Challenging perceptions about men, women, and forest product use: a global comparative study

This study uses a multi-case dataset to question current assumptions about the gender differentiation of forest product use. We test some of the commonly held ideas on how men and women access, manage, and use different forest products. Overall, we found significant gender differentiation in the collection of forest products, which seems to support the claim that there are distinctive “male” and “female” roles associated with the collection of forest products. However, we also found that men play a much more important and diverse role in the contribution of forest products to rural livelihoods than previously reported, with strong differences across tropical Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

Alternatives to Slash and Burn in Indonesia: summary report & synthesis of phase II

Conversion of tropical forests reduces biodiversity and releases stored carbon. Although a part of tropical deforestation resulting from slash-and-burn is linked to poverty of people living at the forest margins, the conditions necessary for increased productivity of agroforestry and other land use systems to reduce poverty and reduce deforestation are not well understood. The key hypothesis underlying Phase II of the ASB research project in Indonesia can be summarized as: Intensifying land use as an alternative to slash-and-burn simultaneously can reduce deforestation and reduce poverty. This research problem was identified at the conclusion of Phase I of the project and has remained the focus of research through Phase II. The research programme in Phase II was designed to better understand how the Government of Indonesia and donor agencies could balance global environmental objectives with economic development and poverty reduction. While conversion of primary forest has the major effect on biodiversity and carbon stocks, the resulting land uses also matter a great deal for the supply of these global public goods. Measurement of differences among environmental consequences of the various land uses provides the basis for quantifying major tradeoffs involved in land use change.

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