scholarly journals Carbon emissions from dryland shifting cultivation: a case study of Mexican tropical dry forest

Silva Fennica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1B) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Salinas-Melgoza ◽  
Margaret Skutsch ◽  
Jon Lovett ◽  
Armonia Borrego
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest

Understanding the Interaction of Rural People with Ecosystems: A Case Study in a Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico

Ecosystems ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 630-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Castillo ◽  
Antonieta Magaña ◽  
Anna Pujadas ◽  
Lucía Martínez ◽  
Carmen Godínez
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Rural People

Dirt roads and fire breaks produce no edge effects on litter-dwelling arthropods in a tropical dry-forest: a case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 647-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. P. Salles ◽  
A. V. Christianini ◽  
P. S. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Edge Effects ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest

Detecting tropical dry forest succession in a shifting cultivation mosaic of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Hartter ◽  
Christine Lucas ◽  
Andrea E. Gaughan ◽  
Lilia Lizama Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula

Changes in the spatial variation of soil properties following shifting cultivation in a Mexican tropical dry forest

2007 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy O. Diekmann ◽  
Deborah Lawrence ◽  
Gregory S. Okin
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest

The Role of Nurse Trees in Mitigating Fire Effects on Tropical Dry Forest Restoration: A Case Study

AMBIO ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 604-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo J. Santiago-García ◽  
Sandra Molina Colón ◽  
Phillip Sollins ◽  
Skip J. Van Bloem
Keyword(s):  
Forest Restoration ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Fire Effects ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest Restoration

scholarly journals Drivers and their influences on variation of aboveground carbon removals in miombo woodlands of mainland Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardol John Manyanda ◽  
Emmanuel Fred Nzunda ◽  
Wilson Ancelm Mugasha ◽  
Rogers Ernest Malimbwi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Miombo Woodlands ◽  
Natural Death ◽  
Aboveground Carbon ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring

Abstract Background Removals caused by both natural and anthropogenic drivers such as logging and fire causes substantial carbon emissions. Better insights into drivers and their variations of aboveground carbon removals is therefore needed. We assessed the drivers of aboveground carbon (AGC) removals and quantified the dynamics of removals-induced carbon emissions due to drivers using the National Forest Resources Assessment and Monitoring (NAFORMA) data sets in R software. Miombo woodlands which is the largest forest formations covering about 93% of forest land in mainland Tanzania was the case study. Results Drivers of AGC removals in miombo woodlands of mainland Tanzania in order of importance were; timber, fire, shifting cultivation, charcoal, natural death, firewood collection, poles, grazing by wildlife animals, carvings, grazing by domestic animals, and mining. The average AGC removals by drivers range from 0.0–1.273tCha− 1year− 1. Conclusions Increased mitigation efforts in addressing removals by timber, fires, shifting cultivation, charcoal and natural death would be effective in addressing forest degradation in the REDD + process in Tanzania. Since NAFORMA provides national picture on drivers and their variation on AGC removals, site-specific studies need to be conducted to bring information that would be used for local forest management. This kind of study need to be conducted in other vegetation types like Montane and Mangrove forest in Tanzania.

Shifting Cultivation as Improvisation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Richards
Keyword(s):  
Group Theory ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Social Skill ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fixed Boundaries

Shifting cultivation is a type of farming without fixed boundaries. It obeys an ecological logic but requires constant improvisation and adaptation to fluid circumstances. The character of improvisation in shifting cultivation is explored with reference to an African case study (rice farming by the Mende people of Sierra Leone). Two elements are emphasized in particular—the management of fire (by men) and rice seeds (by women). A contrast, applicable not only to farming, but also to other activities such as military conflict and musical performance, is drawn between strategic planning and tactical improvisation. The relevance of Mary Douglas’s grid-group theory to the framing of the social skill sets required for improvisation is discussed.

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