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Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Proceedings, Regional Workshop on Impact of Man's Activities on Tropical Upland Forest Ecosystems written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathy MacKinnon
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462905056
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Ecology of Kalimantan written by Kathy MacKinnon and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ecology of Kalimantan is a comprehensive ecological survey of one of Indonesia's largest and most diverse islands. This book presents a complete summary of our current scientific knowledge about Borneo including the rainforest and riverine habitats that are endangered by logging and industrial development, along with a discussion of land use patterns and current problems. Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the huge island of Borneo. Kalimantan has played a key role in Indonesia’s economic development and is a major earner of foreign revenue due to the island's rich natural resources: forests, oil, gas, coal, and other minerals. In this book the authors argue that Kalimantan can be developed, but within tight ecological constraints and with great care. This book remains a standard reference for scientists, anthropologists, writers, and anyone interested in the region.
Author : Peter R. Burbridge
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251027547
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Environmental Guidelines for Resettlement Projects in the Humid Tropics written by Peter R. Burbridge and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the first result of an ongoing effort to provide practical advice and guidance to the specialists who formulate resettlement and other development projects, and to the environmental specialist who review these projects. In the first part an overview of the impact of resettlement in the humid Tropics is given. In the second part principles and checklists for the formulation and assessment of resettlement are presented
Author : Mark J. McDonnell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461209056
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Humans as Components of Ecosystems written by Mark J. McDonnell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting the importance to ecological studies of incorporating humans and their effects on ecosystems, leading experts from a variety of disciplines address a number of important issues, including: * the prominent role of humans in the function of ecosystems on Earth * why humans have been ignored in ecological studies * approaches taken by social scientists, historians, geographers, economists, and anthropologists in the study of human activities * the emergence of a new ecological paradigm accommodating human activities * methods for studying subtle human effects, and human- populated ecosystems * future research and training required to include humans effectively as components of ecological systems. Of interest to students and researchers in ecology, and to policy-makers and environmental managers. In addition, it makes social scientists aware of new opportunties for integrating their ideas with those of ecologists.
Author : Malcolm F. Cairns
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750195
Total Pages : 1057 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change written by Malcolm F. Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030915441
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo written by Ian Douglas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ian Douglas explores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.
Author : Rona Dennis
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 9798764307
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (987 download)
Download or read book A Review of Fire Projects in Indonesia, 1982-1998 written by Rona Dennis and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire in the wet tropical climate of Indonesia is not a new phenomenon. The ‘Great Fire of Borneo’ in 1982-83 was one of the worst fire events in recent decades. Small holders clearing land for cultivation were primarily blamed for starting fires that rapidly spread out of control. Subsequent fires linked to El Nino-Southern Oscilation occurred in 1987, 1991 1994 and most recently in 1997-98. The impact of the latest fire event is immense; estimates of the area burnt in 1997 vary between two and five million hectares (forest and non-forest), the number of people affected by smoke haze and fire at 75 million and the total economic costs in the region at as much as US$4.5 billion. The 1982-83 fires brought the issue to world attention. After 1992 three long-term projects were initiated with the objectives of management and monitoring of fires. These were the EU-Forest Fire Prevention and Control Project in Southern Sumatra (1995-1998), GTZ’s Integrated Forest Fire Management Project in East Kalimantan (1994-2000), and JICA’s Forest Fire Prevention and Management Project in Bogor, Jambi and West Kalimantan (1996-2001). In addition, the Indonesia-UK Tropical Forest Management Programme started in 1992 and comprised a number of components related to fires as part of its overall improved forest management objective. After the 1997 fires numerous short- and long-term fire projects were proposed and started. Others, such as the first phase of the WWF project and the ADB’s regional (RETA) and national (ADTA) projects, within a short time frame try to cover many aspects of fire problem such as socio-economic assessments, fire-fighting, area estimates, economic and policy assessments and ecological assessments. Representing a longer-term approach, CIFOR-ICRAF-UNESCO propose an in-depth study of the underlying causes and effects of fires. In addition to the international response Indonesia has several government agencies charged with the task of preventing, monitoring and controlling land and forest fires. Following the forest and land fires of 1994, the National Coordination Team for Land and Forest Fire Control was established in 1995. Interest in fire is only short-lived after a major fire event. Before the 1994 fires little attention was paid to the fire problem and missions mainly focussed on control and prevention of fires. Most of the new generation of fire projects established in 1997-98 address both issues.
Author : Eveline Ferretti
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501719130
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Cutting Across the Lands written by Eveline Ferretti and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated bibliography focused on Borneo and the Southern Philippines. With over 1,000 citations, this reference work identifies patterns of forestland transformation common to the areas under consideration. A subject index is included.
Author : Promila Kapoor-Vijay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forest Ecology and Management in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Promila Kapoor-Vijay and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Zerner
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231506694
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book People, Plants, and Justice written by Charles Zerner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-18 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of market triumphalism, this book probes the social and environmental consequences of market-linked nature conservation schemes. Rather than supporting a new anti-market orthodoxy, Charles Zerner and colleagues assert that there is no universal entity, "the market." Analysis and remedies must be based on broader considerations of history, culture, and geography in order to establish meaningful and lasting changes in policy and practice. Original case studies from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the South Pacific focus on topics as diverse as ecotourism, bioprospecting, oil extraction, cyanide fishing, timber extraction, and property rights. The cases position concerns about biodiversity conservation and resource management within social justice and legal perspectives, providing new insights for students, scholars, policy professionals and donor/foundations engaged in international conservation and social justice.
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Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Journal of Tropical Forest Science written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edi Guhardja
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431679111
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan written by Edi Guhardja and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation. Located on the island of Borneo, East Kalimantan also was subjected to prolonged droughts and extensive wildfires in 1982-83 and 1997-98 that were linked to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The changes in the rainforest ecosystem in East Kalimantan during this 15-year cycle of severe ENSO events are the subject of this book. With an eye toward development of rehabilitation techniques for sustainable forest management, the authors examine possible interactive effects of drought, fire, and human impacts on the flora and fauna of the area.
Author : Jean Albrecht
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forest Conservation and Development written by Jean Albrecht and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1278 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Agrindex written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : World Agroforestry Centre
ISBN 13 : 9290590688
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Agroforestry Development in Kenya written by and published by World Agroforestry Centre. This book was released on 1989 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General approaches to agroforestry development. Reviews of agroforestry R&D in Kenya. Agroforestry extension activities. Institutional issues in agroforestry development. Socioeconomic aspects of agroforestry development. Education and training for agroforestry development. Integrated agroforestry research. Agroforestry components research and development. Agroforestry systems modelling, databases, and seed supply.
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Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Forestry Researchers written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anil Agarwal
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Report on Natural Resources for Food and Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Anil Agarwal and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
