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Widengård PhD Defence: “Becoming Biofuels. The messy assembling of resources, sustainability, poverty, land use, and nation-states”
Bioenergy, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
Focali researcher Marie Widengård will defend her PhD thesis in Environmental Social Science at School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg on May 7.
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/marie-widengaard-will-defend-her-phd-thesis
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Mapping tree canopy cover and aboveground biomass in Sudano-Sahelian woodlands using Landsat 8 and Random Forest
Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Forests, Landscapes, Methodologies
Martin Karlson, Madelene Ostwald and Eskil Mattsson with colleagues were published in Remote Sensing.
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/mapping-tree-canopy-cover-and-aboveground-biomass-in-sudano-sahelian-woodlands-using-landsat-8-and-random-forest
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Reflections on participatory monitoring
Blog, Focaliresearcher, Seminar, Tropical forests
Focali researcher Torsten Krause shares his thoughts after participating in an International Seminar on Participatory Monitoring for the Management of ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/reflections-on-participatory-monitoring
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Conditional Cash Transfers and Payments for Environmental Services—A Conceptual Framework for Explaining and Judging Differences in Outcomes
Focaliresearcher, Methodologies
New article: Focali researcher Martin Persson gets published in World Development.
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/conditional-cash-transfers-and-payments-for-environmental-services2014a-conceptual-framework-for-explaining-and-judging-differences-in-outcomes
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Trading Forests: Quantifying the Contribution of Global Commodity Markets to Emissions from Tropical Deforestation
Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focaliresearcher, International Trade, Tropical forests
Focali researchers release working paper "Trading Forests: Quantifying the Contribution of Global Commodity Markets to Emissions from Tropical Deforestation" ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/trading-forests-quantifying-the-contribution-of-global-commodity-markets-to-emissions-from-tropical-deforestation
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REDD+ on the ground
Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Global REDD-instruments, REDD, REDD and Poverty
Focali researcher Eskil Mattsson co-edit new case book by CIFOR on how REDD+ work on the ground.
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/redd-on-the-ground
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Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions
Agriculture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environmental impact, Focaliresearcher, International Trade, Land-use
Research from Focalimembers Florence Pendrill, Martin Persson, Javier Godar and others reveal that up to 39 % of emissions from deforestation are driven by ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/agricultural-and-forestry-trade-drives-large-share-of-tropical-deforestation-emissions
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Food production and gender relations in multifunctional landscapes: a literature review
Focaliresearcher, Food security, Gender, Multifunctional land use, Value chains, Women
Do multifunctional landscapes hold specific opportunities for women in enhancing food production and food security? Lisa Westholm (SLU) and Madelene Ostwald ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/food-production-and-gender-relations-in-multifunctional-landscapes-a-literature-review
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Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world
Agroforestry, Climate Change, Focaliresearcher, Water
New paper from Focali members Aida Bargués Tobella and Ulrik Ilstedt together with 20 other authors from different universities, organisations and institutes; ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/trees-forests-and-water-cool-insights-for-a-hot-world
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“Georgetown ain’t got a tree. We got the trees” - Amerindian Power & Participation in Guyana’s LCDS
Carbon sequestration, Climate Change, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Indigenous rights, REDD
New paper co-authored by Sam Airey and Focali member Torsten Krause, examines to which extent the indigenous population of Guyana is included within the ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/201cgeorgetown-ain2019t-got-a-tree.-we-got-the-trees201d2014amerindian-power-participation-in-guyana2019s-low-carbon-development-strategy
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Forest cover change in Sri Lanka: The role of small scale farmers
Agriculture, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Policy
Eskil Mattsson has together with the geography student Sara Lindström written an article about forest cover change in relation to small scale farmers in Sri ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forest-cover-change-in-sri-lanka-the-role-of-small-scale-farmers
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REDD+ readiness implications for Sri Lanka in terms of reducing deforestation
Carbon sequestration, Focaliresearcher, REDD
An article by Eskil Mattsson, U. Martin Persson, Madelene Ostwald, S.P. Nissanka published in Journal of Environmental Management.
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/redd-readiness-implications-for-sri-lanka-in-terms-of-reducing-deforestation
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Grass: from local pastures to global energy markets in eastern Tanzania
Bioenergy, Focaliresearcher, Land-use
Book chapter about local consequences of biofuel production in Tanzania
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/grass-from-local-pastures-to-global-energy-markets-in-eastern-tanzania
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The value of trees in Myanmar: Q&A with Laura Kmoch
Bioenergy, Blog, Deforestation, Focaliresearcher, Knowledge exchange
Today is the International Day of Forests, this year with the theme: Forests & Energy. We are celebrating by talking to Focali member Laura Kmoch, PhD ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/the-value-of-trees-in-myanmar-q-a-with-laura-kmoch
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How Women's Participation in Customary Forest and Land Governance in the DRC is being restricted
Blog, Focaliresearcher
This blog post written by Larissa Stiem and Focali member Torsten Krause is based on results presented in their article “Exploring the impact of social norms ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/how-womens-participation-in-customary-forest-and-land-governance-in-the-drc-is-being-restricted