Resultados de búsqueda - "deforestation"
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Rewetting Tropical Peatlands Reduced Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Riau Province, Indonesia
Publicado 2022“…Draining deforested tropical peat swamp forests (PSFs) converts greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks to sources and increases the likelihood of fire hazards. …”
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Chromolaena odorata
Publicado 1987“…More commonly known as Laos weed, this plant was introduced to Africa in 1937 as a cover crop and it has now spread throughout West Africa, particularly in deforested areas. From 2 to 4 metres high, it grows quickly almost anywhere, spread by its...…”
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On-farm insights in the South American Gran Chaco reveal the importance of soil organic matter and crop management decisions for boosting maize yields
Publicado 2025“…Soybean monoculture is widespread across recently deforested areas in South America, leading to a decline in soil organic matter (SOM) and compromising the sustainability of the cropping system. …”
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Land Cover and Land Use Change Decreases Net Ecosystem Production in Tropical Peatlands of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Publicado 2021“…Deforested and converted tropical peat swamp forests are susceptible to fires and are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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AFR100 donor visit to Olokemeji Reforestation site
Publicado 2023“…IITA Forest Center emerged as one of the Top 100 cohort members of TerraFund for AFR100 in the framework of accelerating the implementation of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) aiming to restore 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands across Africa by 2030. …”
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The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America
Publicado 2016“…Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million hectares are now classified as deforested. The agriculture and forestry sectors are growing and exerting great pressure on natural areas. …”
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Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna
Publicado 1994“…By contrast, in the Amazon, improved technologies have to overcome the high fertility of newly deforested land. Thus, technology, land speculation and characteristics of the resource base interact in a complex way to determine the speed and nature of intensification…”
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The socio-economic effects of forest management on lives of people living in the area; the case of Central America and some Caribbean countries
Publicado 2021“…Many problems resulting from past and present massive deforestations and lack of management are negatively affecting local populations. …”
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Participatory Assessment of Ecosystem Services from Community-Managed Planted Forests in Bhutan
Publicado 2020“…At all sites, the planted forests were created several decades ago to restore forest cover in deforested and degraded areas. The restored stands were perceived by residents to provide multiple goods and ecosystem services important to local security, health, and livelihoods, including wild edibles, freshwater, and soil protection, and aesthetic and cultural services. …”
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Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico
Publicado 2021“…Secondary cloud forests (SCFs), those that regenerate naturally following abandonment of human activities in previously deforested land, are of great value as refuges of high species diversity and for their critical role in hydrological regulation. …”
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Los viveros comunales en El Salvador: un caso de éxito en la difusión de la tecnología forestal
Publicado 2015“…El Salvador is the smallest, most densely inhabited and deforested Country in America. Although it's rural people faced and acute shortage of wood products, it had been reluctant to participate in forestry development projects promoted by the state since the 1950's. …”
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Municipal governments and forest management in Bolivia and Nicaragua
Publicado 2001“…Heavily forested municipalities tend to view forests as a productive asset, while the more deforested municipalities have greater concern for environmental degradation. …”
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Carbon storage in coffee agroforestry systems: Role of native and introduced shade trees in the central Peruvian Amazon
Publicado 2025“…The AFS with R. rospigliosii achieved the highest carbon storage with 190.38 Mg ha−1, highlighting the compatibility of this species with coffee plantations, as well as its positive effect on climate change mitigation in deforested areas.…”
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Evaluation report: An assessment of the Diversity for Restoration (D4R) Tool
Publicado 2020“…Forest landscape restoration (FLR) can play a key role to revert the loss of forests, while also contributing to an increased well-being of local livelihoods in deforested and degraded landscapes. As we start the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), FLR and ecosystem restoration, in general, are considered an integral part of tackling global environmental and socio-economic challenges. …”
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Milk and pastures at the frontier: The case of the Peruvian forest margins
Publicado 1997“…Pastures were established by farmers using manual labour and without fertilizer in previously deforested areas covered with secondary growth. The pastures, together with their grass-alone control, were incorporated by farmers into the normal paddock rotation, and were grazed by dual-purpose cattle of mixed breeding. …”
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Los viveros comunales en El Salvador: un caso de éxito en la difusión de la tecnología forestal
Publicado 2015“…El Salvador is the smallest, most densely inhabited and deforested Country in America. Although it's rural people faced and acute shortage of wood products, it had been reluctant to participate in forestry development projects promoted by the state since the 1950's. …”
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Long-term soil quality degradation along a cultivation chronosequence in western Kenya
Publicado 2011“…Primary forest and farm fields deforested between 1930 and 2000 were sampled along a chronosequence on two parent materials in western Kenya. …”
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Native microbial consortia: A sustainable strategy for improving the quality of forest seedlings in the Peruvian Amazon
Publicado 2025“…In order to tolerate the hostile field conditions of deforested areas, high-quality seedlings are required. …”
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