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Trees for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa 52 REPORTS FORESTRY TROPICAL UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI Viikki Tropical Resources Institute Viikki Tropical Resources Institute VITRI UNIVERSITYVITRI OF HELSINKI Viikki Tropical Resources Institute TROPICAL FORESTRY REPORTS VITRI TROPICAL FORESTRY REPORTS No. 3732 Husgafvel,Laxén, J. 2007. R. 2010. Is prosopis Global aand curse EU orgovernance a blessing? for – sustainableAn ecological-economic forest management with TROPICAL FORESTRY REPORTS specialanalysis reference of an invasive to capacity alien tree building species in Ethiopia in Sudan. and Doctoral Southern thesis. Sudan. Doctoral thesis. 34 No. 3833 Walter,Katila, P. K. 2008. 2011. Devolution Prosopis, an of alienforest-related among the rights: sacred Comparative trees of South analyses India. ofDoctoral six developing thesis. 52 No. 39 Kalame,countries. F.B. Doctoral 2011. Forest thesis. governance and climate change adaptation: Case studies of four No. 34 Reyes, T. 2008. Agroforestry systems for sustainable livelihoods and improved forest products in Somalia and K African countries. Doctoral thesis. T No. 40 Paavola,land management M. 2012. Thein the impact East Usambaraof village development Mountains, Tanzania. funds on communityDoctoral thesis. welfare in the Africa: Studies on aromatic resins and other non-wood in the Horn of rees for sustainable livelihoods No. 35 LaoZhou, People’s P. 2008. Democratic Landscape-scale Republic. soil Doctoral erosion modellingthesis. and ecological restoration for a No. 41 Omoro,mountainous Loice watershedM.A. 2012. inImpacts Sichuan, of indigenousChina. Doctoral and exoticthesis. tree species on ecosystem No. 36 services:Hares, M. Case & Luukkanen, study on the O. 2008.mountain Research cloud Collaborationforests of Taita on Hills, Responsible Kenya. Doctoral Natural thesis.Resource No. 42 Alam,Management, S.A. 2013. The Carbon 1st UniPID stocks, Workshop. greenhous e gas emissions and water balance of Sudanese No. 37 savannahHusgafvel, woodlands R. 2010. Global in relation and EU to governance climate change. for sustainable Doctoral thesis. forest management with No. 43 Rantala,special reference S. 2013. Theto capacity winding building road from in Ethiopiaexclusion and to ownership:Southern Sudan. Governance Doctoral and thesis. social No. 38 outcomesWalter, K. in2011. contemporary Prosopis, an forest alien conservation among the sacred in northeastern trees of South Tanzania. India. DoctoralDoctoral thesis.thesis. No. 4439 Negash,Kalame, M.F.B. 2013. 2011. The Forest indigenous governance agroforestry and climate systems change of theadaptation: south-eastern Case studies Rift Valley of four escarpment,African countries. Ethiopia: Doctoral Their thesis. biodiversity, carbon stocks, and litterfall. Doctoral thesis. No. 4540 Kallio,Paavola, M.H. M. 2013.2012. FactorsThe impact influencing of village farmers’ development tree planting funds onand community management welfare activity in thein fourLao People’s case studies Democratic in Indonesia. Republic. Doctoral Doctoral thesis. thesis. No. 4641 Etongo,Omoro, B.D.Loice 2016. M.A. Deforestation2012. Impacts and of indigenous forest degradation and exotic in treesouthern species Burkina on ecosystem Faso: enya Understandingservices: Case study the drivers on the of mountain change and cloud options forests for of revegetation. Taita Hills, Kenya. Doctoral Doctoral thesis. thesis. No. 4742 TekleAlam, Tegegne,S.A. 2013. Y. Carbon 2016. FLEGT stocks, and greenhouse REDD+ synergies gas emissions and impacts and water in the balance Congo ofBasin: Sudanese lessonssavannah for woodlands global forest in relationgovernance. to climate Doctoral change. thesis. Doctoral thesis. No. 4843 Fahmi,Rantala, M.K.M. S. 2013. 2017. The Climate,winding roadtrees fromand agricultural exclusion to practices: ownership: Implications Governance for and food social security inoutcomes the semi-arid in contemporary zone of Sudan. forest Doctoral conservation thesis. in northeastern Tanzania. Doctoral thesis. No. 4944 Negash,Abaker, W.M. 2018.2013. LinkagesThe indigenous between agroforestry carbon sequestration, systems of the soil south-eastern fertility and hydrology Rift Valley in drylandescarpment, Acacia Ethiopia: senegal Their plantations biodiversity, in Sudan: carbon a chronosequence stocks, and litterfall. study. Doctoral Doctoral thesis. thesis. No. 5045 Salih,Kallio, E. M.H. 2019. 