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Author : P.M. Susswein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Forest Watershed Functions and Tropical Land Use Change written by P.M. Susswein and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Bonell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139443845
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
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.
Author : Ian A. Coxhead
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 9781845930141
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds written by Ian A. Coxhead and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from data collected between 1992 and 2004 in the Manupali watershed in southern Philippines. Through this detailed case study, the book documents forces leading to land use changes, in particular the potential impacts of institutional evolution and policy reforms, and highlights interrelationships among biological, economic, and social phenomena. This book will be of interest to those studying natural resource economics, soil and water conservation, land use, and agricultural development. The book has 12 chapters and a subject index.
Author : Kenneth M. Chomitz
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Domestic Benefits of jjTropical Forests A Critical Review Emphasizing Hydrological Functions written by Kenneth M. Chomitz and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Role of Tropical Forests in Supporting Biodiversity and Hydrological Integrity written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Conservation of high-biodiversity tropical forests is sometimes justified on the basis of assumed hydrological benefits - in particular, the reduction of flooding hazards for downstream floodplain populations. However, the "far-field" link between deforestation and distant flooding has been difficult to demonstrate empirically. This simulation study assesses the relationship between forest cover and hydrology for all river basins intersecting the world's tropical forest biomes. The study develops a consistent set of pan-tropical land cover maps gridded at one-half degree latitude and longitude. It integrates these data with existing global biogeophysical data ..."-- Cover verso.
Author : Michael J. Furniss
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437939848
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Water, Climate Change, and Forests written by Michael J. Furniss and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Water from forested watersheds provides irreplaceable habitat for aquatic and riparian species and supports our homes, farms, industries, and energy production. Yet population pressures, land uses, and rapid climate change combine to seriously threaten these waters and the resilience of watersheds in most places. Forest land managers are expected to anticipate and respond to these threats and steward forested watersheds to ensure the sustained protection and provision of water and the services it provides. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Background: Forests and Water; Climate Change: Hydrologic Responses and Ecosystem Services; (3) Moving Forward: Think; Collaborate; Act; (4) Closing; (5) Examples of Watershed Stewardship. Illus.
Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 1933286865
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Why Forests? Why Now? written by Frances Seymour and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Devendra Amatya
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780646607
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Forest Hydrology written by Devendra Amatya and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests cover approximately 26% of the world's land surface area and represent a distinct biotic community. They interact with water and soil in a variety of ways, providing canopy surfaces which trap precipitation and allow evaporation back into the atmosphere, thus regulating how much water reaches the forest floor as through fall, as well as pull water from the soil for transpiration. The discipline "forest hydrology" has been developed throughout the 20th century. During that time human intervention in natural landscapes has increased, and land use and management practices have intensified. The book will be useful for graduate students, professionals, land managers, practitioners, and researchers with a good understanding of the basic principles of hydrology and hydrologic processes.
Author : United States. Forest Service
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Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Watershed Management Policy for National Forest Lands written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andreas Schulte
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662036495
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems written by Andreas Schulte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria.
Author : Aline Chiabai
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317961501
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America written by Aline Chiabai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. This loss is accelerating driven by climate change, as well as by other causes including agricultural exploitation, fragmentation and degradation triggered by land use changes. The crucial issue under debate is the impact on the welfare of current and future population, and the role of humans in the exploitation of natural resources. This is of particular importance in Central America, which it is amongst the richest and most threatened biodiversity regions on the Earth, and where the loss of ecosystems strongly affects its socio-economic vulnerability. This book addresses the impacts of climate and land-use change on tropical forest ecosystems in this important region, and assesses the expected economic costs if no policy action is taken, under different future scenarios and for different geographical scales. This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate and land-use change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystems and benefits to humans. This important contribution to forest ecosystems and climate change provides invaluable reading for students and scholars in the fields of environmental and ecological economics, environmental science and forestry, natural resource management, agriculture and climate change.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251348510
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)
Download or read book A guide to forest–water management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive. Forests and trees are integral to the global water cycle and therefore vital for water security – they regulate water quantity, quality, and timing and provide protective functions against (for example) soil and coastal erosion, flooding, and avalanches. Forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our freshwater, delivering water to over half the world’s population. The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water ecosystem services. Intact native forests and well-managed planted forests can be a relatively cheap approach to water management while generating multiple co-benefits. Water security is a significant global challenge, but this paper argues that water-centered forests can provide nature-based solutions to ensuring global water resilience.
