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Torben Birch-Thomsen
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 37
Citations - 1268
Torben Birch-Thomsen is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Shifting cultivation & Population. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1102 citations. Previous affiliations of Torben Birch-Thomsen include University of East Anglia & Roskilde University.
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Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: A global assessment
Nathalie van Vliet,Ole Mertz,Andreas Heinimann,Tobias Langanke,Unai Pascual,Unai Pascual,Birgit Schmook,Cristina Adams,Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt,Peter Messerli,Stephen J. Leisz,Jean-Christophe Castella,Lars N. Jorgensen,Torben Birch-Thomsen,Cornelia Hett,Thilde Bech-Bruun,Amy Ickowitz,Kim Chi Vu,Kono Yasuyuki,Jefferson Fox,Christine Padoch,Wolfram Dressler,Alan D. Ziegler +22 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of land-cover transformations of the past 10-15 years in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers world-wide shows that swidden agriculture decreases in landscapes with access to local, national and international markets that encourage cattle production and cash cropping, including bio-fuels.
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Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific—50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human–Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the temporal coevolution of driving forces and adaptive strategies from the 1960s to 2006 on Bellona in the SW Pacific, and show that the utilization of natural resources remains widespread, although it is increasingly supplemented by other income generating activities.
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Australian wattle species in the Drakensberg region of South Africa - An invasive alien or a natural resource?
Andreas de Neergaard,Christopher F.L. Saarnak,Trevor Hill,Musa Khanyile,Alicia Martinez Berzosa,Torben Birch-Thomsen +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, an investigation into the spread of two alien wattle species ( Acacia mearnsii and Acacia dealbata ) in rural parts of the Drakensberg region of South Africa and the importance of the trees to the livelihoods of the local communities was carried out.
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A Livelihood Perspective on Natural Resource Management and Environmental Change in Semiarid Tanzania
TL;DR: The article shows how degradation and intensification occur simultaneously and how incomes may increase even during processes of land degradation, and argues that a livelihood approach can be useful in uncovering and explaining these processes.
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Should I stay or should I go? Rural youth employment in Uganda and Zambia
TL;DR: In this article, the employment strategies of young people in selected rural areas of Zambia and Uganda, with a focus on the opportunities and constraints that they face, are discussed, and the importance of an enabling environment, personal skills and favorable market conditions are also highlighted.