Forest edges, or boundaries between adjacent ecosystems, play important ecological roles.
Both anthropogenic and natural forest edges affect vegetation while contributing to …

Abstract In East Africa, financially strained governments increasingly experiment with
voluntary, market-based carbon offset schemes for enhancing the public management of …

The viability of coffee farming in East Africa is endangered by multiple factors including
climate change, population pressure, low yields, and coffee price volatility. Sustainable …

The complex linkage between environment, climate change and migration is increasingly
capturing global debate. Uganda faces widespread environmental degradation and high …

Local communities who live close to protected tropical forests often depend on them for
woodfuel, their main source of energy. The impacts of fuelwood extraction in humid forests …

The ecological impact of forest product harvesting is poorly understood despite the reliance
of millions of impoverished households on forest resources. As birds are indicators of …

The protection of tropical forests is one of the most urgent issues in conservation biology
because of the rapid deforestation that has occurred over the last 50 years. Even in …

Forest certification management standards aim at maintaining forest ecosystem integrity,
including forest biodiversity conservation. However, studies from the Amazon and Congo …

Deforestation poses a threat to sustainability of forest ecosystem services and socio-
economic development in many parts of Kenya. Understanding the trend and extent of forest …

Tropical montane forests are fragile ecosystems that provide a wide range of ecosystem
services including hydrological services, biodiversity protection and storing carbon in the …