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Human Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services and the Habitat of the Sumatran Orangutan
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2011
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As countries like Indonesia consider strategies for a policy to implement the REDD+ mechanism, evidence is increasingly pointing to the need for an all-inclusive approach as opposed to establishing an...
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Trees on farms: Tackling the triple challenge of mitigation, adaptation and food security
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2009
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This short policy brief highlights three key points and provides various policy recommendations in relations to these: - Trees help fight climate change by storing carbon.- They buffer against weather...
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How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change: reducing vulnerability in multifunctional landscapes
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2011
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This book focuses on the relationship between climate-change adaptation, rural development and the roles of trees and agroforestry. Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes...
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Case studies of nurseries in Malawi
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M. Namoto;M.G. Likoswe;P.M. Mvula (ed)
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2007
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The purpose of this assessment was to let the small nurseries in Malawi explain in their own words how they manage the following aspects of their nursery work:...
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Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia
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M. van Noordwijk;H. Purnomo;L. Peskett
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2008
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This paper summarises a study undertaken by the Indonesian Forest Climate Alliance (IFCA) to support Indonesian stakeholders to participate in global negotiations. The authors note that the objective ...
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Agroforestry options for Tanzania
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2009
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This policy brief analyses agroforestry as a tool for improving livelihood in Tanzania and tackling emerging local and global challenges. The paper argues that agroforestry creates a web of resilient ...
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Land tenure and land management in the districts around Mount Elgon: an assessment presented to Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP)
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E. Soini (ed)
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2007
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This working paper reviews historical and current factors and patterns affecting land use, land tenure, resource access, human settlement, and conflicts over resource access and tenure...
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Future forestry education. Responding to expanding societal needs
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A. Temu;A. Kiwia
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2008
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Forestry education in recent years has largely failed to adequately respond to the dynamics in forestry practice, the demands of the job market and the challenges of new global forestry paradigms. ...
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Farming trees, banishing hunger: how an agroforestry programme is helping smallholders in Malawi to grow more food and improve their livelihoods
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C. Pye-Smith
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2008
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Lack of food security in rural Malawi is directly linked to declining soil fertility, with nitrogen being the main limiting factor. However, protein and vitamin deficiencies due to low milk and fru...
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Moving beyond forestry laws in Sahelian countries
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T. Yatich;A. Kalinganire;K. Alinon
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World Agroforestry Centre ,
2008
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Sahelian rural populations’ needs are sourced from on-farm indigenous tree species. However, access, use and management of indigenous tree species within their territories are restricted by f...
