Stability Of Tropical Rainforest Margins

Author : Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Manfred Zeller,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540302902

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Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins by Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Manfred Zeller,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin Pdf

Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the processes that have destabilizing effects on ecological and socio-economic systems of tropical rain forest margins, as well as striving to integrate environmental, technological and socio-economic issues in their solution.

Author : Gerhard Gerold,Michael Fremerey,Edi Guhardja
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783662082379

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Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia by Gerhard Gerold,Michael Fremerey,Edi Guhardja Pdf

Southeast Asia constitutes one of the world's most extended rainforest regions. It is characterized by a high degree of biodiversity and contains a large variety of endemic species. Moreover, these forests provide a number of important and sin gular ecosystem services, like erosion protection and provision of high quality wa ter, which cannot be replaced by alternative ecosystems. However, various forms of encroachment, mostly those made by human interventions, seriously threaten the continuance of rainforests in this area. There is ample evidence that the rainforest resources, apart from large scale commercial logging, are exposed to danger particularly from its margin areas. These areas, which are characterized by intensive man-nature interaction, have been identified as extremely fragile systems. The dynamic equilibrium that bal ances human needs and interventions on the one hand, and natural regeneration capacity on the other, is at stake. The decrease of rainforest resources is, to a sub stantial degree, connected with the destabilization of these systems. Accordingly, the search for measures and processes, which prevent destabilization and promote stability is regarded as imperative. This refers to both the human and the natural part of the forest margin ecosystem.

Author : Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Manfred Zeller,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540302902

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Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins by Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Manfred Zeller,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin Pdf

Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the processes that have destabilizing effects on ecological and socio-economic systems of tropical rain forest margins, as well as striving to integrate environmental, technological and socio-economic issues in their solution.

Author : Gerhard Gerold,Michael Fremerey,Edi Guhardja
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783662082379

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Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia by Gerhard Gerold,Michael Fremerey,Edi Guhardja Pdf

Southeast Asia constitutes one of the world's most extended rainforest regions. It is characterized by a high degree of biodiversity and contains a large variety of endemic species. Moreover, these forests provide a number of important and sin gular ecosystem services, like erosion protection and provision of high quality wa ter, which cannot be replaced by alternative ecosystems. However, various forms of encroachment, mostly those made by human interventions, seriously threaten the continuance of rainforests in this area. There is ample evidence that the rainforest resources, apart from large scale commercial logging, are exposed to danger particularly from its margin areas. These areas, which are characterized by intensive man-nature interaction, have been identified as extremely fragile systems. The dynamic equilibrium that bal ances human needs and interventions on the one hand, and natural regeneration capacity on the other, is at stake. The decrease of rainforest resources is, to a sub stantial degree, connected with the destabilization of these systems. Accordingly, the search for measures and processes, which prevent destabilization and promote stability is regarded as imperative. This refers to both the human and the natural part of the forest margin ecosystem.

Author : Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Edzo Veldkamp,Heiko Faust,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642004933

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Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change by Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Edzo Veldkamp,Heiko Faust,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin Pdf

not only for land use systems that depend on the regular supply of rain or irrigation water but also for the future development of natural rainforests as drought stress has been shown to a?ect tree growth and species composition in old-growth forests (Wright 1991, Walsh and Newbery 1999, Engelbrecht et al. 2007). A drought experiment conducted in a cacao agroforestry plantation showed that this plantation was surprisingly resilient to an induced drought of more than a year (Schwendenmann et al. 2009). However, droughts can have a strong impact on household incomes from agriculture, they strongly a?ect the vulnerability to poverty and thus have to be analyzed as important exogenous shocks to households, forcing them to adjust their behaviour and develop strategies to cope with these problems. The stability of rainforest margins is a critical factor in the protection of tropical rainforests (Tscharntke et al. 2007). At present, however, rainf- est margins in many parts of the tropics are far from stable, both in soc- economic and in ecological terms. For example, protected areas may attract, rather than repel, human settlement, which may be due to international donor investment in national conservation programs (Wittemeyer et al. 2008). An alternative hypothesis is that protected areas might be compromised if leakage takes place, that is, if impacts that would take place inside the restricted area are displaced to a nearby, undisturbed area (Ewers and Rodrigues 2008).

