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Reforestation Strategies Amid Social Instability: Lessons from AfghanistanBackgroundThis study evaluates recent reforestation programs in Afghanistan in anticipation of larger scale programs needed to address watershed-scale degradation. Open access copy available |
Producción de inóculos de hongos micorrízicos arbusculares para la rehabilitacion de áreas degradadas de la Gran Sabana, Venezuela (Production of mycorrhizal fungi for rehabilitation in Venezuela)Open access copy available |
Efectividad de algunos tratamientos pre-germinativos para ocho especies leñosas de la Mixteca Alta Oaxaquena con características relevantes para la restauración (Effectiveness of pre-germinative treatments in eight native species from Oaxaca)Open access copy available |
Rehabilitación de algunas propiedades químicas de los suelos con ensambles experimentales de leñosas nativas y Casuarina equisetifolia en Veracruz (Rehabilitation of soil chemical properties with native woody assemblies)Open access copy available |
More than Just Trees: Assessing Reforestation Success in Tropical Developing CountriesbackgroundOpen access copy available |
Forest Transition Pathways in Asia – Studies from Nepal, India, Thailand, and CambodiabackgroundThis study draws on data from Nepal, India, Thailand, and Cambodia to examine trajectories of forest-cover change along gradients of deforestation and reforestation. Open access copy available |
Caída de hojarasca y tasas de descomposición de las hojas de Vochysia guatemalensis en una plantación de 10 anos, Tabarcia de Mora, Costa Rica (Litterfall and decomposition rates in a Vochysia guatemalensis plantation)Open access copy available |
Sobrevivencia del duraznillo (Prunus annularis) en plantación forestal y en sistemas agroforestales (Survival of Prunus annularis in agroforestry systems)Open access copy available |
Domesticación y fitoquímica de Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae) en el trópico húmedo de Costa Rica (Domestication of Quassia amara in Costa Rica)En el Jardín Agroecológico Bougainvillea, ubicado en la zona atlántica de Costa Rica, se desarrolla un proceso de domesticación de Quassia amara L., con la finalidad de contribuir a la disminución de la recolección de poblaciones de plantas naturales del bosque y de promover una mayor conservación del ambiente, mediante prácticas de cultivo apropiadas, basadas en un modelo agroecológico. Open access copy available |
Trade-offs between tree cover, carbon storage and floristic biodiversity in reforesting landscapesBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Notas sobre el diseño de plantaciones de restauración (Notes about the design of plantains for restoration)EspañolAntecedentesLa restauración forestal es compleja, tanto en teoría como en práctica. La incógnita de los ecosistemas de referencia es una que muchos investigadores y profesionales se han planteado y pocos han podido descifrar. ¿Deberíamos restaurar los bosques a una condición prístina? ¿Qué deberíamos utilizar como sistema de referencia? Esto, entre otras consideraciones, se explora en las observaciones del autor sobre el proceso de diseño de las plantaciones de restauración. Open access copy available |
Manejo, uso y aprovechamiento de frutales nativos de la Amazonia Colombiana (Management and use of native fruit trees of the Colombian Amazon)Desde los mediados de la década de los 80’s, las especies frutales de la Cuenca Amazónica fueron identificadas como una alternativa productiva. Los autores presentan aspectos de la comercialización de especies frutales nativas de la Amazonia Colombiana, en el contexto mundial del mercado de productos exóticos (frescos y procesados) que ha crecido continuamente. Open access copy available |
Las políticas públicas en la restauración ambiental en México: limitantes, avances, rezagos y retos (Public policy in environmental restoration in Mexico: limitations, progress, problems and challenges facing)EspañolAntecedentesOpen access copy available |
Los hongos micorrízicos arbusculares y su implicación en la producción y manejo de especies neotropicales forestales, con énfasis en meliáceas (Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its use in the production and management of neotropical forest)EspañolAntecedentesOpen access copy available |
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Projects: Lessons for Future Policy Design and ImplementationBackgroundThis study reviews six representative Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) initiatives, two each from Africa, Asia and Latin America, by presenting their strengths, weakensses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Open access copy available |
Ecosystem services from forest restoration: thinking aheadBackgroundThis paper examines broad trends in our understanding of ecosystem services and how different restoration strategies can be based on distinct motives (biodiversity preservation, bioenergy production, or carbon sequestration) and may rely on diverse tools. Available with subscription or purchase |
Opportunities and Challenges for Ecological Restoration within REDD+backgroundThis article discusses the possibilities for the inclusion of restoration as part of REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) as well as benefits for biodiversity and income for communities. Open access copy available |
Approaches to Classifying and Restoring Degraded Tropical Forests for the Anticipated REDD+ Climate Change Mitigation MechanismbackgroundOpen access copy available |
Timber Investment Returns for Selected Plantations and Native Forests in South America and the Southern United StatesbackgroundThis study examines the value of timber investments in South America. Exotic Eucalyptus in the southern cone (Argentina + Chile) are the most profitable, with Internal Rate of Return of 13-23%, followed by exotic loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), whereas investments in the southeast USA is less profitable. Available with subscription or purchase |
Normas jurídicas para restauração ecológica: uma barreira a mais a dificultar o êxito das iniciativas? (Juridical norms to ecological restoration: one more barrier to encumber success of initiatives?)Open access copy available |