Water And The Rainforest In Malaysian Borneo

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030915438
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo written by Ian Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 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 : 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 : Murray S. Kaufman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reefs and Rain Forests written by Murray S. Kaufman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than seven years, Murray S. Kaufman has photographed the powerful contrasts and similarities of two unique environments, which he describes as the last living Eden. The book combines Kaufman's images of the beauty and fragility of these important, primal, and endangered ecosystems with texts by leading experts in the field. Together they depict a phenomenal array of flora and fauna, including some newly discovered species.Throughout, the book gives an insight into the effects of rapid development and habitat destruction threatening reefs and rain forests. At the same time it touches our hearts, providing the first step to discover and appreciate nature. Kaufman's book opens the way for a new understanding and a new commitment to conservation of these rain forests and coral reefs.

Author : Carsten H. Laugesen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789838120722
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water, Land, Cities written by Carsten H. Laugesen and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wade Davis
Publisher : Western Canada Wilderness Committee--Wild Campaign
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Penan written by Wade Davis and published by Western Canada Wilderness Committee--Wild Campaign. This book was released on 1990 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hans P. Hazebroek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789838121354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danum Valley written by Hans P. Hazebroek and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. Bonell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139443845
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics written by M. Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.

Author : Zulkifli Yusop
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787565513
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring written by Zulkifli Yusop and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents chapters highlighting the methodologies and tools developed to improve flood management and flood risk reduction.

Author : Tony Allan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190669802
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society written by Tony Allan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food, water and society: what is managed by whom, and with what impacts? Our food supply chains are at risk. Water resources--sometimes scarce, often damaged, and always under-valued--are among the major reasons why food and water security rank high every year in the World Economic Forum's major global risk analysis. A stable and sustainable food system is critical to society's survival. This Handbook shows that keeping the food system stable comes at the expense of the environment, especially of water resources and those who consume and manage them. The way the food system operates reflects hard political realities. Rather than pay for the environmental costs of sustainable production, society expects food at ever lower prices. Governments reflect their electorates in this regard. Given that farm production may account for as little as 10% of the food value chain in wealthy economies, it is striking that governments have been unwilling (or unable) to put in place the essential laws and accountability that would enable famers to ensure both production and stewardship. Corporate food traders, food manufacturers, and retailers on the other hand operate in markets that make profits and pay taxes. But these corporations are not contractually bound to utilize highly nutritious, sustainably produced food commodities. The articles in this Oxford Handbook have been written by water and food system scientists and professionals, including farmers, rarely heard voices who understand the problems of food producers, food manufacturers, and regulating markets and public policy. The articles address the blind spots of society and its public policymakers, demonstrating the importance of informing society about the consequences of its food preferences and the heroic challenges it is beginning to face. The damage we are doing to our water and soil ecosystems is as important as the damage we do to the atmosphere. Impressed by the technical and organizational advances of the past two centuries, the contributors featured in this book also take note of where economic inefficiencies and cultural deadlock in a 4,000 year old system are putting our critical food supply chains at risk.

Author : Nor Eliza Alias
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800711166
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Management and Sustainability in Asia written by Nor Eliza Alias and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Management and Sustainability in Asia covers topics related to water resources management, including multi- and interdisciplinary research on flood, soil infiltration, contaminants, sediment, water quality, hydrological modelling, and water resources systems.