Population growth, deforestation and intensive agriculture, especially in the southern catchments, have accelerated soil erosion causing rivers to transport greater sediment and nutrient loads into Lake Malawi. Southern cores contain evidence of nutrient enrichment starting around 1940, as indicated by ...
Forests can help rural households cope with food insecurity challenges in the face of climate change while also sequestering carbon and advancing other sustainability objectives in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). As such, participation in the forestry sector can contribute to achieving the S...
Although the first local PES projects were started in the 1990s, global initiatives to reduce deforestation gained traction in the first decade of the 2000s. In 2008, REDD+ was launched by the United Nations. The next step of this research is to analyse if and how REDD+ as a global ...
In addition, two decades of research into the management of what economists call common-pool resources suggests that, under the right conditions, local communities can manage shared resources sustainably and successfully. These findings challenge the long-held belief in the “tragedy of commons.” In...
[18] analyzed possible welfare consequences arising from price surges and volatility using household survey data in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, and Tanzania. They uncovered that poor households are more likely to benefit from policies preventing or limiting cereal price increases than untargeted...
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The sector is under serious pressure to meet the food needs of a growing population. This has led to a heavy burden on agricultural production systems, resulting in some negative setbacks to the environment; for example, erosion, deforestation, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss [17]. Many...
Lake Kivu's degradation was suggested to be related with intensified cropland expansion, deforestation, and urbanisation, which enhanced soil erosion, caused landslides, and increased the influx of minerals and nutrients [11–13]. In face of the problem, various studies have focused on the density...
New roads opening access to remote areas are considered a major factor contributing to deforestation in Nepal [32]. Extraction of fuelwood, construction material, fodder and other forest products can also reduce stocks and biodiversity. Trade-offs may therefore exist between conservation and ...
Hence, the unintended effect that may occur is that the risk of deforestation becomes higher after the end of such a programme when payments stop. For example, a study in Mexico found that receiving payment for environmental services tended to make the future of conservation contingent on ...