Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Forest Resources Development BranchPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251034453
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Mangrove Forest Management Guidelines
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Forest Resources Development BranchPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251034453
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Coastal Wetlands
Author: Gerardo M.E. PerilloPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080932134
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 975
Book Description
Coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea level and the intervention of human populations both along the estuary and in the river catchment. Direct impacts include the destruction or degradation of wetlands from land reclamation and infrastructures. Indirect impacts derive from the discharge of pollutants, changes in river flows and sediment supplies, land clearing, and dam operations. As sea level rises, coastal wetlands in most areas of the world migrate landward to occupy former uplands. The competition of these lands from human development is intensifying, making the landward migration impossible in many cases. This book provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide, and suggestions for their management. In this book a CD is included containing color figures of wetlands and estuaries in different parts of the world. - Includes a CD containing color figures of wetlands and estuaries in different parts of the world.
Guidelines for the Management of Tropical Forests: The production of wood
Author: Ian ArmitagePublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251041239
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Coastal Resources Management Guidelines
Author: Samuel C. SnedakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The World's Mangroves, 1980-2005
Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251058565
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Mangroves, commonly found along sheltered coastlines in the tropics and subtropics, fulfil important socio-economic and environmental functions: providing wood and non-wood forest products, protecting shores against wind, waves and water currents; conserving biological diversity; protecting coral reefs, sea-grass beds and shipping lanes against siltation; and providing habitat, spawning grounds and nutrients for a variety of fish and shellfish, including many commercial species. High population pressure in coastal areas has, however, led to the conversion of many mangrove areas to other uses. The world's mangroves 1980-2005, prepared in the framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005, provides comprehensive information on the current and past extent of mangroves in all countries and territories in which they exist. This information, as well as the gaps in information that come to light in the report, will assist mangrove managers and policy- and decision-makers worldwide in ensuring the conservation, management and sustainable use of the world's remaining mangrove ecosystems
Forestry Policies in the Caribbean
Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251042328
Category : Forest policy
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Valuing Forests
Author: H. M. GregersenPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251036990
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
In recent years, issues related to forests have come to prominence on the international agenda. This reflects growing concern over the fate of forest ecosystems and possible loss of the benefits which they provide. In the process of moving towards sustainable management of forests, there is growing demand for practical methodologies for full valuation of forests which permit the contributions of forests to be presented more clearly and in a manner which decision-makers can readily appreciate. Appropriate techniques should be able to adequately capture forest values in terms of the environmental, social and production functions and to recognise the worth of both marketed and non-marketed goods and services. This publication reviews approaches which can overcome the limitations of conventional analysis and provides a reference framework to help clarify what approaches to forest valuation can or cannot work. The publication is not itself a manual on valuation techniques but by reviewing the various approaches, makes it possible to select appropriate methodologies for which it then refers readers to other publications which can provide ''how to do'' details.
The Coastal Resources Management Plan for South Johore, Malaysia
Author: Publisher: WorldFish
ISBN: 9718709193
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Estimating Biomass and Biomass Change of Tropical Forests
Author: Sandra BrownPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251039557
Category : Biomass energy
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Forestry Policies in the Caribbean
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251042335
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description