1. Non-timber forest products certification in India: opportunities and challenges

   • Manmohan Yadav
   • D. Dugaya

   OriginalPaper Open access 05 October 2012 Pages: 567 - 586

2. Economic implications of groundwater exploitation in hard rock areas of southern peninsular India

   • K. H. Anantha

   OriginalPaper 05 October 2012 Pages: 587 - 606

3. Evaluating education for sustainable development (ESD): using Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale

   • Helen Kopnina

   OriginalPaper 09 October 2012 Pages: 607 - 623

4. Land use and socioeconomic influences on a vulnerable freshwater resource in northern New England, United States

   • Firooza Pavri
   • Anna Springsteen
   • Jean D. MacRae

   OriginalPaper 09 October 2012 Pages: 625 - 643

   

5. Human–forest relationships: ancient values in modern perspectives

   • Eva Ritter
   • Dainis Dauksta

   OriginalPaper 09 October 2012 Pages: 645 - 662

   

6. Do protected areas really work to conserve species? A case study of three vulnerable woody species in the Sudanian zone of Burkina Faso

   • Lassina Traoré
   • Tene Kwetche Sop
   • Adjima Thiombiano

   OriginalPaper 07 October 2012 Pages: 663 - 686

   

7. Knowledge for sustainable development: a worldviews perspective

   • Maarten Van Opstal
   • Jean Hugé

   OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 687 - 709

   

8. Which crop production system is more efficient in energy use: wheat or barley?

   • Hossein Sahabi
   • Hassan Feizi
   • Shahram Amirmoradi

   OriginalPaper 20 October 2012 Pages: 711 - 721

9. Extractable soil nutrient effects on feed quality traits of crop residues in the semiarid rainfed mixed crop–livestock farming systems of Southern India

   • Amare Haileslassie
   • Michael Blümmel
   • Anandan Samireddypalle

   OriginalPaper 27 October 2012 Pages: 723 - 741

   

10. Balancing the interaction between political stability, human rights and private investments in the sustainable development process: an ongoing challenge for African governments and their peoples

    • Christian-Junior N. Kabange

    OriginalPaper 03 November 2012 Pages: 743 - 764

11. Typifying cities to streamline the selection of relevant environmental sustainability indicators for urban water supply and sewage handling systems: a recommendation

    • G. Venkatesh
    • Helge Brattebø

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2012 Pages: 765 - 782

    

12. Life cycle sustainability assessments (LCSA) of four disposal scenarios for used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in Mauritius

    • Rajendra Kumar Foolmaun
    • Toolseeram Ramjeawon

    OriginalPaper 27 October 2012 Pages: 783 - 806

    

13. Exploring decentralized forest management in Ethiopia using actor-power-accountability framework: case study in West Shoa zone

    • Abrar Juhar Mohammed
    • Makoto Inoue

    OriginalPaper 27 October 2012 Pages: 807 - 825

    

14. Distribution of health costs of pesticide use by household economy

    • Kishor Atreya
    • Bishal Kumar Sitaula
    • Roshan Man Bajracharya

    OriginalPaper 30 October 2012 Pages: 827 - 839

    

15. Making hard choices: balancing indigenous communities livelihood and Cross River gorilla conservation in the Lebialem–Mone Forest landscape, Cameroon

    • Mbunya F. Nkemnyi
    • Arend de Haas
    • Fualefeh Ndobegang

    OriginalPaper 07 November 2012 Pages: 841 - 857

    

16. An integrated approach for studying the land suitability for ecological corridors through spatial multicriteria evaluations

    • Valentina Ferretti
    • Silvia Pomarico

    Case Study 16 October 2012 Pages: 859 - 885