Working Forests In The Neotropics
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Working Forests in the Neotropics
Author | : Daniel J. Zarin,Janaki R. R. Alavalapati,Frances E. Putz,Marianne Schmink |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 467 |
Release | : 2004-12-29 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780231503037 |
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Neotropical forests sustain a wealth of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services and products, and support the livelihoods of millions of people. But is forest management a viable conservation strategy in the tropics? Supporters of sustainable forest management have promoted it as a solution to problems of both biodiversity protection and economic stagnation. Detractors insist that any conservation strategy short of fully protected status is a waste of resources and that forest management actually hastens deforestation. By focusing on a set of critical issues and case studies, this book explores the territory between these positions, highlighting the major factors that contribute to or detract from the chances of achieving forest conservation through sustainable management.
Working Forests in the Neotropics
Author | : Daniel Zarin |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0231129076 |
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-- Thomas Lovejoy, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.
Conservation of Neotropical Forests
Author | : Kent Hubbard Redford,Christine Padoch |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0231076037 |
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Experts from both the natural and social sciences provide vital information for understanding the interactions of forest peoples and forest resources in the lowland tropics of Central and South America. They investigate patterns of traditional resource use, evaluate existing research, and explore new directions for furthering the conservationist agenda.
Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests
Author | : Maarten Kappelle |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2006-05-18 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9783540289098 |
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Covers the range of natural and managed oak forests in the highlands of tropical America. Providing an understanding of ecological patterns and processes that determine the structure and functioning of these forests, this volume aims to serve as a basis for sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation.
Tropical Forest Ecology
Author | : Florencia Montagnini,Carl F. Jordan |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2005-03-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 3540237976 |
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Importance pf tropical forests; characteristics of tropical forests; classification of tropical forests; deforestation in the tropics; management of tropical forests; plantatios and agroforestry systems; approaches for implementing sustainable management techniques.
Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests
Author | : R. Toby Pennington,James A. Ratter |
Publsiher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2006-05-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781420004496 |
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More often than not, when people think of a neotropical forest, what comes to mind is a rain forest, rather than a dry forest. Just as typically, when they imagine a savanna, they visualize the African plains, rather than those dry woodlands and grasslands found in the Neotropics. These same preconceptions can be found among scientists, as these ne
Co benefits of Sustainable Forestry
Author | : Kanehiro Kitayama |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2012-09-24 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9784431541400 |
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Tropical rain forests are increasingly expected to serve for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation amid global climate change and increasing human demands for land. Natural production forests that are legally designated to produce timber occur widely in the Southeast Asian tropics. Synergizing timber production, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in such tropical production forests is one of the most realistic means to resolve these contemporary global problems. Next-generation sustainable forest management is being practiced in the natural tropical rain forest of a model site in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, while earlier sustainable management practices have generally failed, leading to extensive deforestation and forest degradation elsewhere in the tropics. Ecologists have examined co-benefits of sustainable forestry in the model forest in terms of forest regeneration, carbon sequestration and biodiversity in comparison to a forest managed by destructive conventional methods. Taxonomic groups studied have included trees, decomposers, soil microbes, insects and mammals. A wide array of field methods and technology has been used including count plots, sensor cameras, and satellite remote-sensing. This book is a compilation of the results of those thorough ecological investigations and elucidates ecological processes of tropical rain forests after logging. The book furnishes useful information for foresters and conservation NGOs, and it also provides baseline information for biologists and ecologists. A further aim is to examine the environmental effects of a forest certification scheme as the model forest has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Taken as a whole, this book proves that the desired synergy is possible.
Natural Forest Management in the American Tropics
Author | : Francis E. Putz |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Forest management |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105009195582 |
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