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Instant Insights

Sustainable tropical forest management
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
126 Seiten
Englisch
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishingerschienen am26.03.2024
This book offers a unique insight into the recent research completed on achieving sustainable management of tropical forests. Chapters review the factors which determine tropical forests, the process of forest landscape restoration, as well as the interactions between forest ecosystems and the climate system.mehr
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KlappentextThis book offers a unique insight into the recent research completed on achieving sustainable management of tropical forests. Chapters review the factors which determine tropical forests, the process of forest landscape restoration, as well as the interactions between forest ecosystems and the climate system.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-80146-653-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum26.03.2024
ReiheBurleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
Reihen-Nr.90
Seiten126 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 7 mm
Gewicht195 g
Artikel-Nr.61125008

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 - An overview of tropical forest formations: Alice Muchugi, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya; Sammy Muraguri, Kunming Institute of Botany, China; Hesti L. Tata, Forest Research & Development Centre, Indonesia; Jürgen Blaser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; and Patrick D. Hardcastle, Forestry Development Specialist, UK; 1 Introduction2 The tropics: defining the enabling conditions for tropical forests3 Classifying tropical forest formations4 Structure and diversity of tropical forest ecosystems5 Conclusion6 References Chapter 2 - Defining sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics: Francis E. Putz, University of Florida-Gainesville, USA; and Ian D. Thompson, Thompson Forest Ltd.-Kelowna, Canada; 1 Introduction2 Evolving concepts of sustainability3 Appropriate scales for assessment of SFM4 SFM trade-offs at different scales5 Defining terms in SFM6 Land-use types in SFM7 Challenges for SFM in the tropics8 Ways forward9 References Chapter 3 - Ecosystem services delivered by tropical forests: regulating services of tropical forests for climate and hydrological cycles: Oliver Gardi, Bern University of Applied Sciences and School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Switzerland; 1 Introduction2 Forest-climate interactions3 Forests in the carbon cycle4 Climate change mitigation in the forestry and timber sector5 Forests in the water cycle (regional scale)6 Summary and future trends7 Where to look for further information8 References Chapter 4 - Forest landscape restoration (FLR) of tropical forests: Stephanie Mansourian, Mansourian.org/University of Geneva, Switzerland/IUFRO, Austria; 1 Introduction2 Implementing forest landscape restoration (FLR)3 Case studies4 Challenges and opportunities in taking FLR forward5 Conclusion6 Where to look for further information7 References Chapter 5 - Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests: overview and conclusions: Jürgen Blaser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Patrick D. Hardcastle, Forestry Development Specialist, UK; and Gillian Petrokofsky, University of Oxford, UK; 1 Introduction: sustainable forest management (SFM)2 Importance of tropical forest ecology3 Forests, climate and climate change4 Forest loss and degradation5 Forest products and ecological services6 Community-based forest management (CBFM) and SFM7 SFM and the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs)8 Wood products, plantations and SFM9 Monitoring and measuring for SFM10 Shifting cultivation and SFM11 Forest landscape restoration (FLR)12 SFM in major tropical regions13 Conclusions14 Referencesmehr

Autor

Patrick Hardcastle is a Forestry Development Specialist who has worked in over 40 countries in the last 55 years. He started his career with 12 years in the Malawi Forestry Department, the last eight heading the Forestry Research Institute while specialising in silviculture and site classification. He followed this with 10 years of mainly post-graduate teaching at the Universities of Oxford and Aberdeen. Thereafter, he has been a consultant working with major bilateral and multilateral donors with a focus on forestry but increasingly also engaged with biodiversity conservation, climate change, economic and social equity within the broad framework of sustainable forest management.
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