Jobst Michael Schroeder

• Thünen Institute

Tropical dry forests covers 0.5 to 1.1 billion hectares which is about half of the tropical moist forest area. The forests fulfil many important ecological and economic functions and deliver manifold commodities for subsistence as well as for international demands. Despite their importance tropical dry forests seem to attain by far lesser attention...

With only 7.01 million hectares of remaining forested areas in the Philippines, there is an urgency to protect these areas, while also implementing restoration strategies to increase forest cover and improve forest functionality. In this study, we assess how the so called “rainforestation” approach, attempts to implement close-to-nature restoration...

With only 7.01 million hectares of remaining forested areas in the Philippines, there is an urgency to protect these areas, while also implementing restoration strategies to increase forest cover and improve forest functionality. In this study, we assess how the so called "rainforestation" approach, attempts to implement close-to-nature restoration...

Rainforestation" approach as a form of mixed-species plantation is being practiced in the Philippines and can restore multiple forest ecosystem services to address forest landscape restoration. • Growth from the mixed-species plantations is comparable with the remaining natural forests and can contribute to less pressure on remaining natural forest...

This working paper analyses instruments and measures to meet the targets set in the Germanys climate action plan 2050 for agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for LULUCF to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance sinks until 2030. In the focus are measures on the federal state level. For the different areas of actions and measures...

Background and objectives: Smallholder households with a plot size of 1–5 ha manage nearly half of Vietnam’s acacia plantations. They mostly harvest acacia timber after short rotation periods (5–6 years) producing woodchips with relatively low financial returns compared to potential profits from sawlog production through long rotation periods. The...

The objective of this study was to determine the regeneration potential of natural forest fragments in the dry semi-deciduous forest zone in the Ashanti region of Ghana. For this reason tree species abundance was studied in two distinct natural forest patches located within a teak plantation. The full sampling revealed a total of 224 individual tre...

Secondary forests cover about 90% of West Africa’s forests. These forests are often degraded and are under strong and diverse pressures. Concepts on how to deal with this type of land resource are mostly missing. It is thus necessary to develop options for a wise and sustainable utilisation of secondary forests. Prerequisites for the development of...

The paper outlines some major developments in natural forest management (NFM) in the tropics. Also, the role of non-timber forest products (NTFP) and certification in fostering sustainable practices are reviewed. There are examples showing that under specific framework conditions NFM is a viable land use option. If planned as phased approach, consi...

Alternative land use options for Imperata grasland in Southeast Asia. Both forestry and agroforestry land use options are discussed.