Abstract Deforestation has persistently undermined forests' critical role in providing environmental services and livelihood support. In developing countries like Nigeria, small-scale agriculture…

Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of distributing high-cost LPG stoves to urban households through subsidy and on credit in a randomized controlled trial setup on charcoal consumption, CO2…

Abstract Many rural forest dependents are still poor and exposed to food insecurity. Hence, this paper aims to study the linkage between forests and household food security by analysing factors that…

Land tenure security (LTS) is important for achieving many sustainable development goals but its influence on forest cover is mixed. The uncertain relationship between LTS and forests is driven, in…

Key Messages • Overall, the NFPP has a moderately positive effect on forest cover in the program areas. • The NFPP has a greater positive effect on forests held by village households than state-owned…

China’s Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP) is the country’s flagship program for forest conservation and restoration. The program primarily targets state-owned forestland but has also enrolled...

Forests play a key role in the mitigation of global warming and provide many other vital ecosystem goods and services. However, as forest continues to vanish at an alarming rate from the surface of…

ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are increasingly planting eucalyptus trees as an important farm product in many rural areas of Ethiopia including the study area - Gurage Zone. This study analyzed the…

Abstract Deforestation adversely impacts human health through mechanisms such as increased air pollution, shifts in disease vector distributions, and changes in local climate. Although the influence…

Abstract This study examines the contribution of eucalyptus tree expansion on rural households' food security status, focusing on the specific context of Ethiopia. Eucalyptus trees pose a significant…