Author : Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Edzo Veldkamp,Heiko Faust,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642004933

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Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change by Teja Tscharntke,Christoph Leuschner,Edzo Veldkamp,Heiko Faust,Edi Guhardja,Arifuddin Bidin Pdf

not only for land use systems that depend on the regular supply of rain or irrigation water but also for the future development of natural rainforests as drought stress has been shown to a?ect tree growth and species composition in old-growth forests (Wright 1991, Walsh and Newbery 1999, Engelbrecht et al. 2007). A drought experiment conducted in a cacao agroforestry plantation showed that this plantation was surprisingly resilient to an induced drought of more than a year (Schwendenmann et al. 2009). However, droughts can have a strong impact on household incomes from agriculture, they strongly a?ect the vulnerability to poverty and thus have to be analyzed as important exogenous shocks to households, forcing them to adjust their behaviour and develop strategies to cope with these problems. The stability of rainforest margins is a critical factor in the protection of tropical rainforests (Tscharntke et al. 2007). At present, however, rainf- est margins in many parts of the tropics are far from stable, both in soc- economic and in ecological terms. For example, protected areas may attract, rather than repel, human settlement, which may be due to international donor investment in national conservation programs (Wittemeyer et al. 2008). An alternative hypothesis is that protected areas might be compromised if leakage takes place, that is, if impacts that would take place inside the restricted area are displaced to a nearby, undisturbed area (Ewers and Rodrigues 2008).

Author : Bea Maas,Teja Tscharntke,Aiyen Tjoa,Shahabuddin Saleh,Nur Edy,Alam Anshary,M. Mahfudz,Muhammad Basir
Publisher : Göttingen University Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783863953522

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Effects of Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds and Bats in Smallholder Cacao Plantations of Central Sulawesi by Bea Maas,Teja Tscharntke,Aiyen Tjoa,Shahabuddin Saleh,Nur Edy,Alam Anshary,M. Mahfudz,Muhammad Basir Pdf

Cacao agroforestry systems are common in Indonesia, but differences in local management affect biodiversity and related ecosystem services. Importantly, birds and bats alike strongly contribute to biological pest control in cacao, thereby promoting yields and sustainable farming. Our findings from many years of ecological field research, in close collaboration with Indonesian cacao farmers, are summarized and discussed in this bilingual book, written in both English and Indonesian. It is designed to communicate scientific information as well as to facilitate transdisciplinary discussions and more biodiversity-friendly management in tropical agroforestry systems. We consider this book as a tool to improve the collaboration of local communities, farmers and scientists, as well as to improve the application of scientific knowledge in agricultural practice - particularly in tropical land use areas. Bea Maas, the first author of this book, is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna (Austria), working in the fields of biology, ecology and conservation. She conducted the research and workshops presented here in close collaboration and with support from the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University of Tadulako (Indonesia).

Author : Daniel Stietenroth
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783938616208

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Proceedings by Daniel Stietenroth Pdf

This international symposium featured three interconnected thematic foci of interdisciplinary research. They focussed on the changes in the extent and intensity of agricultural and forest land use in tropical forest margins and their implications for rural development and for conservation of natural resources such as biodiversity, soils and water. The symposium took place in Goettingen. Almost 130 international authors have contributed a short abstract and their adress.

Author : Joko Purbopuspito
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783865375889

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Trace Gas Emissions from Forest and Land-use Systems at the Tropical Forest Margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia by Joko Purbopuspito Pdf

Author : Constanze Engel,Günter Burkard,Hans Hemann,Werner Troßbach,Peter Wolff
Publisher : kassel university press GmbH
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9783899586435

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Development - Organization - Interculturalism.Essays in Honor of Prof. Dr. Michael Fremerey by Constanze Engel,Günter Burkard,Hans Hemann,Werner Troßbach,Peter Wolff Pdf

Author : Jamie Davidson,David Henley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134118205

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The Revival of Tradition in Indonesian Politics by Jamie Davidson,David Henley Pdf

This important resource provides detailed coverage of the growing significance of adat in Indonesian politics. It identifies its origins, the historical factors that have conditioned it and the reasons behind its recent blossoming.

