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The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forestsBackgroundThis paper states that there has been a breadth of knowledge in relation to the biodiversity of tropical forests but limited about on the abiotic diversity, particularly biogeochemical effects. These later factors are becoming increasingly important to understand due to human perturbations in these forests. Open access copy available |
Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forest LandscapesBACKGROUNDAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Potential impacts of COVID-19 on tropical forest recoveryBACKGROUNDOpen access copy available |
The contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to ecological restorationBackgroundOpen access copy available |
Forest plantations and climate change discourses: New powers of ‘green’ grabbing in CambodiaBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Carbon colonialism and the new land grab: Plantation forestry in Uganda and its livelihood impactBackgroundThere has been a global increase in private sector investments towards activities plantations for clean fuel or climate change mitigation that are justified on the basis of their environmentally beneficial outcomes. This paper examines the discourses and mechanisms that enable the greater privatization of land and other resources using green development as a justification. Available with subscription or purchase |
Jatropha plantations for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India: Viability, livelihood trade-offs, and latent conflictBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Inverting the moral economy: the case of land acquisitions for forest plantations in TanzaniaBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Oil palm expansion without enclosure: smallholders and environmental narrativesBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Pitfalls of tree planting show why we need people-centered natural climate solutionsBackgroundOpen access copy available |
Limited effects of tree planting on forest canopy cover and rural livelihoods in rural IndiaBackgroundOpen access copy available |
Conservation, green/blue grabbing, and accumulation by dispossession in TanzaniaBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Anything but a story foretold: multiple politics of resistance to the agrarian extractivist project in GuatemalaBackgroundOpen access copy available |
Ecologies of the colonial present: Pathological forestry from the taux de boisement to civilized plantationsBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Potential for low-cost carbon removal through tropical reforestationbackgroundOpen access copy available |
Adopt a carbon tax to protect tropical forestsBackgroundInternational investments in natural climate solutions such as conservation, restoration and land management remain low in many tropical countries. The authors point to research which shows that only 3% of global finance for climate change mitigation went towards natural climate solutions in 2017-18. They recommend constituting a national level carbon tax on fossil fuel companies to generate revenue to fund natural climate solutions. Open access copy available |
Trade-offs at applying tree nucleation to restore degraded high Andean forests in ColombiaBackgroundAvailable with subscription or purchase |
Out of steady state: Tracking canopy gap dynamics across Brazilian AmazonBackgroundCanopy gaps are a regular characteristic of natural or anthropogenic disturbance in forested landscapes. Gap-creating disturbances often result in a forest mosaic with patches of varying successional stages. Many species in tropical forests depend on these canopy gaps for regeneration. Field monitoring of canopy gaps can be difficult due to time constraints and plot size, making tropical gap dynamics an understudied topic. Available with subscription or purchase |
Multiple invasions exert combined magnified effects on native plants, soil nutrients and alters the plant-herbivore interaction in dry tropical forestBackgroundGlobalization has resulted in a higher number of species invasions, which have had detrimental impacts on ecosystem biodiversity, functions, and services. Assessment and management of all invasive species is based on knowledge of a small number of species. Management is also focused on single-species invasions rather than multiple simultaneous invasions. India has a high level of species invasions and minimal resources to control them. Available with subscription or purchase |
Forest ecosystem services at landscape level – Why forest transition matters?BackgroundForest transition theory describes patterns of forest decline and recovery. This theory explains what services change as forested landscapes shift in the three stages of recovery. This model covers both forest-type gradients (diversity and usage) and landscape gradients (connectivity and coverage). It is not yet understood how these forest transition stages influence the quantity and quality of ecosystem services. Open access copy available |