[Forest-list] 2016-09-18 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST

Sun Oct 9 13:23:04 EEST 2016

*2016-09-18**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

*WHILE SURFING THE WEB*

BFP; IGD. 2015. *New Africa - Closing Africa’s Energy Gap.* 
<http://www.igdleaders.org/wp-content/uploads/BAFA2015_Web2.pdf>Business 
Fights Poverty (BFP) and Initiative for Global Development (IGD). 36 p.

Chazdon, Robin L. et al. 2016. *When is a forest a forest? Forest 
concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration* 
<http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/699/art%253A10.1007%252Fs13280-016-0772-y.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs13280-016-0772-y&token2=exp=1462369908%7Eacl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F699%2Fart%25253A10.1007%25252Fs13280-016-0772-y.pdf%3ForiginUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1007%252Fs13280-016-0772-y*%7Ehmac=c23951ffa2c2a612d400ffd64ade54a79f64648b22ce42e8a400db9b4ad50872>. 
Ambio. 13 p. DOI 10.1007/s13280-016-0772-y.

CIFOR. 2016. *Global Wetlands.* <http://www.cifor.org/global-wetlands/>**

FAO. 2016 *Why does legal timber matter?* 
<http://www.fao.org/resources/infographics/infographics-details/en/c/432836/>Infographics

Goode,Erica.**2016*.**How Small Forests Can Help Save the Planet*. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/science/private-forests-global-warming.html?_r=1>New 
York Times. 26 September

Gou, Yaqing. 2016.*The Role of Maps in Capturing Distal Drivers of 
Deforestation and Degradation: A Case Study in Central Mozambique* 
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305726833_The_Role_of_Maps_in_Capturing_Distal_Drivers_of_Deforestation_and_Degradation_A_Case_Study_in_Central_Mozambique>. 
Chapter. In book: Land Use Competition:.91-109. Abstract.

Kaplan, Sarah. 2016. *The mystery of the ‘ghost trees’ may be solved* 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/07/the-mystery-of-the-ghost-trees-may-be-solved>*.*The 
Washington Post. 12 August. From Barry Carter, Appeal list.

Meyfroidt, Patrick. 2016. *Land use competition: Local to global 
trade-offs.* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJiwqFCBdH8>Youtube.

Niewohner, J. et al. 2016. *Land Use Competition - Ecological, Economic 
and Social Perspectives* 
<http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319336268>. Springer. 379 p. Book 
listing.

Schoneveld, George C. 2010.*Potential land use competition from 
first-generation biofuel expansion in developing countries.* 
<http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/OccPapers/OP-58.pdf>CIFOR. 
Occasional Paper 58. 23 p.

Seto, Karen C.; Reenberg, Anette. 2014. *Rethinking Global Land Use in 
an Urban Era* 
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MIT Press. Book listing.

Smith, Peter et al. 2010. *Competition for land.* 
<http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1554/2941>Philosophical 
Transactions of the Royal Society. 16 August.

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