The Earthscan reader in tropical forestry
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The Earthscan reader in tropical forestry
Earthscan Publications, 1993
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Tropical forestry
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"Earthscan original"--On back cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Tropical forests are one of the world's most important resources: they contain the vast majority of its species and play a vital role in the global balance. The unprecedented rate of deforestation over the last fifty years has led to growing concern for the fate of those areas which remain, and for the impact of deforestation on the earth's climate, on biodiver-sity, and on local people whose livelihoods depend on the forests.
Tropical Forestry presents a complete discussion diagnosing the problems and covering the options available for dealing with the many and varied problems. Topics include policy and management of the forests, land use and degradation, international trade patterns and the role of ITTO, forestry development aid indigenous peoples and the conservation of biological diversity.
Simon Reitbergen's comprehensive introduction evaluates the arguments presented in this work and places the contributions in context. This will prove to be an invaluable sourcebook for anyone concerned with forestry in the tropics.
Table of Contents
OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION
PART I POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
1. The Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests: The Issues, Duncan Poore
2. Public Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources, Malcolm Gillis and Robert Repetto
3. Managing the Forest: The Conservation History of Lembus, Kenya, 1904-63, David Anderson
4. Management of Tropical and Subtropical Dry Forests, Gill Shepard, Edwin Shanks and Mary Hobley
PART II LAND USE AND LAND DEGRADATION
5. Defining and Debating the Problem, Piers Blaikie and Harold Brookfield
6. Deforestation in Amazonia: Dynamics, Causes and Alternatives, Anthony B. Anderson
PART III INTERNATIONAL TRADE
7. The International Tropical Timber Organization: Kill or Cure for the Rainforests? Marcus Colchester
8. Long Term Trends in Global Demand for and Supply of Industrial Wood, Mike Arnold
PART IV FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT AID
9. Forestry Development Approaches, James J. Douglas
10. Beyond the Woodfuel Crisis, Gerald Leach and Robin Mearns
PART V INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
11. Indigenous Peoples and Development, John Bodley
12. High Technology and Original Peoples: The Case of Deforestation in Papua New Guinea and Canada, Colin Dea'th and Gregory Michalenko
PART VI BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION
13. An Introduction to the Technical Aspects of Biodiversity and its Conservation, Nels Johnson
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