Tropical Forest Update

Tropical Forest Update
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105122354710
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

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Why Forests? Why Now?

Why Forests? Why Now?
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9781933286860
ISBN-13 : 1933286865
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Why Forests? Why Now? by : Frances Seymour

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.

Tropical timber atlas

Tropical timber atlas
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Publisher : Editions Quae
Total Pages : 1002
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ISBN-10 : 9782759227983
ISBN-13 : 2759227987
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Tropical timber atlas by : Jean Gérard

This atlas presents technical information for professionals who process and use temperate or tropical timber. It combines the main technical characteristics of 283 tropical species and 17 species from temperate regions most commonly used in Europe with their primary uses.

Explore a Tropical Forest

Explore a Tropical Forest
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Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0870447572
ISBN-13 : 9780870447570
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Explore a Tropical Forest by : Barbara Gibson

Text and pop-up illustrations depict the rich variety of plant and animal life found in a tropical rain forest.

Tropical Forest Ecology

Tropical Forest Ecology
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9780195096033
ISBN-13 : 0195096037
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Tropical Forest Ecology by : Egbert Giles Leigh

How do tropical forests stay green with their abundance of herbivores? Why do tropical forests have such a diversity of plants and animals? And what role does mutualism play in the ecology of tropical forests?

Restoring Tropical Forests

Restoring Tropical Forests
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Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1842464426
ISBN-13 : 9781842464427
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Restoring Tropical Forests by : Stephen D. Elliott

Restoring Tropical Forests is a user-friendly guide to restoring forests throughout the tropics. Based on the concepts, knowledge and innovative techniques developed at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit, this book will enable improvements in existing forest restoration projects and provide a key resource for new ones. The book presents three aspects of the restoration of tropical forest ecosystems: the concepts of tropical forest dynamics and regeneration that are relevant to tropical forest restoration, proven restoration techniques and case studies of their successful application, and research methods to refine such techniques and adapt them to local ecological and socio-economic conditions.

Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests

Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 576
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ISBN-10 : 9780226470221
ISBN-13 : 0226470229
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests by : William F. Laurance

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In Search of Common Ground

In Search of Common Ground
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Publisher : CIFOR
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 9789791412650
ISBN-13 : 9791412650
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis In Search of Common Ground by : Mariteuw Chimère Diaw

Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems

Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 690
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ISBN-10 : 9810227299
ISBN-13 : 9789810227296
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems by : Andreas Schulte

The Dipterocarp forests of South-East Asia constitute a dominant component of the world's tropical forests. As such, they are intertwined with a Pandora's box of problems that have plagued the world for decades; Over- and underdevelopment, poverty, hunger, population growth, exploitation of natural resources, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, the debt crisis and, of late, climate change. The world community has responded to the crucial role of these forests and the dangers facing them with funds, and a myriad of programmers, projects, institutions, conferences and networks. Apparently neither a lack of knowledge nor finance constrains the dissipation of sustainable management practices: the fate of the world's Dipterocarp forests will certainly depend on the involvement of scientists from many nations and disciplines, but will perhaps ultimately, rest with local policymakers, forest administrators and line foresters. Unfortunately, these two groups rarely share realms, readings or reasoning: practical foresters, invariably very involved with the challenges of day-to-day forest management in remote, isolated environments, may long remain oblivious to scientific developments. Traditionally though they do find solutions to problems, gain deep insights into forest responses and practical constraints, and sometimes even report in semi-obscure publications, which rarely reach the scientific circuit.The editors of the book, both experienced forest and soil scientists and practical forest managers, have attempted to bridge the gap between the realms of forest science and practice in Dipterocarp ecology, management and utilization.