Beyond Tropical Deforestation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Tropical Deforestation write by Didier Babin. This book was released on 2004. Beyond Tropical Deforestation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Why Forests? Why Now?
Why Forests? Why Now? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why Forests? Why Now? write by Frances Seymour. This book was released on 2016-12-27. Why Forests? Why Now? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Beyond Tropical Deforestation
Beyond Tropical Deforestation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Tropical Deforestation write by Unesco. This book was released on 2004-01-01. Beyond Tropical Deforestation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World
Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World write by Dominick A. DellaSala. This book was released on 2011. Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Temperate rainforests are biogeographically unique. Compared to their tropical counterparts, temperate rainforests are rarer and are found disproportionately along coastlines. Because most temperate rainforests are marked by the intersection of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems, these rich ecotones are among the most productive regions on Earth. Globally, temperate rainforests store vast amounts of carbon, provide habitat for scores of rare and endemic species with ancient affinities, and sustain complex food-web dynamics. In spite of their global significance, however, protection levels for these ecosystems are far too low to sustain temperate rainforests under a rapidly changing global climate and ever expanding human footprint. Therefore, a global synthesis is needed to provide the latest ecological science and call attention to the conservation needs of temperate and boreal rainforests. A concerted effort to internationalize the plight of the world’s temperate and boreal rainforests is underway around the globe; this book offers an essential (and heretofore missing) tool for that effort. DellaSala and his contributors tell a compelling story of the importance of temperate and boreal rainforests that includes some surprises (e.g., South Africa, Iran, Turkey, Japan, Russia). This volume provides a comprehensive reference from which to build a collective vision of their future.
Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation
Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation write by Arild Angelsen. This book was released on 2001-04-20. Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book has been developed from a workshop on Technological change in agriculture and tropical deforestation organised by the Center for International Forestry Research and held in Costa Rica in March, 1999. It explores how intensification of agriculture affects tropical deforestation using case studies from different geographical regions, using different agricultural products and technologies and in differing demographic situations and market conditions. Guidance is also given on future agricultural research and extension efforts.
