Poverty and Corruption Compromise Tropical Forest Reserves

Wright, S. Joseph; Sánchez‐Azofeifa, Arturo; Portillo-Quintero, Carlos; Davies, David K.

doi:10.1890/06-1330.1

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“…They may, for example, aid the prioritization of candidate locations for new reserves (Mang et al, 2007;Schulman et al, 2007;Vagiatzakis et al, 2006;Cayuela et al, 2006b;Tchouto et al, 2006;Friedlander et al, 2007;Wood and Dragicevic, 2007l;Beech et al, 2008), especially as sometimes only relatively coarse biological information may be required (Shi et al, 2005;Harris et al, 2005;Knudby et al, 2007). Moreover, remote sensing and GIS may be used to help monitor the effectiveness of reserves, allowing, for example, evaluation of changes inside and outside of reserve boundaries (Southworth et al, 2006;Wright et al, 2007;Joseph et al, 2009). …”

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An overview of recent remote sensing and GIS based research in ecological informatics

Boyd

Foody

2011

Ecological Informatics

114

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This article provides an overview of some of the recent research in ecological informatics involving remote sensing and GIS. Attention focuses on a selected range of issues including topics such as the nature of remote sensing data sets, issues of accuracy and uncertainty, data visualization and sharing activities as well as developments in aspects of ecological modeling research. It is shown that considerable advances have been made over recent years and foundations for future research established. BackgroundGeotechnology has been couched as one of the three "mega-technologies" of the 21 st century, along with nanotechnology and biotechnology (Gewin, 2004). On the cusp of the second decade of the 21 st century it is evident that recent developments in the geotechnologies of Geographic Information Science (GIS) and remote sensing have had a substantial impact on ecological research, providing spatial data and associated information to enable the further understanding of ecological systems (Rundell et al., 2009). In a digital society there is sometimes an expectation that information is just a click away and this may apply to spatial information in the domain of ecological informatics. Indeed, it has been in the last five years that developments in and relating to the fields of GIS and remote sensing, such as those seen in internet technologies (e.g., Web 2.0; high performance communication networks; Brunt et al., 2007), sensing technology (e.g., quantum well infrared photodetectors; Krabach, 2000), data standards and interoperability (e.g., OGC® KML 2.2) and spatially explicit modeling (e.g., Osborne et al., 2007), have resulted in the revelation of previously unobservable phenomena and posing of what might be termed second generation of ecological questions. During this time we have also seen more support for the open exchange of data and software and infrastructure for location based services. This paper serves as a review of some of the recent developments in GIS and remote sensing that have been or promises to be of benefit to ecological informatics. The subjects addressed are necessarily selective and limited in scope, drawing on topics of interest to us and, we hope, to you.

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An overview of recent remote sensing and GIS based research in ecological informatics

Boyd

Foody

2011

Ecological Informatics

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“…The present climatic and vegetation characteristics never support any wild forest fire in Bangladesh. Even though, Wright et al (2007) report some forest fire cases in some tropical countries. However, the clearing of the forest floor in Bangladesh is not inter-connected with forest fire management in Bangladesh.…”

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Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

Akther¹,

Miah²,

Koike³

2010

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionBiomass fuels contribute to the largest share of the energy uses in Bangladesh. Currently, biomass is the fourth largest source of energy which supplies 15% of the energy use in the world (Sudha & Ravindranath 1998). Only in the developing countries, traditional biomass fuels meet a large percentage (38%) of the total energy needs (Sudha et al. 2003). In some countries like Bangladesh, its use is as so high as 75-90%, mainly used for cooking and heating (Sudha et al. 2003). Woody and non-woody biomass in the form of fuelwood, crop residues and cowdung dominates as the energy source in the low income country. Rural households are the major consumer in this respect.About 77% of the populations in Bangladesh live in the rural areas and they need energy for their domestic use like cooking, crop processing, lighting, agricultural industries, social welfare and commercial activities (BBS 2006). Because of over exploitation of natural and homestead forests, fuel shortage intensity is being increased day by day. In Bangladesh, biomass plays an important role, especially in the rural areas, where most of the people live. The overuse of fuelwood is significantly sharing the deforestation process. In addition to this, there is an increased use of crop residues and cowdung as fuel which is depriving the agricultural soil of valuable nutrients and organic matter. However, the fuel choice by the households is influenced by the income, family size, educational status and the occupation of the household members (Rao & Reddy 2007). Sarker & Islam (1998) studied the household biomass fuel energy situation in the poor forest regions of Bangladesh. Miah et al. (2003) studied the biomass fuel use by the rural households in Chittagong region, Bangladesh. Jashimuddin et al. (2006) investigated the preference and consumption pattern of biomass fuel in some disregarded villages of Bangladesh. Akhter et al. (1999) studied the homestead biomass fuel energy situation of a forest rich district, Cox's Bazar. Rao & Reddy (2007) studied the variations of energy use by Indian households. Wijayatunga & Attalage (2002) analyzed the household cooking energy demand and its environmental impact in Sri Lanka. Xiaohua & Zhenming (1996) carried out a survey of rural household energy consumption in China.To know the biomass consumption and expenditure pattern in the rural households, no study was so far found in the Meghna floodplain zone of Bangladesh. Thus, the study was conducted to understand the biomass fuel consumption and its expenditure by the rural households in the specified geographical location. The findings of the study are expected to contribute to the sustainable energy development in Bangladesh. Methodology Study areaThe study was conducted at Raipura Upazila (local government unit under a district in Bangladesh) of Narsingdi district ( Fig. 1 Rural households in the developing countries constitute the largest share of the biomass fuel consumption. It is also a major source of energy in...

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“…All these factors have been shown to have a significant effect on agricultural expansion (21,22,40). Agricultural intensification is quantified by considering the value of agricultural output (at constant prices) per hectare of agricultural land.…”

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Governance, agricultural intensification, and land sparing in tropical South America

Ceddia

Bardsley

Gómez-y-Paloma

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

115

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Significance Tropical South America has forest resources of global significance but exhibits a relatively high rate of deforestation. As agricultural expansion remains the most important cause of forest loss and degradation there, it is important to understand its main drivers. In this paper we address two important questions: How do the quality of governance and agricultural intensification combine to impact the spatial expansion of agriculture? Which aspects of governance are more likely to ensure that agricultural intensification allows sparing land for nature? By distinguishing between conventional and environmental dimensions of governance (which includes also the establishment of protected areas), we investigate which of these two aspects, by interacting with the process of agricultural intensification, is likely to promote land sparing.

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Poverty and Corruption Compromise Tropical Forest Reserves

Cited by 98 publications

References 19 publications

An overview of recent remote sensing and GIS based research in ecological informatics

An overview of recent remote sensing and GIS based research in ecological informatics

Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

Governance, agricultural intensification, and land sparing in tropical South America

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