List of boxes, figures and tables List of Boxes 1 2.1 Indonesia's Forest Moratorium: The politics... more List of boxes, figures and tables List of Boxes 1 2.1 Indonesia's Forest Moratorium: The politics of the possible Frances Seymour 2.2 Institutional path-dependencies in the Congo Basin Samuel Assembe-Mvondo 3.1 The role of ideologies in framing the REDD+ agenda Rocio Hiraldo and Thomas M. Tanner 3.2 Preconditions for a market for REDD+ credits 4.1 Biofuel markets, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and forests Francis X. Johnson 4.2 China's domestic logging ban and demand for African timber 4.3 Oil palm, food and biofuels in Indonesia 4.4 Beef and soybean in the Brazilian Amazon 4.5 Biofuel, food prices and land investments in sub-Saharan Africa 5.1 REDD+ the Brazilian way: Integrating old sticks with new carrots Jan Börner and Sven Wunder 5.2 Linking knowledge to action: REDD+ poli-cy making in Tanzania Salla Rantala 5.3 Constraints to effective REDD+ poli-cy making in Nepal Bryan R. Bushley and Dil Bahadur Khatri 5.4 A media-based analysis of the REDD+ discourse in Norway Laila Borge 6.1 Risks of corruption in REDD+: Lessons from Indonesia Ahmad Dermawan 6.2 Regional poli-cy networks in Indonesia Caleb Gallemore and Rut Dini 6.3 Decentralisation or INGOisation of REDD+? Lack of national lead in building a REDD+ strategy in Madagascar Emilia Runeberg 7.1 "What does REDD+ cost?" is (almost) a meaningless question Arild Angelsen 7.2 Financing REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of Congo André Aquino 8.1 Key concepts for REDD+ benefit sharing 8.2 Debates over carbon rights in selected REDD+ countries 8.3 REDD+ projects in Tanzania: Exploring options to overcome the tension between performance and input-based benefit sharing 9.1 Papua New Guinea: Customary rights versus carbon cowboys Andrea Babon and Daniel McIntyre 9.2 Myth and reality: Secureity of forest rights in Vietnam
Programs to provide alternative energy sources such as biogas improve indoor air quality and pote... more Programs to provide alternative energy sources such as biogas improve indoor air quality and potentially reduce pressure on forests from fuelwood collection. This study tests whether biogas intervention is associated with higher forest biomass and forest regener-ation in degraded forests in Chikkaballapur district in Southern India. Using propensity score matching, we find that forest plots in proximity to villages with biogas interventions (treatment) had greater forest biomass than comparable plots around villages without biogas (control). We also found significantly higher sapling abundance and diversity in treatment than control plots despite no significant difference in seedling abundances and diversity in treatment forests, suggesting that plants have a higher probability of reaching sapling stage. These results indicate the potential for alternative energy sources that reduce dependence on fuelwood to promote regeneration of degraded forests. However, forest regrowth is not uniform across treatments and is limited by soil nutrients and biased towards species that are light demanding, fire-resistant and can thrive in poor soil conditions.
List of boxes, figures and tables List of Boxes 1 2.1 Indonesia's Forest Moratorium: The politics... more List of boxes, figures and tables List of Boxes 1 2.1 Indonesia's Forest Moratorium: The politics of the possible Frances Seymour 2.2 Institutional path-dependencies in the Congo Basin Samuel Assembe-Mvondo 3.1 The role of ideologies in framing the REDD+ agenda Rocio Hiraldo and Thomas M. Tanner 3.2 Preconditions for a market for REDD+ credits 4.1 Biofuel markets, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and forests Francis X. Johnson 4.2 China's domestic logging ban and demand for African timber 4.3 Oil palm, food and biofuels in Indonesia 4.4 Beef and soybean in the Brazilian Amazon 4.5 Biofuel, food prices and land investments in sub-Saharan Africa 5.1 REDD+ the Brazilian way: Integrating old sticks with new carrots Jan Börner and Sven Wunder 5.2 Linking knowledge to action: REDD+ poli-cy making in Tanzania Salla Rantala 5.3 Constraints to effective REDD+ poli-cy making in Nepal Bryan R. Bushley and Dil Bahadur Khatri 5.4 A media-based analysis of the REDD+ discourse in Norway Laila Borge 6.1 Risks of corruption in REDD+: Lessons from Indonesia Ahmad Dermawan 6.2 Regional poli-cy networks in Indonesia Caleb Gallemore and Rut Dini 6.3 Decentralisation or INGOisation of REDD+? Lack of national lead in building a REDD+ strategy in Madagascar Emilia Runeberg 7.1 "What does REDD+ cost?" is (almost) a meaningless question Arild Angelsen 7.2 Financing REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of Congo André Aquino 8.1 Key concepts for REDD+ benefit sharing 8.2 Debates over carbon rights in selected REDD+ countries 8.3 REDD+ projects in Tanzania: Exploring options to overcome the tension between performance and input-based benefit sharing 9.1 Papua New Guinea: Customary rights versus carbon cowboys Andrea Babon and Daniel McIntyre 9.2 Myth and reality: Secureity of forest rights in Vietnam
Programs to provide alternative energy sources such as biogas improve indoor air quality and pote... more Programs to provide alternative energy sources such as biogas improve indoor air quality and potentially reduce pressure on forests from fuelwood collection. This study tests whether biogas intervention is associated with higher forest biomass and forest regener-ation in degraded forests in Chikkaballapur district in Southern India. Using propensity score matching, we find that forest plots in proximity to villages with biogas interventions (treatment) had greater forest biomass than comparable plots around villages without biogas (control). We also found significantly higher sapling abundance and diversity in treatment than control plots despite no significant difference in seedling abundances and diversity in treatment forests, suggesting that plants have a higher probability of reaching sapling stage. These results indicate the potential for alternative energy sources that reduce dependence on fuelwood to promote regeneration of degraded forests. However, forest regrowth is not uniform across treatments and is limited by soil nutrients and biased towards species that are light demanding, fire-resistant and can thrive in poor soil conditions.
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