Tropical Forest Update

Tropical Forest Update
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105122354710
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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.

Tropical Forests, International Jungle

Tropical Forests, International Jungle
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781403981851
ISBN-13 : 140398185X
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Tropical Forests, International Jungle by : M. Smouts

Marie-Claude Smouts looks at the issue of rain forest depletion and global environmental policies. Beginning with how the issue entered the world stage in the 1980s despite alarms over the issue in the 1950s, Tropical Forests, International Jungle explores the complexities of what are tropical forests, what role they play not only in environmentalism but in trade, health care, and almost every facet of natural and social life for those living there and beyond. Although for most in the developed world tropical forests have gained a status of part of our world heritage, these forests are not really part of the global commons or a global public good. Developing nations maintain control over the forests within their borders and often use the forests as they see fit. The international system for mediating the issue is a fractured group of non-governmental organizations and transnational networks, often with competing views of how to manage tropical forests. Despite this seemingly grim picture, Smouts is optimistic. A changing world view toward forest depletion is influencing countries both North and South. Although forests will be used commercially, it is a dynamic process that should maintain them far into the future.

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.

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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Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity

Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity
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Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 9789251346600
ISBN-13 : 9251346607
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity by : Gräfe, S., Köhl, M., Eckelmann, C.M., Bremner, Q., Oatham, M., Pacheco, R., Playfair, M., Shono, K.

To facilitate sustainable management of logged forests in the Caribbean, forest authorities of Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the University of Hamburg as a scientific partner, implemented the regional project “Ensuring Long-Term Productivity of Lowland Tropical Forests in the Caribbean” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The main objective of the project was to support the sustainable management of logged forests to maintain productivity and prevent further degradation. For this purpose, extensive field studies were conducted in the project countries, which resulted in silvicultural recommendations presented in this publication. The project findings revealed that the application of general sustainable forest management protocols for tropical production forests that set limits on harvesting does not necessarily ensure sustained productivity if the composition and management of the residual stand are not considered. The ratio of the number of harvested trees to the remaining future crop trees can provide a simple indicator of the sustainability of harvest. If the current harvest exceeds the number of future crop trees, the harvest is not sustainable. As a rule of thumb, at least one, preferably two future crop trees per harvested tree should be retained for future use. Protection of future crop trees can be a simple and practical approach to prevent high grading and degradation of the forest growing stock. The importance of reduced impact logging to reduce unnecessary damage to the future crop trees and for sustainable forest management, in general, is stressed.

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.