Browsing by Author "Unruh, Jon"
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- Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land-cover change analyses in UgandaVogt, Nathan; Bahati, Joseph; Unruh, Jon; Green, G.; Banana, Abwoli Y.; Gombya-Ssembajjwe, W.; Sweeney, Sean (John Wiley & Sons, 2006)This article presents methods for investigating mechanisms of land-cover change that combines remotely sensed data, archival data, and rapid appraisals. Presents a case where increasing human activity results in accumulation of woody biomass on edaphic grasslands of a forest-grassland mosaic, rather than the expansion of grasslands at the expense of forests as is currently understood in that area.
- Territorial tensions: Rainforest conservation, postconflict recovery, and land tenure in LiberiaBrottem, L.; Unruh, Jon (Taylor and Francis Group, 2009)This article reviews the situation in post-conflict Liberia, especially the role of international organizations in shaping conservation policy. It is argued that while the postconflict situation has been viewed as an opportunity to conserve vast tracts of forestland, doing so without the consideration of historic land tenure rights and the generation of a common tenure policy will actually hinder recovery efforts