Deforestation is a significant environmental problem, contributing to biodiversity loss, land
degradation, soil erosion, and climate change. During the past half-century, the continent of …

Land use cover change (LUCC) has a crucial role in global environmental change,
impacting both ecosystem services and biodiversity. Evaluating the trends and possible …

At their most local, initiatives to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation
(REDD) will depend on rural people to manage forest resources. Although the design of …

Deforestation through forest conversion is a significant threat to the environment that leads
to biodiversity loss, land degradation, soil erosion, and climate change. We add to the …

Local efforts to govern forests can benefit from support from organizations operating at
broader governance scales. This paper investigates why local users value the support from …

Some important elements of common property theory include a focus on individual
communities or user groups, local level adjudication of conflicts, local autonomy in rule …

Successful governance of forest resources has a political, economic, and social dimension.
We operationalize the social dimension of forest governance as trust. After theoretically …

Community-based approaches to forest management and governance promised that
transferred responsibilities to forest communities would create the conditions to achieve …

México's incredibly diverse forests are designated by federal regulations as “multipurpose”
and managed for the benefit and economic welfare of the local communities. In addition to …

El estudio analizó los cambios de cubierta y uso del suelo en la cuenca del río Coyuquilla,
en Guerrero, México durante los periodos 1986-2000 y 2000-2011. Se elaboraron mapas …