Shifting Cultivation And Secondary Succession In The Tropics

Author : Albert O. Aweto
Publisher : CABI
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780640433

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Shifting Cultivation and Secondary Succession in the Tropics by Albert O. Aweto Pdf

Shifting cultivation is the predominant system of arable farming in the humid and sub-humid tropics, where several hundred million people depend on this system of agriculture for their livelihood. This book documents and systematizes findings in shifting cultivation from over the last six decades, including characterizing secondary succession and relating the changes that fallow vegetation undergoes to the process of soil fertility restoration. This book is essential reading for researchers and students of tropical agriculture and related areas.

Author : Claudio O. Delang,Wing Man Li
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400758216

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Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields by Claudio O. Delang,Wing Man Li Pdf

The book reviews the literature on the ecological succession of plants on fallowed swiddens in tropical forests. Patterns of ecological succession in tropical forests are insufficiently understood, partly because results are scattered through a large number of case studies reported in academic articles. So far, no publication has attempted to bring these different case studies together to identify common patters and trends. The goal of the book is to review the different case studies, and identify common patterns of ecological succession in fallowed swiddens, as well as to pinpoint the factors that cause ecological succession in some areas to differ from those in other areas. The book is organised in four different sections: forest structure, forest diversity, species composition, and the factors that contribute to differences in forest recovery rates (the number of times the field was burned, the length of fallow period, the type of soil, and the type of forest). This book is an important contribution to tropical forestry and shifting cultivation. Deforestation and forest degradation are the largest sources of CO2, and shifting cultivation is one of the main culprits. For this (and other economic and political) reason governments attempt to curtail shifting cultivation by shortening the years the fields can be left fallow, or outright outlawing the farming practice. Yet, there is insufficient understanding of the processes of ecological succession in fallows, which raises the questions as to whether the policy fulfils its objectives. ​

Author : Malcolm F. Cairns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1057 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317750192

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Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change by Malcolm F. Cairns Pdf

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 : Gianfranco D. De Grandi,Elsa Carla De Grandi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000364781

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Spatial Analysis for Radar Remote Sensing of Tropical Forests by Gianfranco D. De Grandi,Elsa Carla De Grandi Pdf

Uniquely focused on specific techniques that provide multi-resolution spatial and temporal analysis of forest structure characteristics and changes. Examines several large and important international remote sensing projects aimed at documenting entire tropical ecosystems. Provides novel wavelet methods for tropical forest structural measures. Includes Python code for a suite of wavelet based time-series and single set InSAR coherence and backscatter speckle filters, available to download.

Author : Julie Sloan Denslow,Christine Padoch,Curator of the Institute of Economic Botany Christine Padoch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520062957

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People of the Tropical Rain Forest by Julie Sloan Denslow,Christine Padoch,Curator of the Institute of Economic Botany Christine Padoch Pdf

Looks at the depiction of tropical rain forests in movies and art, discusses government policy, business exploitation, and the future of the rain forest, and describes the lives of forest people in South America, Africa, and Asia

Author : Götz Schroth,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Celia A. Harvey,Claude Gascon,Heraldo L. Vasconcelos,Anne-Marie N. Izac
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597267441

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Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes by Götz Schroth,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Celia A. Harvey,Claude Gascon,Heraldo L. Vasconcelos,Anne-Marie N. Izac Pdf

Agroforestry -- the practice of integrating trees and other large woody perennials on farms and throughout the agricultural landscape -- is increasingly recognized as a useful and promising strategy that diversifies production for greater social, economic, and environmental benefits. Agroforestry and BiodiversityConservation in Tropical Landscapes brings together 46 scientists and practitioners from 13 countries with decades of field experience in tropical regions to explore how agroforestry practices can help promote biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, to synthesize the current state of knowledge in the field, and to identify areas where further research is needed. Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes is the first comprehensive synthesis of the role of agroforestry systems in conserving biodiversity in tropical landscapes, and contains in-depth review chapters of most agroforestry systems, with examples from many different countries. It is a valuable source of information for scientists, researchers, professors, and students in the fields of conservation biology, resource management, tropical ecology, rural development, agroforestry, and agroecology.

