The role of forests and trees in poverty dynamics

P Jagger, JZ Cheek, D Miller, C Ryan… - Forest Policy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the contribution of forests to poverty alleviation and human well-being has
never been more important. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are erasing gains in …

[HTML][HTML] 'To prevent this disease, we have to stay at home, but if we stay at home, we die of hunger'–Livelihoods, vulnerability and coping with Covid-19 in rural …

JE Krauss, L Artur, D Brockington, E Castro Jr… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing and travel restrictions
have been introduced to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (hereinafter Covid). In …

[HTML][HTML] The forgotten coal: Charcoal demand in sub-Saharan Africa

J Rose, G Bensch, A Munyehirwe, J Peters - World Development …, 2022 - Elsevier
Charcoal is an important cooking fuel in urban Africa. In this paper, we estimate the current
number of charcoal users and project trends for the coming decades. Charcoal production is …

Impacts of land use intensification on human wellbeing: Evidence from rural Mozambique

HE Smith, CM Ryan, F Vollmer, E Woollen… - Global Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Intensifying land use is often seen as a corollary of improving rural livelihoods in developing
countries. However, land use intensification (LUI) frequently has unintended impacts on …

[HTML][HTML] Action against invasive species: Charcoal production, beekeeping, and Prosopis eradication in Kenya

M Paul Jr - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Prosopis juliflora is an invasive alien leguminous tree introduced as a way of combating
desertification, deforestation, and improving soil fertility. Over time, the tree has reported …

Prioritization and selection of high fuelwood producing plant species at Boset District, Central Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical approach

T Bahru, B Kidane, A Tolessa - Journal of Ethnobiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In Ethiopia, about 92.3% of all the fuelwood (firewood and/or charcoal)
is consumed for cooking, heating and lighting purposes by domestic households and the …

A Livelihood and Farming System approach for effective conservation policies in Protected Areas of Developing Countries: The case study of the Niassa National …

AA Mbanze, CV da Silva, NS Ribeiro, JF Silva… - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective conservation requires that conservation policies and management decisions first
target local actors who are dependent on natural resource use in Protected Areas (PA) of …

Urban and rural household energy consumption and deforestation patterns in Zaire province, Northern Angola: A landscape approach

MP Temudo, AIR Cabral, P Talhinhas - Applied geography, 2020 - Elsevier
Angola has been labelled a “petro-state”, since independence, due to its oil-wealth and the
country's economic dependence on its revenues. Considering that oil availability and price …

Charcoal-related forest degradation dynamics in dry African woodlands: Evidence from Mozambique

JA Silva, F Sedano, S Flanagan, ZA Ombe… - Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Dry woodlands are progressively degraded by three distinct, sequential charcoal
production waves.•Even extremely selective charcoal production systems cause …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental incomes sustained as provisioning ecosystem service availability declines along a woodland resource gradient in Zimbabwe

R Pritchard, IM Grundy, D van der Horst, CM Ryan - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Forest and woodland resources can play a key role in rural livelihoods in the Global South,
making it critical to understand what forest change could mean for rural wellbeing …