Rain Harvesting In The Rainforest

Author : Helga Geovannini Acuña
Publisher : BAR International Series
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rain Harvesting in the Rainforest written by Helga Geovannini Acuña and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main subject discussed in this study is the way in which the ancient Maya of Calakmul (modern Mexico), who thrived between 900 B.C. to A.D. 1000, managed their landscape in order to survive in the tropical rainforest. Their lithic technology, the hot, humid climate with a prolonged dry season, the lack of permanent surface sources of fresh water, and thin soils, considered insufficient for sustained agricultural production, are factors that were addressed successfully by the Maya in developing their complex civilization. The author's research begins with landscape, archaeological, and edaphological analyses, after which she explores the areas most advantageous to permanent habitation, suitable agricultural zones, land potential of the region and the capability of the area for supporting population. In addition, a complex agricultural channel irrigation system is explored as a critical factor for managing productive terrain for agriculture in karstic depressions (bajos). Similarly, an impressive rain harvesting system is exposed as an option to optimize hydrological resources for canalizing excessive rain during the wet season and storing water during the dry period. Finally, a reconstruction of the agricultural landscape is proposed.

Author : J. K. Vanclay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646019901
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Harvesting of Tropical Rainforests written by J. K. Vanclay and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Friends of the Earth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rainforest Harvest written by Friends of the Earth and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim H Clutton-brock
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1783261625
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changes And Disturbance In Tropical Rain Forest In South East Asia written by Tim H Clutton-brock and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-09-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Views on the dynamics of tropical forests are changing rapidly with the recognition that their environment is variable on the decadal to century scale. Fluctuating climatic conditions partly determine tropical forest structure, species composition and dynamics. Tropical communities are also highly contingent in space and time with respect to site and historical factors. Tropical forests have experienced to some degree this disturbance regime in the past, but climatologists are now predicting increasingly frequent extreme events in the new century. The combination of increasing deforestation and land-use conversion by man plus an increasingly variable environment means a situation that could be very difficult to manage.

Author : Andreas Schulte
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662036495
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems written by Andreas Schulte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.

Author : Peter K. Karani
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN 13 : 9780850924718
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Management of Tropical Rain Forest in Uganda written by Peter K. Karani and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the development of tropical forest management in Uganda. It is part of a series intended to assist a wider understanding of the historical basis to the new directions and policy initiatives now being taken in the countries concerned. The report provides a clear account of forest management during the period up to independence in 1962, the development of management systems such as the tropical shelterwood system and assesses the current position before looking to the future.

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030915441
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo written by Ian Douglas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ian Douglas explores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.

Author : Mark Plotkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products written by Mark Plotkin and published by . This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics covered include the use and conservation of ethnobotanical information, the potential uses of nontimber forest products from various regions of the Neotropics, the development and use of plants as medicines, and the international marketplace for nontimber forest products and how it can best be created and reached. Because of their special significance, a separate section is devoted to uses and potential uses of palm products. Among the contributors are: Al Gentry, Missouri Botanical Garden; Steven R. King, Shaman Pharmaceuticals; Gary Paul Nabhan, Native Seed/SEARCH; Richard Evans Schultes, Botanical Museum of Harvard University; and others from around the globe. Mark Plotkin is vice president for the program in plant conservation, and Lisa Famolare is a program associate at Conservation International, an organization dedicated to the conservation of ecosystems and biological diversity worldwide.

Author : Kathlyn Gay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576074250
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rainforests of the World written by Kathlyn Gay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-08-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative volume examines the reasons for rainforest destruction, the effects of deforestation on indigenous plant and animal life, and the policies and actions that are currently being taken to protect rainforests. Rainforests of the World covers everything from the basic biology and chemistry of rainforests and their geographic location to problems, controversies, and solutions. A section highlights people and events like Gifford Pinchot, Lester Brown, Anita Roddick, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and the Kyoto Protocol. The documents provided include the Declaration of Curitiba, the Indigenous People's Declaration, and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The book includes a chronology, charts, tables, and graphs on rainforest destruction; a list of groups working to protect rainforests; an extensive annotated bibliography; and other references.

Author : Jayne T. MacLean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology of Tropical Rainforests, 1979-85 written by Jayne T. MacLean and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: