Voluntary certification programs are one type of intervention used to incentivize the commodity agricultural sector in tropical forest landscapes to reduce deforestation and improve sustainability. These programs encourage supply-chain actors to produce and source products according to agreed standards. We review the cases of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) voluntary certification program in Indonesia, and the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) voluntary certification program for cattle in Brazil.

Baillonella toxisperma, Pentaclethra macrophylla and Trichoscypha abut are important foods for communities living around forests in Cameroon. Information on the nutritional value and bioactive content of these foods is required to establish their contribution to the nutrition and health of the communities. Samples of the three foods were obtained from four villages in east and three villages in south Cameroon. The foods were analyzed for proximate composition, minerals and bioactive content using standard chemical analysis methods. T.

The review, coordinated by Bioversity International, presents an impartial, evidence-based review of cacao propagation methods, to serve as a basis for the assessment and implementation of strategies for providing farmers with quality planting materials, adapted to current and future needs (cultural, institutional, technical, environmental and financial). It describes the various propagation methods available for the production and supply of large numbers of cacao plants to growers.

Forests and other tree-based systems such as agroforestry contribute to food and nutritional security in myriad ways. Directly, trees provide a variety of healthy foods including fruits, leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds and edible oils that can diversify diets and address seasonal food and nutritional gaps. Forests are also sources of a wider range of edible plants and fungi, as well as bushmeat, fish and insects.

Forest trees are long-lived species with high genetic diversity that is crucial for their survival,

regeneration and adaptation. However, forest managers and conservationists are often not well informed

Tài liệu “Chồng lấn quyền sử dụng đất: Thách thức cho quy hoạch và quản lý rừng đặc dụng ở Việt Nam” tổng hợp một số đánh giá ban đầu từ các nghiên cứu của Trung tâm Con người và Thiên nhiên (PanNature), Trung tâm Tư vấn và Quản lý Tài nguyên (CORENARM) cùng Trung tâm Phát triển Nông thôn miền Trung (CRD) trong năm 2014 về hiện trạng chồng lấn quyền sử dụng đất trong hệ thống rừng đặc dụng Việt Nam.

The purpose of this research was to determine the total average annual deforestation rate and annual percentage change for the period 1990-2008, in order to establish its relationship with landscape fragmentation in two areas of ecological interest in the Province of Manabí, Wildlife Refuge Coastal Marine Pacoche and 1 500 km2 of territory in the central-north of Manabí, between the cantons Flavio Alfaro, Chone and El Carmen.

Ecosystem accounting is a new area of environmental economic accounting that aims to measure ecosystem services in a way that is in line with national accounts. The key characteristics of ecosystem accounting include the extension of the valuation boundary of the System of National Accounts, allowing the inclusion of a broader set of ecosystem services types such regulating services and cultural services. Consistent with the principles of national account, ecosystem accounting focuses on assessment of the contribution of ecosystem in generating benefits for human well-being.