvian development - a history with different episodes.

Published online: 31 Aug 2016

Authors: Zinngrebe, Y.

Content type: Bulletin

Conservation movements in developing countries, such as Peru, arise in relation to predominant perceptions concerning development and progress. In the...

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Using gross ecosystem product to harmonize biodiversity conservation and economic development in Southwestern China.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Lin ZiYan & Wu Tong & Rao EnMing & Xiao Yi & Ouyang ZhiYun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Gross ecosystem product (GEP) is the aggregate economic value of the final goods and services of the ecosystem produced within a given area, providing...

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Can local communities afford full control over wildlife conservation? The case of CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe.

Published online: 17 Apr 2019

Authors: Ntuli, H. & Muchapondwa, E. & Okumu, B.

Content type: Bulletin

Wildlife is widely becoming an important vehicle for rural development in most third-world countries across the globe. Policymakers are usually not in...

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The neglected importance of managing biological invasions for sustainable development.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Lenzner, B. & García-Rodríguez, A. & Colling, G. & Dullinger, S. & Fugger, J. & Glaser, M. & Hennenfeind, J. H. & Kaplan, E. & Liu DaiJun & Omer, A. & Pauchard, A. & Roy, H. E. & Schernhammer, T. & Schertler, A. & Stoett, P. & Tedeschi, L. & Vorstenbosch, T. & Wessely, J. & Essl, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biological invasions have substantial and rising social-ecological impacts threatening human livelihoods and communities and hampering progress toward...

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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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A cross-taxonomic index for quantifying the health of farmland biodiversity.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Butler, S. J. & Brooks, D. & Feber, R. E. & Storkey, J. & Vickery, J. A. & Norris, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of sustainable, multi-functional agricultural systems involves reconciling the needs of agricultural production with the objectives fo...

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'Traditional peoples' and the struggle for inclusive land governance in Brazil.

Published online: 07 Sep 2016

Authors: Shankland, A. & Sullivan, Z. & Dayrell, C. A. & Alvarenga, A. C. & Rocha, D. F. B.

Content type: Bulletin

In recent decades, Brazil has attracted international interest both for the intensity of its land conflicts and for the extent of its land governance ...

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Distinguishing between the nests of sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Sanz, C. & Morgan, D. & Strindberg, S. & Onononga, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Our current inability to estimate precisely the population sizes of chimpanzees and gorillas across much of the Congo Basin has been detrimental to th...

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Going organic - a critical analysis of the potential for organic farming in Ethiopia.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Freyer, B. & Delelegn, Y. & Zerihun Nigussie & Onwonga, R. & Bingen, J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

In this article we analyse and discuss how organic farming can be understood, in general, as a means to contribute to the sustainable development of s...

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Complex regional telecoupling between people and nature revealed via quantification of trans-boundary ecosystem service flows.

Published online: 07 Aug 2022

Authors: Wang YanWen & Hong Song & Wang JinZhu & Lin JingYu & Mu Hang & Wei LiYuan & Wang Zhen & Bryan, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Quantifying and mapping trans-boundary ecosystem service (ES) flows can help identify dependencies and responsibilities for promoting economic develop...

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