Saving The Tropical Forests

Author : Judith Gradwohl,Russell Greenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134064984

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Saving the Tropical Forests by Judith Gradwohl,Russell Greenberg Pdf

The destruction of the tropical forest is one of the major problems of our time. Vast areas are rapidly becoming wastelands which support only a few tough weeds, perhaps some cattle, and the farms allowed to the poor. This book provides a vision of hope: in Latin America. Africa. And South East Asia, growing numbers of people are developing techniques specifically designed to promote the wise use and preservation of remaining forest lands. However, these grassroots strategies are often ignored in favour of grandiose schemes which inevitably fail. This pattern must be broken now or the tropical forests will be lost forever. Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Preface by Michael Robinson, Director, National Zoological Park. Smithsonian Institution Originally published in 1988

Author : Kenton Miller,Laura Tangley
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991-04-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0807085057

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Trees of Life by Kenton Miller,Laura Tangley Pdf

Staggering statistics and dramatic headlines about the destruction of rain forests, the world's richest ecosystems, are only a small part of the devastating story of global deforestation. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of this complex scientific and political catastrophe-in-the-making and examines the costs and the consequences, in human, economic, and ecological terms. Also, a survey of both contemporary and historical assaults on the world's forests, along with their impact on the dependency of native peoples and cultures, is chronicled. Specifically, within developing nations, the relationships among poverty, population growth, and short-sighted government policies are calculated to be fundamental elements in the acceleration of tropical deforestation. With a special section on North America's old-growth forests, a glossary of special terms, an account of both the importance and relevance of arboreal genetic diversity, an extended list of suggested readings, and appendices listing international and federal organizations which offer educational materials for both individual and classroom use, this book offers important practical resources, and makes clear the social, economic, and biological costs of continued global deforestation. (JJK)

Author : Frances Seymour,Jonah Busch
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781933286860

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Why Forests? Why Now? by Frances Seymour,Jonah Busch Pdf

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 : Kim Henderson,The Green Patriot Working Group
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781893910966

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50 Simple Steps to Save the World's Rainforests by Kim Henderson,The Green Patriot Working Group Pdf

Despite the very best conservation and environmental policy-making efforts, at least 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest disappear each day. If action is not taken now, experts estimate that the world’s rainforests will mostly disappear within 50 years. Currently, the destruction of tropical forests is responsible for 17 percent of man-made carbon emissions-more than what comes from all the world’s cars, airplanes and ships combined! Tropical rainforests need our help-and that’s where 50 Simple Steps to Save the World’s Rainforests comes in. The future of the world’s rainforests lies to a large extent in the collective hands of consumers and how they shop, since demand is what fuels the forces driving deforestation-agriculture, logging, and resource extraction. Through the 50-step journey, you will learn how, as a consumer, you may unwittingly support rainforest destruction and more importantly, precisely how you can make different choices that help save rainforests. For example, you will learn how your paper use and purchases of rayon clothing affect Indonesian rainforests where Sumatran tigers are critically endangered or how simply eating Brazil nuts helps save the Amazon rainforest. You will discover how the cultivation of palm oil, a common ingredient in confections, baked goods, soaps and biofuels, is fueling rampant deforestation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and how you can avoid it. 50 Simple Steps to Save the Rainforests is the ultimate primer for anyone wanting to take action to help save this ecosystem, which is so critical to the future of mankind.

Author : Friends of the Earth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D005048020

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The Rainforest Harvest by Friends of the Earth Pdf

Author : Judith Gradwohl,Russell Greenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134065059

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Saving the Tropical Forests by Judith Gradwohl,Russell Greenberg Pdf

The destruction of the tropical forest is one of the major problems of our time. Vast areas are rapidly becoming wastelands which support only a few tough weeds, perhaps some cattle, and the farms allowed to the poor. This book provides a vision of hope: in Latin America. Africa. And South East Asia, growing numbers of people are developing techniques specifically designed to promote the wise use and preservation of remaining forest lands. However, these grassroots strategies are often ignored in favour of grandiose schemes which inevitably fail. This pattern must be broken now or the tropical forests will be lost forever. Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Preface by Michael Robinson, Director, National Zoological Park. Smithsonian Institution Originally published in 1988

Author : Tony Juniper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781642830729

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Rainforest by Tony Juniper Pdf

Rainforests have long been recognized as hotspots of biodiversity--but they are crucial for our planet in other surprising ways. Not only do these fascinating ecosystems thrive in rainy regions, they create rain themselves, and this moisture is spread around the globe. Rainforests across the world have a powerful and concrete impact, reaching as far as America's Great Plains and central Europe. In Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines, a prominent conservationist provides a comprehensive view of the crucial roles rainforests serve, the state of the world's rainforests today, and the inspirational efforts underway to save them. In Rainforest, Tony Juniper draws upon decades of work in rainforest conservation. He brings readers along on his journeys, from the thriving forests of Costa Rica to Indonesia, where palm oil plantations have supplanted much of the former rainforest. Despite many ominous trends, Juniper sees hope for rainforests and those who rely upon them, thanks to developments like new international agreements, corporate deforestation policies, and movements from local and Indigenous communities. As climate change intensifies, we have already begun to see the effects of rainforest destruction on the planet at large. Rainforest provides a detailed and wide-ranging look at the health and future of these vital ecosystems. Throughout this evocative book, Juniper argues that in saving rainforests, we save ourselves, too.

