Tropical Forests Of Oceania

Author : Joshua A. Bell,Paige West,Colin Filer
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781925022735

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Tropical Forests Of Oceania by Joshua A. Bell,Paige West,Colin Filer Pdf

The tropical forests of Oceania are an enduring source of concern for indigenous communities, for the migrants who move to them, for the states that encompass them within their borders, for the multilateral institutions and aid agencies, and for the non-governmental organisations that focus on their conservation. Grounded in the perspective of political ecology, contributors to this volume approach forests as socially alive spaces produced by a confluence of local histories and global circulations. In doing so, they collectively explore the multiple ways in which these forests come into view and therefore into being. Exploring the local dynamics within and around these forests provides an insight into regional issues that have global resonance. Intertwined as they are with cosmological beliefs and livelihoods, as sites of biodiversity and Western desire, these forests have been and are still being transformed by the interaction of foreign and local entities. Focusing on case studies from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Gambier Islands, this volume brings new perspectives on how Pacific Islanders continue to creatively engage with the various processes at play in and around their forests.

Author : John Dargavel,Kay E. Dixon,Noel Semple
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCSD:31822006727978

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Changing Tropical Forests by John Dargavel,Kay E. Dixon,Noel Semple Pdf

Major changes to tropical forests affect not only the structure or continuation of the forest cover, but the material, economic and sometimes spiritual life of local and national societies. This book examines changes to tropical forests in the Australasian and Asian regions from an historical perspective.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781464921759

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Advances in Conservation Research and Application: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Advances in Conservation Research and Application: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Ecology Environment and Conservation. The editors have built Advances in Conservation Research and Application: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Ecology Environment and Conservation in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Advances in Conservation Research and Application: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Anne Welsbacher
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512410501

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Protecting Earth's Rain Forests by Anne Welsbacher Pdf

From brilliantly colored birds and wild elephants to towering trees and exotic flowers, rain forests are home to more than half of Earth’s plants and animals. People living in rain forests depend on this vast array of life, and Earth itself relies on the world’s rain forests to keep our climate and atmosphere in balance. But rain forests around the world are under threat. Once rain forests covered nearly 14 percent of Earth, but now they have shrunk to less than half that size. People around the globe are joining the quest to save rain forests. With engaging text and eye-catching images—plus a special Going Green section—this book tells you all about Earth’s rain forests and what you can do to protect them.

Author : Unesco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8170891264

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Tropical Forest Ecosystems by Unesco Pdf

Part-I Description, Functioning and evaluation of tropical forest ecosystems; Part-II Man and the patterns of use of tropical forest ecosystems; Part-III Some regional case studies- Africa- America- Asia and Oceania.

Author : Jill M. Blockhus
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831701015

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Conserving Biological Diversity in Managed Tropical Forests by Jill M. Blockhus Pdf

At the meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organization held in Bali in 1990, ITTO adopted the target of ensuring that all tropical timber marketed internationally should, by the year 2000, come from forests that are managed sustainably. This study is an attempt to determine whether the member countries of the ITTO have a legal and administrative basis for managing their production forests in ways which will allow these forests to contribute to biological diversity conservation. It also attempts to assess the extent to which such management is already applied on the ground through member country studies. A set of guidelines on ways in which management of production forests could be improved is included.

Author : Kailash Chandra Bebarta
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 8180690954

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Forest Resources and Sustainable Development by Kailash Chandra Bebarta Pdf

This Book Presents A Detailed Account Of Global Forest Resources And Principles Of Sustainable Development. It Will Be Useful For Researchers, Students, Professionals And Policy Makers.

Author : Judith Gradwohl,Russell Greenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,8 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Forest conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D00901251Y

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Tropical Forest Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : C. Eugene Conrad,Leonard A. Newell
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788103643

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Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific. Seventeenth Pacific Science Congress by C. Eugene Conrad,Leonard A. Newell Pdf

Covers: forestry research in Asia and the Pacific; management of tropical forests for products and energy; forests and wildlife management; tropical rainforests of northern Australia; forest resources in New Guinea; management factors affecting forests; fire management in Central America; biological diversity, and much more. Graphs and photos.

Author : Claude Martin
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781771641418

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On the Edge by Claude Martin Pdf

In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world’s rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use. Increasing concern about climate change has made it more important than ever to understand the state of the world’s tropical forests. This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world’s tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world. He explains how urbanization, an increasingly global economy, and a worldwide demand for biofuels put new pressure on rainforest land. He examines the policies and market forces that have successfully preserved forests in some areas and discusses the economic benefits of protected areas. Using evidence from ice core records and past forest cover patterns, he predicts the most likely effects of climate change. Claude Martin brings his wealth of experience as an ecologist, director of the WWF, and advistor to various conservation organizations to bear on the latest research from around the world. Contributions from eight leading experts provide additional insight.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Exotic forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951D029773467

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Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific, XVII Pacific Science Congress, May 27-28, 1991, Honolulu, Hawaii by Anonim Pdf

Author : U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01420680V

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The World's Tropical Forests by U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests Pdf

Author : Tom Jackson
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0739852507

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Tropical Forests by Tom Jackson Pdf

A comprehensive look at the tropical forest biome, examining its climate, plants, animals, people, and future, plus detailed views of some particular tropical forest locations.

Author : Ray C. Anderson,Sara G. Beavis,Michael L. Dougherty,Tirso Gonzales,Ricardo Braun,Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal,Mark Wilson
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781933782737

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 8/10 by Ray C. Anderson,Sara G. Beavis,Michael L. Dougherty,Tirso Gonzales,Ricardo Braun,Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal,Mark Wilson Pdf

The Americas and Oceania: Assessing Sustainability provides extensive coverage of sustainability practices in two regions linked culturally and historically by their relative isolation before the Columbian exchange, by their colonization after it, and by the challenges of pollution, resource overuse, and environmental degradation. Regional experts and international scholars focus on environmental history in areas such as the South Pacific islands, now particularly threatened by rising ocean levels due to climate change, and on countries whose governments and corporations can play a major role in promoting or discouraging sustainable choices: Brazil, an emergent power on the world stage; the United States, the world's third most populous nation; and New Zealand, seemingly on its way to becoming an enviable model of sustainable development.