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The Conservation atlas of tropical forests

Macmillan Press, 1991-

  • Asia and the Pacific
  • Africa

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"BP, The World Conservation Union, World Conservation Monitoring Centre"

"Copyright IUCN"--T.p. verso

Includes glossary and bibliographical references and indexes

Asia and the Pacific / editors, N. Mark Collins, Jeffrey A. Sayer, Timothy C. Whitmore -- Africa / editors, Jeffrey A. Sayer, Caroline S. Harcourt, N. Mark Collins ; editorial assistant, Clare Billington ; map editor, Mike Adam

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

Asia and the Pacific ISBN 9780333539927

内容説明

The first of a series designed to cover all tropical rain forests in the world. This is a visual portfolio of detailed maps of Asia, accompanied by a text which seeks to analyze the extent and causes of deforestation and to point a way towards sustainable forest development. Part 1 describes the issues, the impact of human encroachement, government policies, changes in agricultural practices, the tropical forestry action plan and the protected areas system. Part 2 contains 18 country studies. Each chapter has a detailed map of rain forests and the accompanying text describes in detail the current situation in that country.
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Africa ISBN 9780333577578

内容説明

Recognizing that sound information is vital to the progress of conservation, IUCN have gathered together a visual portfolio of maps of rain forests in Africa. The accompanying text analyzes the extent and causes of deforestation and points a way towards sustainable forest development. The atlas is divided into two parts. Part 1 describes the issues: history of forests and climate in tropical Africa; biological diversity in the moist forests of the Afrotropical region; case studies in conserving large mammals; forest peoples; links between population, environment and agriculture; African timber trade; forest management; protected areas system; and the future for Africa's tropical forests. Part 2 contains the country studies with each chapter including a detailed map of the rain forests. The accompanying text describes in detail the current situation in that country.

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