Author : Dominick A. DellaSala
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597266765

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Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World by Dominick A. DellaSala Pdf

Temperate rainforests are biogeographically unique. Compared to their tropical counterparts, temperate rainforests are rarer and are found disproportionately along coastlines. Because most temperate rainforests are marked by the intersection of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems, these rich ecotones are among the most productive regions on Earth. Globally, temperate rainforests store vast amounts of carbon, provide habitat for scores of rare and endemic species with ancient affinities, and sustain complex food-web dynamics. In spite of their global significance, however, protection levels for these ecosystems are far too low to sustain temperate rainforests under a rapidly changing global climate and ever expanding human footprint. Therefore, a global synthesis is needed to provide the latest ecological science and call attention to the conservation needs of temperate and boreal rainforests. A concerted effort to internationalize the plight of the world’s temperate and boreal rainforests is underway around the globe; this book offers an essential (and heretofore missing) tool for that effort. DellaSala and his contributors tell a compelling story of the importance of temperate and boreal rainforests that includes some surprises (e.g., South Africa, Iran, Turkey, Japan, Russia). This volume provides a comprehensive reference from which to build a collective vision of their future.

Author : Sally Morgan
Publisher : Sea to Sea Publications
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1597710652

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Saving the Rainforest by Sally Morgan Pdf

Describes rainforests, the life they support, and efforts to protect them.

Author : Stephen D. Elliott,David Blakesley,Kate Hardwick
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : 1842464426

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Restoring Tropical Forests by Stephen D. Elliott,David Blakesley,Kate Hardwick Pdf

Restoring Tropical Forests is a user-friendly guide to restoring forests throughout the tropics. Based on the concepts, knowledge and innovative techniques developed at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit, this book will enable improvements in existing forest restoration projects and provide a key resource for new ones. The book presents three aspects of the restoration of tropical forest ecosystems: the concepts of tropical forest dynamics and regeneration that are relevant to tropical forest restoration, proven restoration techniques and case studies of their successful application, and research methods to refine such techniques and adapt them to local ecological and socio-economic conditions.

Author : Tony Juniper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781642830729

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Rainforest by Tony Juniper Pdf

Rainforests have long been recognized as hotspots of biodiversity--but they are crucial for our planet in other surprising ways. Not only do these fascinating ecosystems thrive in rainy regions, they create rain themselves, and this moisture is spread around the globe. Rainforests across the world have a powerful and concrete impact, reaching as far as America's Great Plains and central Europe. In Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines, a prominent conservationist provides a comprehensive view of the crucial roles rainforests serve, the state of the world's rainforests today, and the inspirational efforts underway to save them. In Rainforest, Tony Juniper draws upon decades of work in rainforest conservation. He brings readers along on his journeys, from the thriving forests of Costa Rica to Indonesia, where palm oil plantations have supplanted much of the former rainforest. Despite many ominous trends, Juniper sees hope for rainforests and those who rely upon them, thanks to developments like new international agreements, corporate deforestation policies, and movements from local and Indigenous communities. As climate change intensifies, we have already begun to see the effects of rainforest destruction on the planet at large. Rainforest provides a detailed and wide-ranging look at the health and future of these vital ecosystems. Throughout this evocative book, Juniper argues that in saving rainforests, we save ourselves, too.

Author : WWF.,World Wide Fund for Nature
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D00504313F

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Tropical Forest Conservation by WWF.,World Wide Fund for Nature Pdf

WWF conservation priorities and activities. Background on Tropical Forests. The importance of tropical forests. The value of non-wood products. The cost of deforestation. Existing areas and rates of degradation. Threats to tropical forests. WWF's position. Protected areas. Sustainable forest management. Indigenous peoples and local communities. Initiatives to save tropical forests...

Author : John F. Oates
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520222520

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Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest by John F. Oates Pdf

"This book offers a timely, clear-headed, and uniquely important contribution to conservation, one that should be read by all bureaucrats, scientists, and others involved with development projects that supposedly benefit wildlife and wilderness."--George B. Schaller, author of Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe

Author : William F. Laurance,Carlos A. Peres
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226470221

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Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests by William F. Laurance,Carlos A. Peres Pdf

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Author : John Schelhas,Max J. Pfeffer
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780759113572

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Saving Forests, Protecting People? by John Schelhas,Max J. Pfeffer Pdf

Tropical forest conservation is attracting widespread public interest and helping to shape the ways in which environmental scientists and other groups approach global environmental issues. Schelhas and Pfeffer show that globally-driven forest conservation efforts have had different results in different places, ranging from violent protest to the discovery of common ground among conservation programs and the various interests of local peoples. The authors examine the connections between local values, material needs, and environmental management regimes. Saving Forests, Protecting People? explores that difficult terrain where culture, the environment, and social policies meet.