G. S. Pegg*, F. R. Giblin, A. R. McTaggart, G. P. Guymer, H. Taylor, K. B. Ireland, R. G. Shivas and S. Perry Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Horticulture and Forestry Science, Agri-Science Queensland, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld 4001; Forest Industries Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, Qld 4558; Queensland Alliance for Agricultu...

Community forestry offers potential for socioeconomic benefits while maintaining ecosystem services. In Mexico, government and donor efforts to develop this sector focus on issues within forest communities. Often overlooked are effects of external non-government actors (NGOs and foresters) as links or barriers between communities and funding, capacity building, and technical support. To analyze...

This paper investigates the potential contribution of forestry management in meeting a CO2 stabilization policy of 550 ppmv by 2100. In order to assess the optimal response of the carbon market to forest sequestration we couple two global models. An energy-economy-climate model for the study of climate policies is linked with a detailed forestry model through an iterative procedure to provide t...

www.ethnobotanyjournal.org/vol10/i1547-3465-10-305.pdf Ethnobotany Research & Applications 10:305-320 (2012) Girmay Zenebe, Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, School of Forestry, P. O. Box 128, Shahemene, ETHIOPIA. [email protected] Mohammed Zerihun, Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA. [email protected] Zewdie Solomon, Hawassa Un...

With the international community’s increasing concern for social and environmental problems, the fulfilment and disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been advocated and promoted across the world. Forestry companies, which are particularly sensitive to environmental and social issues, are increasingly developing and improving their levels of CSR disclosure. However, information...