Indigenous forests and savannas, along with plantation forests, offer numerous benefits to
rural communities and society at large. Yet, the role of forests and forestry in contributing to …

Abstract Once, the entire Terai-Dooars region of Himalayan Foothills was enveloped by the
tropical and subtropical moist deciduous and broadleaf forest. Multiple anthropogenic …

Rapid population growth and its corresponding effects like the expansion of human
settlement, increasing agricultural land, and industry lead to the loss of forest area in most …

This study aimed to model deforestation susceptibility in forest ecosystem of Rudraprayag
district, India. For this purpose, site-specific physical (slope angle, slope aspect, altitude …

Land-use change remains the main threat to tropical forests and their dependent fauna and
flora, and degradation of existing forest remnants will further accelerate species loss. Forest …

The rapid expansion of human settlement, agricultural land and roads because of
population growth in several regions of the world has contributed to the depletion of forest …

The study aims to assess the landscape vulnerability to forest fire susceptibility of
Rudraprayag district, India, using frequency ratio model. Firstly, forest-fire-affected pixels …

Current efforts to improve electricity services in Uganda evolve around satisfying growing
urban demand as well as stabilizing and boosting a low electricity supply. Although virtually …

We investigated how local scale variation in human impacts influenced forest structure and
tree species richness within Mt Elgon National Park, Uganda. We assessed basal area (BA) …

Despite improved electrification rates and several government policies introduced to
encourage rural households to switch from traditional to modern fuels, most South African …