Download or read book Environmental Impacts of Logging Moist Tropical Forests written by Leendert Adriaan Bruijnzeel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Impacts Og Logging Moist Tropical Forests written by L. A. Bruijnzeel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Environmental Impacts of Converting Moist Tropical Forest sic to Agriculture and Plantations written by Will Critchley and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Impact of Forestry written by Robert C. Zimmermann and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1982 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screening of projects, preliminary assessment of environmental impact and other regulatory options. Detailed assessment of environmental impact. Review of environmental impact reports.
Download or read book Controlling Tropical Deforestation written by Alan Grainger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect. But, despite widespread concern for over twenty years, only limited progress has been made in controlling deforestation and improving forest management in the humid tropics. In this book Alan Grainger offers afresh analysis of the causes of deforestation and presents an integrated strategy for controlling it. His strategy embraces agriculture, forestry and conservation and stresses the need for changes in government policies if land use is to be made more sustainable and the underlying causes of the problem are to be addressed. Controlling Tropical Deforestation is essential reading for policy makers, agronomists, foresters, conservationists and development professionals. To general readers and students on introductory courses at schools and universities it also offers the first concise but comprehensive overview of the causes, scale and consequences of deforestation. Alan Grainger is a lecturer in geography at the University of Leeds. He is author of The Threatening Desert: Controlling Desertification, also published by Earthscan. Originally published in 1992
Download or read book Deforestation and Climate Change written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Loggers and Degradation in the Asia Pacific written by Peter Dauvergne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate loggers have damaged much of the tropical forest throughout the Asia-Pacific over the last four decades. Despite a steady rise in global and local concern, few firms have changed their practices. Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific examines why and how loggers have resisted and ignored calls for environmental reforms. Concentrating on the period after 1990, the book explains what is happening on the ground and highlights the structures within which firms and governments operate. Within this broader context the author considers a range of factors including: the science of tropical forest management, the capacity of states to regulate and enforce rules, the relative power of environmental reformers, and the 1997-9 Asian financial crisis. This is a constructive, insightful approach to a depressing, yet urgent, problem. It will be accessible to academic and student readers as well as those in corporations, government and NGOs.
Download or read book Engineering Within Ecological Constraints written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-03-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering within Ecological Constraints presents a rare dialogue between engineers and environmental scientists as they consider the many technical as well as social and legal challenges of ecologically sensitive engineering. The volume looks at the concepts of scale, resilience, and chaos as they apply to the points where the ecological life support system of nature interacts with the technological life support system created by humankind. Among the questions addressed are: What are the implications of differences between ecological and engineering concepts of efficiency and stability? How can engineering solutions to immediate problems be made compatible with long-term ecological concerns? How can we transfer ecological principles to economic systems? The book also includes important case studies on such topics as water management in southern Florida and California and oil exploration in rain forests. From its conceptual discussions to the practical experience reflected in case studies, this volume will be important to policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, and students in the fields of engineering, environmental science, and environmental policy.
Download or read book The Management of Tropical Moist Forest Lands written by Duncan Poore and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive guide to fundamental ecological principles in tropical moist forest lands. This edition has been revised to encompass our increased knowledge and understandings of the complexities of forest management. It addresses the cross-cutting issues: the effects of government policies, land allocation and infrastructure development in forest lands. An analysis is made regarding various forest uses: forests for wood, forests for agriculture and forests for nature conservation and environmental protection.
Download or read book The Cutting Edge written by Robert A. Fimbel and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading scientists and professionals in tropical forest ecology and management, this book examines in detail the interplay between timber harvesting and wildlife, from invertebrates to large mammal species. Its contributors suggest modifications to existing practices that can ensure a better future for the tropics' valuable--and invaluable--resources.
Download or read book Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change written by Mark B. Bush and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to provide a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests, to investigate past, present, and future climatic influences on the ecosystems with the highest biodiversity on the planet.Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change will be the first book to examine how tropical rain forest ecology is altered by climate change, rather than simply seeing how plant communities were altered. Shifting the emphasis onto ecological processes e.g. how diversity is structured by climate and the subsequent impact on tropical forest ecology, provides the reader with a more comprehensive coverage. A major theme of this book that emerges progressively is the interaction between humans, climate and forest ecology. While numerous books have appeared dealing with forest fragmentation and conservation, none have explicitly explored the long term occupation of tropical systems, the influence of fire and the future climatic effects of deforestation, coupled with anthropogenic emissions. Incorporating modelling of past and future systems paves the way for a discussion of conservation from a climatic perspective, rather than the usual plea to stop logging.
Download or read book The Sustainable Forestry Handbook written by Neil Judd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides a guide to the practicalities of implementing international standards for sustainable forest management. This highly practical handbook is aimed at forest managers"-- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Reduced Impact Logging in Tropical Forests written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAO paper
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainforests are rapidly being cleared in the humid tropics to keep pace with food demands, economic needs, and population growth. Without proper management, these forests and other natural resources will be seriously depleted within the next 50 years. Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics provides critically needed direction for developing strategies that both mitigate land degradation, deforestation, and biological resource losses and help the economic status of tropical countries through promotion of sustainable agricultural practices. The book includes: A practical discussion of 12 major land use options for boosting food production and enhancing local economies while protecting the natural resource base. Recommendations for developing technologies needed for sustainable agriculture. A strategy for changing policies that discourage conserving and managing natural resources and biodiversity. Detailed reports on agriculture and deforestation in seven tropical countries.
Download or read book EFFECTS OF SELECTIVE LOGGING ON CARBON DYNAMICS written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract : Tropical forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, but are threatened by human activities, particularly selective logging, which is projected to increase in extent and intensity due to the demands of a rapidly growing human population. Yet, the impacts of selective harvest on carbon dynamics of residual forests is poorly understood. This dissertation examines the effects of selective harvest involving twice the standard logging intensity in Ghana (6.5 vs. 2 to 3 trees ha−1) on aboveground biomass (AGB) and soil respiration in pre- and post-logging forest stands of a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana. Using standardized protocols, data were collected in one-hectare plots to observe variation in AGB and soil respiration before and after selective harvest. Prior to logging, AGB was 318.6 Mg ha−1. However, one year after the removal of 121.6 m3 ha−1 of timber trees, AGB declined by 16.9%. Variation in AGB both before and after logging was better explained by species dominance and functional diversity than by species richness. In particular, the dominance of certain species influenced carbon storage before and after logging, due, in part, to environmental filtering of species based on plant functional types and/or life form. While C storage in trees was associated with LAI before logging, LAI was most important for liana C storage after logging. There were significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) in seasonal variation of soil respiration before and after logging, and between a 10- and 20-year post-logging stands with soil respiration higher in the wet season. Similarly, there were significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) in seasonal variation among components of soil respiration in the 10- and 20-year post-logging stands. Autotrophic soil respiration was 33% higher in the 20-year post-logging stand while heterotrophic soil respiration remained similar between the two stands. In general, soil moisture was the most important factor influencing soil respiration across the post-logging stands and for components of soil respiration, particularly root and mycorrhizal respiration. This information about patterns and underlying controls on soil respiration from different soil components should aid attempts to accurately model soil respiration over space and time.
Download or read book Tropical Deforestation written by Leslie Elmer Sponsel and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present fresh perspectives on the major global crisis of deforestation from a wide range of fields including biological ecology, forest history, conservation biology, anthropology, political economy, and development economics.