Author : Manuel R. Guariguata
Publisher : CATIE
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : 9977573182

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Ecology and Management of Tropical Secondary Forest by Manuel R. Guariguata Pdf

Author : Rukhsana,Asraful Alam
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031104060

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Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development by Rukhsana,Asraful Alam Pdf

This volume is intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of recent innovations related to the study of agricultural and environmental management for sustainable development. The book clearly identifies why the fight to achieve sustainable development in agricultural production must be fought along a broad multidisciplinary front to overcome issues such as soil erosion, poor water quality, pesticide contamination, and food insecurity. Readers are given a broad exposition of the trends and current practices of basic principles on sustainable agriculture, along with a detailed understanding of the use of sustainable agriculture to develop environmentally sustainable food production systems. The chapters describe the ecological sustainability of agricultural systems, current innovations to improve efficiency in the use of resources for sustainable agriculture, and the proposal for technological options and new areas of research in this very significant field of ​​agriculture. The authors aim to provide readers with a good subject understanding which will assist in the identification of agricultural development, environmental risk, sustainable resource management and design of appropriate responses. This book will be very helpful for students, researchers and practitioners interested in the fields of agriculture, environment and sustainable development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Plinio Sist,C. Sabogal,Yvonne Byron
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : 9789798764349

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Management of Secondary and Logged-over Forests in Indonesia by Plinio Sist,C. Sabogal,Yvonne Byron Pdf

Ecology and management of secondary forests, and logged-over forests.

Author : Martin F. Price
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136560989

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Mountain Area Research and Management by Martin F. Price Pdf

This book brings together scientists and practitioners from five continents to present their experience in undertaking activities that contribute to our understanding and informed management of mountain areas. In particular, they address the challenges of working in interdisciplinary teams and of effectively involving stakeholders. The result is a powerful book that integrates research from different disciplines in the natural and social sciences, and in some cases indigenous knowledge, to address the question of how knowledge is gained about mountain areas and how can it be integrated and used in effective management. A comprehensive introduction covers the challenges in mountain area research and management, and the need for integrated approaches. This is followed by chapters that look at key areas of mountain research and management over the past 25 years, covering inter-and trans-disciplinary research, subsistence cultures and sustainable development, innovations in watershed management and biodiversity conservation. Subsequent chapters cover key areas of research and management on five continents with a focus on comparison of common challenges and solutions across regions. The concluding chapter brings these experiences together. Published with Parks Canada

Author : Peter Hague Nye,D. J. Greenland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Fallowing
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004530007

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The Soil Under Shifting Cultivation by Peter Hague Nye,D. J. Greenland Pdf

Author : E.G. Farnworth,F.B. Golley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642867637

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Fragile Ecosystems by E.G. Farnworth,F.B. Golley Pdf

The Institute of Ecology (TIE) was organized to provide a mech anism for addressing ecological and environmental issues that were beyond the special interests of ecology as a profession. One method of evaluating such issues is the workshop, and this report describes the results of the third TIE workshop on a major environmental subject. The ecology of tropical regions is of interest to all the inhabitants of the biosphere. The tropics provide mankind with both the opportunity for and the challenge of essential resources, land for settlement and development, and waters for numerous uses. Moreover, they provide examples of misuse of the landscape, fragility of ecological systems, and serious environmental problems. Unfortunately, the study of the ecology of the tropics has not kept pace with the ecology of other regions. The purpose of this report, therefore, is to determine the research approaches that will lead to advances in our theoretical un derstanding of tropical systems and, more importantly, in the applica tion of that knowledge to human problems. Although the principal focus of the report is on the neotropics, it will be useful to the full spectrum of persons concerned with the tropics around the world government officials, sCientists, students of ecology, and others. TIE is especially pleased to thank the numerous scientists and ad ministrators who participated in the workshop and who contributed to this report. Arthur D.

Author : Peter D. Moore
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Environmental sciences
ISBN : 9781438118741

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Tropical Forests by Peter D. Moore Pdf

Explores the biodiversity of forests, from microbes to mammals, as well as the adaptations of organisms to their environment and to the other species surrounding them. This book examines the interactions between organisms and their physical surroundings and the processes that link the two into an integrated ecosystem.

Author : M. Bonell,L. A. Bruijnzeel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139443844

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Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics by M. Bonell,L. A. Bruijnzeel Pdf

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.