To protect its natural heritage and biodiversity, Vietnam has established a system of ‘special use forest’ (SUFs) which is “the backbone of the national protected areas”. The ineffective management of SUFs based solely on the state leads to a decline in biodiversity and density of the forests. Recognizing this, collaborative or ‘co’-management for ...
Community families throughout tropical regions derive an important share of their income from multiple forest products, with generally positive outcomes on their livelihoods. The production of these products in a multiple-use forest management scheme (MFM, the production of multiple forest products within a single management unit) encompasses many ...
Nederland is Party van ‘the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats’, ofwel EUROBATS. De EUROBATS-agreement is een verdrag onder de conventie van Bern en met name de conventie van Bonn, de ‘Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals’. EUROBATS is een instrument bij de uitvoering van de verplichtingen v...
Deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics have been receiving both scientific and political attention in recent decades due to its impacts on the environment and on human livelihoods. In Ghana, the continuous decline of forest resources and the high demand for timber have raised stakeholders concerns about the future timber production pro...
Boswellia papyrifera is an important tree species of the extensive Combretum-Terminalia dry tropical forests and woodlands in Africa. The species produces a frankincense which is internationally traded because of its value as ingredient in cosmetic, detergent, food flavor and perfumes productions, and because of its extensive use as incense during ...
In de regio Twente/Salland is onderzoek uitgevoerd naar het boseigendom en motivatie van boseigenaren. Alle eigenaren met bosbezit van ten minste 0,5 ha hebben een enquête ontvangen met persoonlijke vragen over de eigenaar, het eigendom, beheer en oogst. Daarnaast is gekeken hoe gevoelig de eigenaren zijn voor verschillende strategieën die gericht ...
Tropical forests are the most diverse terrestrial ecosystems. Moreover, their capacity for removal of carbon from the atmosphere makes them important for climate change mitigation. Theories predict that species use resources in a different way, and therefore high species diversity would result in more efficient resource use and higher total carbon ...
Tropical forests cover only 7% of the earth’s land surface, but harbour almost half of the world’s biodiversity. These forests also provide many ecosystem services, such as the storage of carbon and the regulation of local and regional climate, and many goods such as timber and fruits. Furthermore, tropical forests contribute disproportionately to ...
Vanuit de overheid zijn al sinds de jaren 80 van de vorige eeuw acties genomen om de oogst in hetNederlandse bos te promoten, maar het niveau van de oogst is al enkele decennia min of meerconstant. Uit de Zesde Nederlandse Bosinventarisatie is gebleken dat op ruim 40% van de punten nietis geoogst sinds de inventarisatie van het Meetnet Functievervu...
