Extent and Consequences of Tropical Forest Degradation: Successive Policy Options for Bangladesh

This paper is conceived at a time when new paradigms are sought for the development of a framework to deal with the problem of forest resources degradation. Deforestation in Bangladesh, has reached an alarming rate in recent years. The forest

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The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance

The potential for combining timber and non-timber forest product extraction has been examined in the context of diversified forest management. Many tropical forests are exploited both commercially for timber and by forest-dependent communities

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Understanding and Integrating Local Perceptions of Trees and Forests into Incentives for Sustainable Landscape Management

We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) and Asia (Indonesia and Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all five areas, forest cover (outside of protected areas) continues to decrease despit

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The utilization and management of African rattans: constraints to sustainable supply through cultivation

The thriving commercial trade in rattan and rattan products is worth an estimated US$10 million per annum in Central Africa alone. Although the harvest and use of rattan products provides income and employment to many people reliant on forest

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The Cane Bridges of the Takamanda Region, Cameroon

In common with their Asian relatives, rattan canes throughout the rain forest zone of West and Central Africa play an integral role in the livelihoods of local people. Nowhere is this more so than the Takamanda region of SW Cameroon, where rat

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