2013. Ethnobotany, Factors influencing phytochemistry farmers’ and tree antimicrobial planting and activity management of Combretum activity, in Terminaliafour case studies and Anogeissus in Indonesia. species Doctoral (Combretaceae) thesis. growing naturally Sudan. Doctoral No. 46 thesis.Etongo, B.D. 2016. Deforestation and forest degradation in southern Burkina Faso: No. 51 Karambiri,Understanding M. 2019. the drivers Where of is changelocal democrac and optionsy? In forthe revegetation. shadows of global Doctoral forest thesis. policy in No. 47 BurkinaTekle Tegegne, Faso. Doctoral Y. 2016. thesis. FLEGT and REDD+ synergies and impacts in the Congo Basin: No. 52 Hassan,lessons forB. 2020. global Trees forest for governance. sustainable Doctoral livelihoods thesis. in the Horn of Africa: Studies on aromatic No. 48 resinsFahmi, and M.K.M. other 2017. non-wood Climate, forest trees products and agricultural in Somalia practices: and Kenya. Implications Doctoral thesisfor food (limited security distribution).in the semi-arid zone of Sudan. Doctoral thesis (limited distribution). No. 49 Abaker, W.E.A. 2018. Linkages between carbon sequestration, soil fertility and hydrology in dryland Acacia senegalISBN plantations 978-951-51-6258-8 of varying (paperback)age in Sudan. Doctoral thesis (limited distribution). ISBN 978-951-51-6259-5 (PDF) ISSN 0786-8170 ISBN 978-951-51-4258-0Helsinki 2020 (paperback) ISBN 978-951-51-4259-7Uninigrafia Oy (PDF) ISSN 0786-8170 Helsinki 2018 ISBN 978-951-51-6258-8 (paperback) Helsinki University Printing House TeijaBadal Reyes Ahmed HASSAN ISBN 978-951-51-6259-5 (PDF) ISSN 0786-8170 Agroforestry systems for sustainable livelihoods and improved Helsinki 2020 Trees for sustainable livelihoods in the Horn of Africa: Studies on aromatic Unigrafa Oy landresins management and other innon-wood the East Usambaraforest products Mountains, in Somalia Tanzania and Kenya UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI Viikki Tropical Resources Institute No. 15 Mustafa, A. F. 1997. Regeneration of Acacia seyal forests on the dryland of the Sudan clay UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI plain. Doctoral thesis. Viikki Tropical ResourcesVITRI Institute No. 16 El Fadl, M. A. 1997. Management of Prosopis juliflora for use in agroforestry systems VITRI in the Sudan. Doctoral thesis. No. 17 Kaarakka, V. & Holmberg, G. 1999. Environmental conflicts and development cooperation with special reference to conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests. No. 18 Li, C. 1999. Drought adaptation and genetic diversity in Eucalyptus microtheca. Doctoral thesis (limited distribution). No. 19 Suoheimo, J. 1999. Natural regeneration of sal (Shorea robusta) in the Terai region, Nepal. Doctoral thesis. TROPICALTROPICAL FORESTRY FORESTRY REPORTS REPORTS No. 20 Koskela, J. 2000. Growth of grass-stage Pinus merkusii seedlings as affected by interaction between structure and function. Doctoral thesis (limited distribution). No. 21 Otsamo, R. 2000. Integration of indigenous tree species into fast-growing forest plantations on Imperata grasslands in Indonesia - Silvicultural solutions and their ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ecological and practical implications. Doctoral thesis (limited distribution). No. 22 Koskela, J., Nygren, P., Berninger, F. & Luukkanen, O. 2000. Implications of TROPICALTROPICAL FORESTRY FORESTRY REPORTS REPORTS contains contains (mainly (mainly in English)in English) doctoral doctoral dissertations, the Kyoto Protocol for tropical forest management and land use: prospects and pitfalls. dissertations,original research original reports, research seminar reports, proceedings seminar proceedings and research and project research reviews project reviews connected with Finnish-supported international No. 23 Otsamo, A. 2001. Forest plantations on Imperata grassland in Indonesia – Establishment, developmentconnected cooperationwith Finnish-supported in the field of international forestry. development cooperation in silviculture and utilization potential. Doctoral thesis (limited distribution). _____________________________________________________________________________the field of forestry. No. 24 Eshetu Yirdaw 2002. Restoration of the native woody-species diversity, using _____________________________________________________________________________ plantation species as foster trees, in the degraded highlands of Ethiopia. Doctoral thesis. Publisher Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI) No. 25 Appiah, M. 2003. Domestication of an indigenous tropical forest tree: Silvicultural and socio- P.O.Publisher Box 27, ViikkiFI-00014 Tropical University Resources of Helsinki, Institute Finland (VITRI) economic studies on Iroko (Milicia excelsa) in Ghana. Doctoral thesis. (addressP.O. 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