Landscape approaches to integrated land management have recently gained considerable attention in the scientific literature and international fora. The approach is gaining increasing support at governmental and intergovernmental levels, as well as being embraced by a host of international research a....

Despite rapid advances and large-scale initiatives in forest mapping, reliable cross-border information about the status of forest resources in Central Asian countries is lacking. We produced consistent Central Asia forest cover (CAFC) maps based on a cost-efficient approach using multi-resolution s....

Background
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the production and use of woodfuel remains an important socio-economic activity with more than 70% of the population relying on woodfuel as their primary household energy source. Despite their socio-economic significance, woodfuel value chains ar....

The first mapping of carbon recovery in Amazonian forests following emissions released by commercial logging activities has been published in the journal eLife.....

We are undertaking analysis and case studies to develop proof of concept for publicly available, comprehensive, global, and independent spatial information systems on land cover and land use, their dynamics and the associated carbon stocks and flows (emissions). Current global monitoring systems pro....

Adequate information on the socioeconomic contributions of forests to household welfare, livelihoods and poverty reduction is key to national sustainable development in the post-2015 agenda. While awareness is growing regarding the multiple roles of forests in these aspects of sustainable developmen....

Monitoring data provide an unparalleled window onto the state of ecosystems, but only if they’re reliable and the meaning is clear.....

Research shows informal networks are the most reliable when government structures fall short.....

How do environmental factors, climate change and human activities change the dynamics of tropical forests? This question is vital for the conservation of such ecosystems against a backdrop of global change. Reliable, precise tools have yet to be developed. CIRAD recently designed a class of novel, i....

We investigated the production and trade in rattan along the supply chain in Indonesia, more specifically, West Kutai in East Kalimantan. Our analysis of local livelihoods in 2004 and 2011 indicates that communities have abandoned rattan as their main source of income, primarily because of low ratta....