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Author: Joshua A. Bell Publisher: ANU Press ISBN: 1925022730 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 277
Book Description
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: Joshua A. Bell Publisher: ANU Press ISBN: 1925022730 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 277
Book Description
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 Publisher: ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 460
Book Description
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: Tom Jackson Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library ISBN: 1432941771 Category : Rain forest animals Languages : en Pages : 66
Book Description
Describes the different aspects of tropical forests including climate, plants, animals, and people and contains detailed maps of key rainforests in Central America and Southeast Asia, the Amazon and Congo Rain Forests, and forests in New Guinea.
Author: Unesco Publisher: ISBN: 9788170891260 Category : Languages : en Pages : 683
Book Description
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: Dieter Mueller-Dombois Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9780387983134 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 918
Book Description
The islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean encompass a vast range of climate, geography, and geology. The flora of these islands is similarly diverse, and the study of their vegetation and landscapes is a challenge because of the great distances separating them. Dieter Mueller-Dombois and the late F. Raymond Fosberg are recognized as the leading authorities on the plant diversity and ecology of Pacific islands. This book is a synthesis of the vegetation and landscapes of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It is organized by island group and includes information on geography, geology, and climate, as well as soil and vegetation types, land use, floristic patterns, phytogeographic relationships, and human influences on vegetation. The book features over 400 color photographs, plus dozens of maps and climate diagrams.
Author: Bernard A. Marcus Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers ISBN: 1449667694 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
Tropical Forests is an ideal text or supplement for introductory biology, ecology, and environmental science courses. It provides students with an accurate, easy to read, and easy to understand account of this important environmental topic that is often overlooked or glossed over in general texts.
Author: Anne Welsbacher Publisher: Lerner Publications ISBN: 1512410500 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 76
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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: Jill M. Blockhus Publisher: IUCN ISBN: 9782831701011 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
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: Judith Gradwohl Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134064985 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 213
Book Description
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: Joshua A. Bell
Author: Joshua A. Bell
Author: John Dargavel
Author: Tom Jackson
Author: Unesco
Author: U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests
Author: Dieter Mueller-Dombois
Author: Bernard A. Marcus
Author: Anne Welsbacher
Author: Jill M. Blockhus
Author: Judith Gradwohl