Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO 2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-321

  Gockowski, Jim ^a   Sonwa, Denis ^b  

^a Carolyn House   (United Kingdom)

^b CIFOR   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Deforestation; Fertilizer; Land saving; Poverty; REDD

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CAMEROON; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST DEGRADATION; HIGH POTENTIAL; HOT SPOT; LAND SAVING; LAND-USE CHANGE; NIGERIA; OIL PALM; POVERTY; RAIN FORESTS; REDD; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; WEST AFRICA;

AGRICULTURE; BEVERAGES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; RAIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASSAVA; COCOA; CROP YIELD; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEM; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CACAO; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GUINEA; TREES;

BEVERAGES; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; RAIN; WEST AFRICA;

GUINEA;

ELAEIS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79958287948     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9602-3     Document Type: Article

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