Author : Miles Jonathan Furnas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Catchments and Corals written by Miles Jonathan Furnas and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides the first comprehensive description of the state of the Great Barrier Reef catchment, modern levels of runoff to the reef and the influence of runoff on coastal reef ecosystems.
Author : Lawrence S Hamilton
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forested Watersheds written by Lawrence S Hamilton and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1983-06-16 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Nelson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1027170447
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (271 download)
Download or read book The Forest-hydrology-poverty Nexus in Central America written by Andrew Nelson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "A "forest-hydrology-poverty nexus" hypothesis asserts that deforestation in poor upland areas simultaneously threatens biodiversity and increases the incidence of flooding, sedimentation, and other damaging hydrological processes. Nelson and Chomitz use rough heuristics to assess the applicability of this hypothesis to Central America. They do so by using a simple rule of thumb to identify watersheds at greater risk of hydrologically significant land use change: these are watersheds where there is a relatively large interface between agriculture and forest, and where this interface is on a steep slope. The authors compare the location of these watersheds with spatial maps of poverty and forests (for Guatemala and Honduras) and with maps of population and forests (for Central America at large). The analysis is performed for watersheds defined at different scales. The authors find plausible evidence for a forest-biodiversity-poverty connection in Guatemala, and to a lesser extent in Honduras. In the rest of Central America, there are relatively few areas where forest meets agriculture on steep slopes--either the forest or the slopes are lacking. And the ratio of these forest/agriculture/hillside interfaces to watershed area declines markedly as larger-scale watersheds are considered. This directs attention to relatively small watersheds for further investigation of the "nexus." This paper--a product of the Infrastructure and Environment Team, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the economics of conservation"--World Bank web site.
Author : Kayon Barrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Influence of Tropical Forests and Climate Change on the Fates of Select Organic Pollutants in a Jamaican Watershed written by Kayon Barrett and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Many organic compounds, although beneficial, are associated with negative health and ecological impacts. It is therefore imperative to understand the environmental fates of these contaminants. Whereas the fates and health impacts of many persistent organic pollutants have been extensively examined, there is limited research characterizing the fates of these and the less persistent organic compounds in tropical multi-use watersheds. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the roles of forests and climate change on the environmental fates and health impacts of select organic chemicals in the Rio Cobre watershed, a tropical river basin in Jamaica. A total of 16 organic compounds were selected for this assessment, including some polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), dioxins, furans and current-use pesticides. In the first portion of the assessment, field measurements of the concentrations of select PBDEs (PBDE-28, -47, -99, -100, -153, -154, -183 and -209) in the deposition, soil, litterfall and atmosphere of a forest and nearby clearing in the aforementioned watershed were evaluated. The mean air and litterfall concentrations of the PBDEs were lower in the forest than in the clearing, whereas the deposition flux rate and soil concentrations were higher in the forest. It was therefore concluded that the tropical forest filtered the PBDEs by transferring them from the atmosphere to the soil. In the next segment of the assessment, a multimedia environmental model of contaminant fate and transport, reflective of a region with three vegetative covers urban, agricultural/grassland and forests was developed to assist with the evaluations. This model, RioShed, was used to compute and compare fate metrics, including persistence and long range transport potential, for the aforementioned 16 organic compounds given varying forest parameters and climatic conditions. The atmospheric long range transport potentials and overall persistence of the organics were generally lower in the forested tropical watershed than in the un-forested tropical watershed, especially when the forests were fully evergreen. In this tropical watershed, the fate metrics were particularly responsive to precipitation rates. The atmospheric long range transport potentials and overall persistence of the evaluated organics increased and decreased, respectively, under the climate change condition of decreased precipitation rates. However, the effects of precipitation on the atmospheric long range transport potentials and overall persistence were more varied for the current-use pesticides. It was therefore concluded that the fates of the evaluated chemicals differed in forested versus un-forested tropical watersheds and that such differences were influenced by forest parameters, climate drivers and the chemical properties of the organics. The results and methods described in this dissertation are applicable in environmental multi-media model development and can be used to inform land management practices, as well as assist in decision-making for environmental sustainability in tropical developing countries.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309121086
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation's clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that precipitation becomes streamflow; therefore, in some areas, cutting trees causes a temporary increase in the volume of water flowing downstream. This effect has spurred political pressure to cut trees to increase water supply, especially in western states where population is rising. However, cutting trees for water gains is not sustainable: increases in flow rate and volume are typically short-lived, and the practice can ultimately degrade water quality and increase vulnerability to flooding. Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today's complexities, including climate change, wildfires, and changing patterns of development and ownership. This book identifies actions that scientists, forest and water managers, and citizens can take to help sustain water resources from forests.
