Working Forests in the Neotropics : Conservation Through Sustainable Management? /

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Neotropical forests sustain a wealth of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services and products, and support the livelihoods of millions of people. But is forest management a viable conservation strategy in the tropics? Supporters of sustainable forest management have promoted it as a...

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Otros Autores: Alavalapati, Janaki R. R. (Contribuidor), Alavalapati, Janaki (Editor ), Alencar, Ane (Contribuidor), Alger, Keith (Contribuidor), Angelsen, Arild (Contribuidor), Ankersen, Tom (Contribuidor), Asner, Gregory P. (Contribuidor), Barber, Christopher (Contribuidor), Barnes, Grenville (Contribuidor), Barreto, Paulo (Contribuidor), Barros, Ana Cristina (Contribuidor), Bentes, Antônio José Mota (Contribuidor), Bray, David Barton (Contribuidor), Brondízio, Eduardo S. (Contribuidor), Bruner, Aaron (Contribuidor), Chomentowski, Walter (Contribuidor), Cochrane, Mark A. (Contribuidor), Dickinson, Joshua C. (Contribuidor), Fonseca, Gustavo A. B. da (Contribuidor), Forgach, John M. (Contribuidor), Fredericksen, Todd S. (Contribuidor), Gascon, Claude (Contribuidor), Jong, Bernardus H. J. de (Contribuidor), Kaimowitz, David (Contribuidor), Keller, Michael (Contribuidor), Lefebvre, Paul (Contribuidor), Lima, Eirivelthon (Contribuidor), Luckert, Martin K. (Contribuidor), Lugo, Ariel E. (Contribuidor), Matricardi, Eraldo A. T. (Contribuidor), McGrath, David G. (Contribuidor), Mendoza, Elsa (Contribuidor), Mittermeier, Russell A. (Contribuidor), Nepstad, Daniel (Contribuidor), Palace, Michael (Contribuidor), Peters, Charles M. (Contribuidor), Peña-Claros, Marielos (Contribuidor), Pinard, Michelle A. (Contribuidor), Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel (Contribuidor), Putz, Frances (Editor ), Putz, Francis E. (Contribuidor), Ramos, Claudia Azevedo (Contribuidor), Rice, Richard E. (Contribuidor), Scherr, Sara J. (Contribuidor), Schmink, Marianne (Contribuidor, Editor ), Sears, Robin R. (Contribuidor), Silva, Natalino (Contribuidor), Skole, David L. (Contribuidor), Tucker, Catherine (Contribuidor), Veríssimo, Adalberto (Contribuidor), Viana, Hon. Jorge (Contribuidor), White, Andy (Contribuidor), Wilson, Thomas E. (Contribuidor), Zarin, Daniel J. (Contribuidor), Zarin, Daniel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2004]
Colección:Biology and Resource Management Series
Temas:
Forest conservation > Latin America.
Forest management > Latin America.
Forests and forestry > Latin America.
Sustainable forestry > Latin America.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Neotropical Working Forests: Concepts and Realities
  • PART I. Industrial Forestry as a Tropical Conservation Strategy
  • 2. Are You a Conservationist or a Logging Advocate?
  • 3. National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon
  • 4. Sustainability of Selective Logging of Upland Forests in the Brazilian Amazon
  • 5. Forest Science and the BOLFOR Experience
  • 6. The Business of Certification
  • PART II. Working Forests and Community Development in Latin America
  • 7. Communities, Forests, Markets, and Conservation
  • 8. Making Markets Work for Forest Communities
  • 9. Inside the Polygon
  • 10. Aiming for Sustainable Community Forest Management
  • 11. Community Forestry for Small-Scale Furniture Production in the Brazilian Amazon
  • 12. Community Forestry as a Strategy for Sustainable Management
  • 13. Carbon Sequestration Potential Through Forestry Activities in Tropical Mexico
  • 14. Axing the Trees, Growing the Forest
  • PART.III. Working Forest Paradoxes
  • 15. Neotropical Working Forests
  • 16. On Defying Nature's End
  • 17. Selective Logging, Forest Fragmentation, and Fire Disturbance
  • 18. Limited or Unlimited Wants in the Presence of Limited Means?
  • 19. From Staple to Fashion Food
  • 20. The Homogeocene in Puerto Rico
  • 21. Conventional Wisdom About Sustainable Forest Management and a Pro-Poor Forest Agenda
  • 22. Governing the Amazon Timber Industry
  • Index

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