Beyond Tropical Deforestation

Author : Didier Babin
Publisher : Editions Quae
ISBN 13 : 9782876145771
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Tropical Deforestation written by Didier Babin and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2004 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the diagnosis of irreversible destruction of both forests and their biodiversity actually mask a wide range of patterns? Based on the results of natural and social scientists, this book attempts to answer fundamental questions such as: what is deforestation and how do we mesure it? What changes result from deforestation and how do human societies manage these changes? It explores the many and varied aspects of deforestation, a process whose effects are not always as negative as perceived.

Author : Unesco
Publisher : United Nations Educational
ISBN 13 : 9789231039416
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Tropical Deforestation written by Unesco and published by United Nations Educational. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines issues related to forest dynamics, the extent of deforestation and its impact on human societies, using an interdisciplinary approach which draws on the results of fieldwork and theoretical studies from the natural and social sciences. It contains 37 papers organised under the headings of: measuring and understanding deforestation and forest dynamics; forest dynamics as a complex society process; and research, management and development perspectives.

Author : Didier Babin
Publisher : Quae
ISBN 13 : 275921110X
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Tropical Deforestation written by Didier Babin and published by Quae. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the diagnosis of irreversible destruction of both forests and their biodiversity actually mask a wide range of patterns? Based on the results of natural and social scientists, this book attempts to answer fundamental questions such as: what is deforestation and how do we mesure it? What changes result from deforestation and how do human societies manage these changes? It explores the many and varied aspects of deforestation, a process whose effects are not always as negative as perceived.

Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 1933286865
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Forests? Why Now? written by Frances Seymour and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.

Author : Leslie Elmer Sponsel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231103190
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Deforestation written by Leslie Elmer Sponsel and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present fresh perspectives on the major global crisis of deforestation from a wide range of fields including biological ecology, forest history, conservation biology, anthropology, political economy, and development economics.

Author : Frank Howard Wadsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Tropical Forestry written by Frank Howard Wadsworth and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. Smouts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 140398185X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forests, International Jungle written by M. Smouts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-05-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie-Claude Smouts looks at the issue of rain forest depletion and global environmental policies. Beginning with how the issue entered the world stage in the 1980s despite alarms over the issue in the 1950s, Tropical Forests, International Jungle explores the complexities of what are tropical forests, what role they play not only in environmentalism but in trade, health care, and almost every facet of natural and social life for those living there and beyond. Although for most in the developed world tropical forests have gained a status of part of our world heritage, these forests are not really part of the global commons or a global public good. Developing nations maintain control over the forests within their borders and often use the forests as they see fit. The international system for mediating the issue is a fractured group of non-governmental organizations and transnational networks, often with competing views of how to manage tropical forests. Despite this seemingly grim picture, Smouts is optimistic. A changing world view toward forest depletion is influencing countries both North and South. Although forests will be used commercially, it is a dynamic process that should maintain them far into the future.

Author : Harold K. Steen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.2U/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Tropical Forestry written by Harold K. Steen and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas K. Rudel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023113195X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forests written by Thomas K. Rudel and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tropical Forests, Rudel analyzes hundreds of local studies from the past twenty years to develop a much-needed, global perspective on deforestation. With separate chapters on individual regions, including South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa, Rudel's work offers an up-to-date assessment of the world's tropical forests. In the concluding chapter, Rudel considers the implications of these trends and describes policy directions for conserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable development in each region.

Author : Sharon L. Spray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742534827
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Deforestation written by Sharon L. Spray and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Deforestation introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the deforestation. Contributions from scientists and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial 'tool kit' for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of deforestation.