Decentralizing natural resource management to local people, especially in tropical countries, has become a trend. We review recent evidence for the impacts of decentralization on the biodiversity values of forests and forested landscapes, which encompass most of the biodiversity of the tropics. Few studies document the impact of decentralized management on biodiversity. We conclude that there m...

The USA has about 336 Mha of grazing lands of which rangelands account for 48%. Changes in rangeland soil C can occur in response to a wide range of management and environmental factors. Grazing, fire, and fertilization have been shown to affect soil C storage in rangelands, as has converting marginal croplands into grasslands. Carbon losses due to soil erosion can influence soil C storage on r...

Introduction The Productive Diversity policy was launched by Paul Keating in 1992 with the objective of increasing Australian business access to, and success in trading with increasingly diverse domestic and export markets. The policy was argued as a ‘win-win’ strategy that could support the needs of Australian businesses in a global trading environment while at the same time, take advantage of...

According to Indonesian Law no. 11 of 2009 concerning welfare, social welfare is a condition for the fulfillment material, spiritual and needs these citizens in order live properly develop themselves so that they can carry out functions. The birth Republic Indonesia No. 41 2004 Waqf which leads empowerment waqf, one instruments building socio-economic life community. data released by Board (BWI...

Agroecosystems have traditionally been considered incompatible with biological conservation goals, and often been excluded from spatial conservation prioritization strategies. The consequences for the representativeness of identified priority areas have been little explored. Here, we evaluate these for biodiversity and carbon storage representation when agricultural land areas are excluded from...

The certification and management of waqf land was written based on the results research in field, namely Kecamatan Gunang Omeh, Limapuluh Kota, West Sumatra. Bbased number lands used to support public interest welfare people, so central function area. All should be recorded neatly archives can found at local Religious Affairs Office as a whole, this case all have been certified for better manag...