Conservation and management of tropical rainforests: an integrated approach to sustainability

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Titel: Conservation and management of tropical rainforests : an integrated approach to sustainability

Beteiligte: Brünig, Eberhard F. [VerfasserIn]

Erschienen: Wallingford, Oxfordshire; Boston, MA: CABI, [2017]

Ausgabe: 2nd edition

Umfang: XVI, 401 Seiten; Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN: 9781780641409

RVK-Notation: WI 5200 : Tropen, Tropischer Regenwald
AR 13440 : Biotopschutz, Biotopkartierung
RY 96915 : Naturschutz, Landschaftspflege, Landschaftsgestaltung, Umweltschutz
RY 96844 : Lebensräume, Mensch-Umwelt

Schlagwörter: Tropischer Regenwald

Entstehung:

Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index

Beschreibung: This book describes the principles of integrated conservation and management that lead to sustainability, identifying the phenomena that regulate rainforest processes. Fully revised and updated, it includes biofuels and carbon credits with respect to tropical forests and their inhabitants, features of the forest and socio-cultural ecosystems.

Intro -- Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests, 2nd Edition: An Integrated Approach to Sustainability -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols -- 1: Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, Land Cover, Habitat, Resource -- 1.1 Tropical Rainforest: Myths, Delusionsand Reality -- 1.2 Rainforest Macro- and Mesoclimate -- 1.3 Rainforest Soils, Soil Types and Vegetation Types, Mosaics and Catenas -- 1.4 Large- and Medium-scale Dynamic Changes of MDF at Large and Medium Spatial Scales -- 1.5 Rooting Sphere -- 1.6 Tree Crowns and Canopy: Physiognomy/Structure and Functions -- 1.7 Hydrology, Nutrients and Pollutants -- 1.8 Tree Species Richness and Diversity -- 1.9 Floristic Changes and Distribution Patterns -- 1.10 Pristine and Manipulated Forest, and Animal Life -- 1.11 Small-scale Dynamics, Regeneration, Sub-Formations and Early Growth -- 1.12 Forest Biomass, Stocks and Accretion -- 1.13 Forest Growth, Productivity and Production, Above-Ground and Soil Organic Matter (SOM) -- 1.14 The Worrying Global to Local Significance of Uncertainties, Risks and Constant Changes -- 1.15 Forest Diversity and Functions -- 1.16 Some Afterthoughts: How Much Science, How Much Ecological Insight Do We Still Need to Act, and Why is There so Much Talk and Little Action? -- Notes -- 2: Rainforest Use: Necessity, Wisdom, Greed, Folly -- 2.1 Original Inhabitants and Secondary Refugees: Forest-dwellers and the Rainforest -- 2.2 Shifting Cultivators, Cultural Transition, Agroforestry and Non-wood Forest Products -- 2.3 Native Customary Rights and Forestry -- 2.4 The Nightmares of Customary Logging, Illegal Landuse and Timber Mining -- 2.5 Customary and Conventional Selective Logging and the Community -- 2.6 Timber Production, Trade and Demands -- 2.7 Rainforest Abuse or Use: Exploitationor Integrated Harvesting?.

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