An archive of information about the Kleinhans Fellowship on the Rainforest Alliance website.
Study of the Production of Brazil Nuts in the Face of Major Landscape Changes in the Western Amazon Project Summary Understanding complex linkages between social and ecological systems and their resilience to external shocks is essential to promote the sustainable management of natural resources. This project, directed by a graduate student researcher at the University […]... Continue Reading
Understanding complex linkages between social and ecological systems and their resilience to external shocks is essential to promote the sustainable management of natural resources. This project, funded by the Rainforest Alliance’s Kleinhans Fellowship and directed by a graduate student researcher at the University of Florida, explored the resilience of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) production to […]
Company-Community Partnerships for Commercializing Non-Timber Forest Products in the Brazilian Amazon: Drivers, Problems, and Consequences Project Summary This project of the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil aims to evaluate the motivations, opportunities, problems, and consequences of trade partnerships or agreements established between forest communities and corporations, for the commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). […]... Continue Reading
The Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil evaluated the motivations, opportunities, problems, and consequences of trade partnerships or agreements established between forest communities and corporations, for the commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Ongoing corporate-community partnerships at both the community and corporate level were examined, as well as policies that could prompt beneficial impacts while […]
Development of a Management Plan for the Production of Mezcal from Maguey Papalotl (Agave cupreata) in Peasant Communities of the Montaña de Guerrero, Mexico Project Summary The project seeks to draw guidelines for sustainable management of a non-timber forest product of great importance for poor farmers that inhabit Mexican tropical dry forests: Agave for mezcal […]... Continue Reading
Conservation and Use of Bursera spp. in the Tropical Dry Forests of Oaxaca: The Role of Markets and Certification in the Management of Non-Timber Forest Products The main objective of this project is to examine the ecological and market dynamics of some non-timber forest products of economic importance from the dry tropical forests of Oaxaca, Mexico. One […]... Continue Reading