Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Forest conservation
Languages : es
Pages : 270
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
biennal report
Author: OREGON. State University. Forest Research Laboratory
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category : Israel
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category : Israel
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
On the Activities of the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center
Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Tropical Tree Seed Manual
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Livestock and Deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and 1990s
Author: David Kaimowitz
Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Forests in Landscapes
Author: Stewart Maginnis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113656540X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
At last a really useful book telling us how all the rhetoric about ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management is being translated into practical solutions on the ground CLAUDE MARTIN, WWF INTERNATIONAL For too long, foresters have seen forests as logs waiting to be turned into something useful. This book demonstrates that forests in fact have multiple values, and managing them as ecosystems will bring more benefits to a greater cross-section of the public JEFFREY A. MCNEELY, CHIEF SCIENTIST, IUCN This book demonstrates that [ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management] are neither alternative methods of forest management nor are they simply complicated ways of saying the same thing. They are both emerging concepts for more integrated and holistic ways of managing forests within larger landscapes in ways that optimize benefits to all stakeholders ACHIM STEINER AND IAN JOHNSON, FROM THE FOREWORD Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades. Case studies from Europe, Canada, the United States, Russia, Australia, the Congo and Central America provide a wealth of international examples of innovative practices. Cross-cutting chapters examine the political ecology and economics of forest management, and review the information needs and the use and misuse of criteria and indicators to achieve broad societal goals for forests. A concluding chapter draws out the key lessons of changes in forest management in recent decades and sets out some thoughts for the future. This book is a must-read for practitioners, researchers and policy makers concerned with forests and land use. It contains lessons for all those concerned with forests as sources of people's livelihoods and as part of rural landscapes. Published with IUCN and PROFOR
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113656540X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
At last a really useful book telling us how all the rhetoric about ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management is being translated into practical solutions on the ground CLAUDE MARTIN, WWF INTERNATIONAL For too long, foresters have seen forests as logs waiting to be turned into something useful. This book demonstrates that forests in fact have multiple values, and managing them as ecosystems will bring more benefits to a greater cross-section of the public JEFFREY A. MCNEELY, CHIEF SCIENTIST, IUCN This book demonstrates that [ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management] are neither alternative methods of forest management nor are they simply complicated ways of saying the same thing. They are both emerging concepts for more integrated and holistic ways of managing forests within larger landscapes in ways that optimize benefits to all stakeholders ACHIM STEINER AND IAN JOHNSON, FROM THE FOREWORD Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades. Case studies from Europe, Canada, the United States, Russia, Australia, the Congo and Central America provide a wealth of international examples of innovative practices. Cross-cutting chapters examine the political ecology and economics of forest management, and review the information needs and the use and misuse of criteria and indicators to achieve broad societal goals for forests. A concluding chapter draws out the key lessons of changes in forest management in recent decades and sets out some thoughts for the future. This book is a must-read for practitioners, researchers and policy makers concerned with forests and land use. It contains lessons for all those concerned with forests as sources of people's livelihoods and as part of rural landscapes. Published with IUCN and PROFOR
Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management
Author: Bruce Prideaux
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136201092
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion. Yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services. As the term is used in this book, rainforests include both temperate and tropical, although the emphasis is on tropical rainforests. Rainforests are also attractive tourist spaces and where they have been used as a tourism resource have generated significant income for local communities. However not all use of rainforests as a tourism resource has been sustainable. This book argues that sustainability must be the foundation on which tourism use of this complex but ultimately fragile ecosystem must be built upon. It provides a multi-disciplinary perspective, incorporating rainforest science, management and tourism issues. The book is organized into four sections commencing with Rainforest Ecology and Management followed by People and Rainforests, Opportunities for Rainforest Tourism Development and finally Threats to Rainforests. Each major rainforest region is covered, including the Amazon, Central America, Africa, Australia and south-east Asia, in the context of a specific issue. For example rainforests in Papua New Guinea are examined in the context of community-based ecotourism development, while the rainforests in Borneo are discussed in an examination of wildlife issues. Other issues covered in this manner include governance, empowerment issues for rainforest peoples and climate change.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136201092
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion. Yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services. As the term is used in this book, rainforests include both temperate and tropical, although the emphasis is on tropical rainforests. Rainforests are also attractive tourist spaces and where they have been used as a tourism resource have generated significant income for local communities. However not all use of rainforests as a tourism resource has been sustainable. This book argues that sustainability must be the foundation on which tourism use of this complex but ultimately fragile ecosystem must be built upon. It provides a multi-disciplinary perspective, incorporating rainforest science, management and tourism issues. The book is organized into four sections commencing with Rainforest Ecology and Management followed by People and Rainforests, Opportunities for Rainforest Tourism Development and finally Threats to Rainforests. Each major rainforest region is covered, including the Amazon, Central America, Africa, Australia and south-east Asia, in the context of a specific issue. For example rainforests in Papua New Guinea are examined in the context of community-based ecotourism development, while the rainforests in Borneo are discussed in an examination of wildlife issues. Other issues covered in this manner include governance, empowerment issues for rainforest peoples and climate change.
The Hamburger Connection Hangover: Cattle, Pasture Land Degradation and Alternative Land Use in Central America
Author: L. Szott
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573519
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573519
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Adapting Social Science to the Changing Focus of International Agricultural Research
Author: Simeon Ehui
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789291461578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789291461578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
National Forest Inventories of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Ramírez, C., Alberdi, I., Bahamondez, C., Freitas, J.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251363943
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
National forest inventories (NFIs) are one of the main sources of forest information. This book describes the importance and history of NFIs in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that is particularly relevant due to the extension and biodiversity of its forests. Methodologies for data collection and measurement of the most relevant indicators in 21 countries are addressed. In addition, similarities and differences in IFN designs, challenges and opportunities, and prospects for the future are examined. This analysis demonstrates that the information generated by the countries is diverse and must be harmonized to meet the commitments and opportunities for sustainable forest management in the 21st century. This publication represents a milestone in the beginning of the harmonization process towards data transparency within the forestry sector in Latin America and the Caribbean and constitutes the first collaborative effort of a network of NFI experts and collaborators in the region.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251363943
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
National forest inventories (NFIs) are one of the main sources of forest information. This book describes the importance and history of NFIs in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that is particularly relevant due to the extension and biodiversity of its forests. Methodologies for data collection and measurement of the most relevant indicators in 21 countries are addressed. In addition, similarities and differences in IFN designs, challenges and opportunities, and prospects for the future are examined. This analysis demonstrates that the information generated by the countries is diverse and must be harmonized to meet the commitments and opportunities for sustainable forest management in the 21st century. This publication represents a milestone in the beginning of the harmonization process towards data transparency within the forestry sector in Latin America and the Caribbean and constitutes the first collaborative effort of a network of NFI experts and collaborators in the region.