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Author : Frank Howard Wadsworth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Forest Production for Tropical America written by Frank Howard Wadsworth and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Connecticut. Training school, Southbury
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Annual Report - Institute of Tropical Forestry written by Connecticut. Training school, Southbury and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ariel E. Lugo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461224985
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology written by Ariel E. Lugo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forestry professors used to remind students that, whereas physicians bury their mistakes, foresters die before theirs are noticed. But good institutions live longer than the scientists who contribute to building them, and the half-century of work of the USDA Forest Service's Institute of Tropical Forestry (ITF) is in plain view: an unprecedented corpus of accomplishments that would instill pride in any organization. There is scarcely anyone interested in current issues of tropical forestry who would not benefit from a refresher course in ITF's findings: its early collaboration with farmers to establish plantations, its successes in what we now call social forestry, its continuous improvement of nursery practices, its screening trials of native species, its development of wood-processing technologies appropriate for developing countries, its thorough analysis of tropical forest function, and its holistic approach toward conservation of endangered species. Fortunately, ITF has a long history of information exchange through teaching; like many others, I got my own start in tropical forest ecology fromjust such a course in Puerto Rico. And long before politicians recognized the global importance of tropical forestry, the ITF staff served actively as ambassadors of the discipline, visiting tropical coun tries everywhere to learn and, when invited to do so, to help solve local problems. It is a general principle of biogeography that species' turnover rates on islands are higher than those on continents. Inevitably, the same is true of scientists assigned to work on islands.
Author : Ariel E. Lugo
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Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Institute of Tropical Forestry written by Ariel E. Lugo and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ariel E. Lugo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forests written by Ariel E. Lugo and published by Springer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its seventeen chapters were prepared by leading tropical ecologists and are divided into four sections: The Problem and Background; Long-term Ecological Research in Puerto Rico; Research Areas that Require Increased Focus in the Tropics; and Direction for Future Research in Tropical Forests. Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology will be a lasting resource for ecologists, tropical biologists, foresters, natural resource specialists, and policymakers with an interest in the tropics.
Author : Gisel Reyes
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Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Publications of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, 1939-1997 written by Gisel Reyes and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Louise Mastrantonio
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Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book A Student Guide to Tropical Forest Conservation written by J. Louise Mastrantonio and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Forest Service
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (637 download)
Download or read book Forest Service research paper written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jaboury Ghazoul
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198897065
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation written by Jaboury Ghazoul and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial proportion of the world's population and are the source of many internationally traded commodities. They remain (despite decades of conservation attention) increasingly vulnerable to degradation and clearance, with profound though often uncertain future costs to global society. Understanding the ecology of these diverse biomes, and peoples' dependencies on them, is fundamental to their future management and conservation. Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation introduces and explores what rain forests are, how they arose, what they contain, how they function, and how humans use and impact them. The book starts by introducing the variety of rain forest plants, fungi, microorganisms, and animals, emphasising the spectacular diversity that is the motivation for their conservation. The central chapters describe the origins of rain forest communities, the variety of rain forest formations, and their ecology and dynamics. The challenge of explaining the species richness of rain forest communities lies at the heart of ecological theory, and forms a common theme throughout. The book's final section considers historical and current interactions of humans and rain forests. It explores biodiversity conservation as well as livelihood security for the many communities that are dependent on rain forests - inextricable issues that represent urgent priorities for scientists, conservationists, and policy makers.
Author : Jürgen Blase
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ISBN 13 : 9781786762498
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Achieving Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests written by Jürgen Blase and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although global rates of deforestation have started to decrease, they remain alarmingly high in many tropical countries. In light of this challenge, the growing importance of sustainable forest management (SFM) has been highlighted as a means for improving sustainability across the sector. Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests summarises and reviews the rich body of research on tropical forests and how this research can be utilised to make sustainable management of tropical forests a standard implementable strategy for the future. The book features expert discussions on the economic, political and environmental contexts needed for SFM to operate successfully, including coverage of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With its distinguished editors and international array of expert authors, Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests will be a standard reference for researchers in tropical forest science, international and national organisations responsible for protection and responsible stewardship of tropical forests, as well as the commercial sector harvesting and using tropical forest products.
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Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Management of the Forests of Tropical America written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J. Balick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231101707
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest written by Michael J. Balick and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rain forests and the potential impact of their destruction in terms of human health.
Author : Lawrence S. Hamilton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461225000
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Tropical Montane Cloud Forests written by Lawrence S. Hamilton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until relatively recently the valuable tropical montane cloud forests (hereaf ter usually referred to as TMCFs) of the world had scarcely come under the assaults experienced by the downslope montane and lowland forests. TMCFs are not hospitable environments for human occupation, and their remoteness (except in places near Andean high mountain settlements and in the Ethiopian Highlands) and difficult terrain have given them de facto protection. The ad jacent upper montane rain forests have indeed been under assault for timber, fuelwood, and for conversion to grazing and agriculture for many decades, even centuries in the Andes, but true cloud forest has only come under ex ploitation as these lower elevational resources have disappeared. They have also been "nibbled" at from above where there have been alpine grasslands under grazing pressure. Increasingly now, however, these cloud forest eco systems are being fragmented, reduced, and disturbed at an alarming rate. It is now becoming recognized that steps must be taken rapidly to increase our understanding of TMCF and to achieve their conservation, because: their water-capture function is extremely important to society; • their species endemism is high; they serve as refugia for endangered species being marginalized in these environments by increasingly transformed lower elevation ecosystems; they are relatively little studied; yet, their value to science is extremely high; they have low resilience to disturbance; vii viii Preface and many other reasons, which will be discussed subsequently in this publi cation.
Author : International Institute of Tropical Forestry (Río Piedras, San Juan, P.R.)
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Annual Letter written by International Institute of Tropical Forestry (Río Piedras, San Juan, P.R.) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 1933286865
Total Pages : 438 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 438 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 : Frank Howard Wadsworth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Tropical Forestry written by Frank Howard Wadsworth and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold K. Steen
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ISBN 13 : 9780295983738
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)
Download or read book The U.S. Forest Service written by Harold K. Steen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Forest Service celebrates its centennial in 2005. With a new preface by the author, this edition of Harold K. Steen’s classic history (originally published in 1976) provides a broad perspective on the Service’s administrative and policy controversies and successes. Steen updates the book with discussions of a number of recent concerns, among them the spotted owl issue; wilderness and roadless areas; new research on habitat, biodiversity, and fire prevention; below-cost timber sales; and workplace diversity in a male-oriented field.