Author : Mary Rawlinson,Caleb Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317595502

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The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics by Mary Rawlinson,Caleb Ward Pdf

While the history of philosophy has traditionally given scant attention to food and the ethics of eating, in the last few decades the subject of food ethics has emerged as a major topic, encompassing a wide array of issues, including labor justice, public health, social inequity, animal rights and environmental ethics. This handbook provides a much needed philosophical analysis of the ethical implications of the need to eat and the role that food plays in social, cultural and political life. Unlike other books on the topic, this text integrates traditional approaches to the subject with cutting edge research in order to set a new agenda for philosophical discussions of food ethics. The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over 35 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into 7 parts: the phenomenology of food gender and food food and cultural diversity liberty, choice and food policy food and the environment farming and eating other animals food justice Essential reading for students and researchers in food ethics, it is also an invaluable resource for those in related disciplines such as environmental ethics and bioethics.

Author : Lori Lach,Catherine Parr,Kirsti Abbott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199544639

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Ant Ecology by Lori Lach,Catherine Parr,Kirsti Abbott Pdf

The incredible global diversity of ants, and their important ecological roles, mean that we cannot ignore the significance of ants in ecological systems. Ant Ecology takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the beginnings of ants many hundreds of thousands of years ago, through to the makings of present day distributions.

Author : Noureddine Benkeblia
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781315391854

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Climate Change and Crop Production by Noureddine Benkeblia Pdf

Key features: Describes the effects and responses of the macro and micro levels of crops under the different components of climate change Reports on the adaptation and resilience of food production systems within the changing climate Covers how plants cope with the changing climate including physiological, biochemical, phenotype, and ecosystem responses Provides an in-depth discussion on the importance of agricultural education connected to climate change Presenting an overview of agroecology within the framework of climate change, this book looks at the impact of our changing climate on crop production and agroecosystems, reporting on how plants will cope with these changes, and how we can mitigate these negative impacts to ensure food production for the growing population. It explores the ways that farmers can confront the challenges of climate change, with contributed chapters from around the world demonstrating the different challenges associated with differing climates. Examples are provided of the approaches being taken right now to expand the ecological, physiological, morphological, and productive potential of a range of crop types. Giving readers a greater understanding of the mechanisms of plant resilience to climate change, this book provides new insights into improving the productivity of an individual crop species as well as bringing resistance and resiliency to the entire agroecosystem. It offers a strong foundation for changing research and education programs so that they build the resistance and resilience that will be needed for the uncertain climate future ahead.

Author : Susanna B. Hecht,Kathleen D. Morrison,Christine Padoch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226024134

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The Social Lives of Forests by Susanna B. Hecht,Kathleen D. Morrison,Christine Padoch Pdf

Forests are in decline, and the threats these outposts of nature face—including deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation—are the result of human culture. Or are they? This volume calls these assumptions into question, revealing forests’ past, present, and future conditions to be the joint products of a host of natural and cultural forces. Moreover, in many cases the coalescence of these forces—from local ecologies to competing knowledge systems—has masked a significant contemporary trend of woodland resurgence, even in the forests of the tropics. Focusing on the history and current use of woodlands from India to the Amazon, The Social Lives of Forests attempts to build a coherent view of forests sited at the nexus of nature, culture, and development. With chapters covering the effects of human activities on succession patterns in now-protected Costa Rican forests; the intersection of gender and knowledge in African shea nut tree markets; and even the unexpectedly rich urban woodlands of Chicago, this book explores forests as places of significant human action, with complex institutions, ecologies, and economies that have transformed these landscapes in the past and continue to shape them today. From rain forests to timber farms, the face of forests—how we define, understand, and maintain them—is changing.