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What future for primates? Conservation struggles in the forests of Cross River State, Nigeria
Biodiversity, Conservation, Deforestation, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance
Human induced faunal loss - defaunation - has been greatly overlooked when it comes to forest conservation and management. This recent study by Focali-members ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/what-future-for-primates-conservation-struggles-in-the-forests-of-cross-river-state-nigeria
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Do national strategies under the UN biodiversity and climate conventions address agricultural commodity consumption as deforestation driver?
Deforestation, Deforestation drivers, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Land-use
New publication on whether or not commodity driven deforestation is acknowledged within national strategies to reach UN biodiversity and climate conventions. ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/do-national-strategies-under-the-un-biodiversity-and-climate-conventions-address-agricultural-commodity-consumption-as-deforestation-driver
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Forests and the climate: Manage for maximum wood production or leave the forest as a carbon sink?
Carbon sequestration, Energy, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Forests, Mitigation
The scientific community represents different viewpoints on forest-climate interactions and how to prioritize to meet the goal of the Paris Agreement. ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/forests-and-the-climate-manage-for-maximum-wood-production-or-leave-the-forest-as-a-carbon-sink
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Not seeing the forest for the trees: The oversight of defaunation in REDD+ and global forest governance
Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Defaunation, Deforestation, Ecosystem services, Focaliresearcher, Forest governance, Global REDD-instruments
Throughout the tropics, forests are increasingly devoid of larger mammals - a condition referred to as empty forests. Large mammals and birds fill important ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/articles/artikelarkiv/not-seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees-the-oversight-of-defaunation-in-redd-and-global-forest-governance
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Hunting jeopardizes forest carbon storage, yet is overlooked in climate mitigation efforts
Biodiversity, Carbon sequestration, Defaunation, Ecosystem services, Forest governance, Hunting
The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/news/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-is-overlooked-in-climate-mitigation-efforts
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Deforestation in the void behind the demobilization of the FARC - Research blog from the Amazon, Colombia
Blog, Deforestation, Forest governance
Focali researcher Torsten Krause shares his experience from newly initiated research project on hunting and forest governance in the Colombian Amazon, in ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/deforestation-in-the-void-1
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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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A glance at the HLPE report on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition
Agroforestry, Bioenergy, Blog, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Forest governance
This year’s HLPE report, on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition, links forests and agriculture. Still there is a strong and persevering ...
http://focali.se.zope.sizeit.se/en/blog/archive/a-glance-at-the-hlpe-report-on-sustainable-forestry-for-food-security-and-nutrition