The trade-off between high forest and biodiversity loss associated with development of oil palm plantations and their extremely efficient production of vegetable oil supplied the world with cooking oil and biofuel while taking away millions of hectares of forest in Indonesia alone. RSPO certification …

Forests, both natural and planted, can provide multiple benefits to human society. The loss of these ecosystem services due to deforestation and forest degradation is of global concern and of particular importance to rural populations that rely on natural resources for their livelihoods. One of the (international) …

This report is part of a collaborated study initiated by the SEnSOR programme to assess each of the compartments of aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in fragmented lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah. The biomass and carbon contents of living trees and coarse woody debris, lianas, fine woody debris (FWD) …

There is a need for scientific research to support sustainable management of remaining forests located within palm oil plantations. As lianas have a significant impact on species diversity, structure and dynamics, they are an important element in tropical forests. This study examined liana carbon stock, …

Onderzoeksverslag van studenten van van Hall Larenstein naar de vele baten die stadsbomen aan de mens kan leveren. Deze baten worden ecosysteemdiensten genoemd. Het onderzoek naar deze ecosysteemdiensten van stadsbomen, wil de de baten die de stadsbomen leveren inzichtelijk te maken en hier vervolgens …

Onderzoek naar groen en luchtkwaliteit in het kader van de afstudeeropdracht ter afronding van de studie Realisatie Tuin- en Landschapsinrichting aan de Hogeschool van Hall Larenstein.

The recent large-scale land acquisition by mainly foreign investors in developing countries for the agricultural production of food or biofuels is known as “land grabbing”. This thesis examines the literature and looks at the local impacts of land grabbing in Ghana, with a special focus to the biofuel …