Forests Water And People In The Humid Tropics
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| Author | : M. Bonell |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 970 |
| Release | : 2009-12-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9781139443845 |
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.
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| Total Pages | : 483 |
| Release | : 2009 |
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| ISBN | : 9780521143363 |
| Author | : Michael Bonell |
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| Total Pages | : 925 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Forest hydrology |
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| Author | : Ian Douglas |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2022-01-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 3030915441 |
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 | : UNESCO. Division of Water Sciences. International Hydrological Programme (Paris). |
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| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 1991 |
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| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 721 |
| Release | : 1993-02-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0309047498 |
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.
| Author | : L. A. Bruijnzeel |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 768 |
| Release | : 2011-01-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780521760355 |
This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 72 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including cloud forest distribution, climate, soils, biodiversity, hydrological processes, hydrochemistry and water quality, climate change impacts, and cloud forest conservation, management, and restoration. The final chapter presents a major synthesis by some of the world's leading cloud forest researchers, which summarizes our current knowledge and considers the sustainability of these forests in an ever-changing world. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning cloud forest occurrence and status, as well as the biological and hydrological value of these unique forests. The presentation is academic but with a firm practical emphasis. It will serve as a core reference for academic researchers and students of environmental science and ecology, as well as practitioners (natural resources management, forest conservation) and decision makers at local, national, and international levels.
| Author | : Nigel Stork |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 672 |
| Release | : 2008-05-05 |
| Genre | : Science |
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This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what has been learned about the "Wet Tropics" rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This is the first book to provide such a holistic view of any tropic forest environment. Stork, Uni of Melbourne, Australia and Turton, James Cook Uni, Aust.
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| Total Pages | : 618 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Ecology |
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| Author | : César Sabogal |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
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This paper reports on three regional assessments carried out to identify and draw lessons from on-the-ground initiatives in multiple-use forest management in the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. In all three regions, information was collected through interviews with country-based forestry experts, forest managers and technicians. A complementary, web-based questionnaire further examines the reasons for the successes and failures of multiple-use forests management initiatives.
