Regreening the Bare Hills Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region /

In Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region, David Lamb explores how reforestation might be carried out both to conserve biological diversity and to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor. While both issues have attracted considerable attention in recent y...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lamb, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:World Forests, 8
Subjects:
Forestry.
Applied ecology.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Landscape ecology.
Applied Ecology.
Conservation Biology.
Landscape Ecology.
Ecology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Deforestation and its Consequences in the Asia-Pacific region
  • 2.Forest and Land Degradation in the Asia-Pacific Region
  • 3. Reforestation, Conservation and Livelihoods
  • 4. Different Types of Reforestation
  • 5. Natural Regeneration and Secondary Forests
  • 6. Monocultural Plantations
  • 7. Mixed-species Plantings
  • 8. Ecological Restoration
  • 9. Income for Farmers from Tree-planting
  • 10. Assisting Farmers to Undertake Reforestation
  • 11. Reforestation at a Landscape Scale
  • 12. Developing Institutions to Support Reforestation.-13. Conclusions
  • Glossary of terms
  • Index.

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