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    Conservation and management of tropical rainforests : an integrated approach to sustainability / Eberhard F. Bruenig, Professor of World Forestry, former Ordinarius of the Chair of World Forestry, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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    • Title:Conservation and management of tropical rainforests : an integrated approach to sustainability / Eberhard F. Bruenig, Professor of World Forestry, former Ordinarius of the Chair of World Forestry, University of Hamburg, Germany.
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    • Author/Creator:Bruenig, E. F., author.
    • Published/Created:Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CAB International, [2017]

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Rain forest conservation.
      Forest management--Tropics.
    • Edition:2nd edition.
    • Description:xvi, 401 pages ; 25 cm
    • Summary:This book contains 12 chapters providing details on conservation and management of tropical rain forests. Chapter 1 describes tropical rain forest ecosystem, land cover, habitat, resource; Chapter 2 explores the use of rain forests; Chapter 3 discusses sustainable forestry in rain forests; and Chapter 4 presents principles and strategies of sustainability. Further, Chapter 5, 6, 7 and 8 provides details on the tortuous road towards forest sustainability in the tropical rain forest; naturalistic close-to-nature forestry management in tropical rain forests; avoiding forest degradation or upgrading degraded forest ecosystems; and short-rotation tree plantations, respectively. Finally, the last four chapters explore forest management (Chapter 9); certification of forest management and timber origin (Chapter 10); forestry in the tropical rain forest (Chapter 11); and quo vadis silva tropica humida, quo vadis nos? (Chapter 12).
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781780641409 hardback alkaline paper
      1780641400 hardback alkaline paper
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, Land Cover, Habitat, Resource
      1.1. Tropical Rainforest: Myths, Delusions and Reality
      1.2. Rainforest Macro- and Mesoclimate
      1.3. Rainforest Soils, Soil Types and Vegetation Types, Mosaics and Catenas
      1.4. Large- and Medium-scale Dynamic Changes of Mixed Dipterocarp Forest at Large and Medium Spatial Scales
      1.5. Rooting Sphere
      1.6. Tree Crowns and Canopy: Physiognomy/Structure and Functions
      1.7. Hydrology, Nutrients and Pollutants
      1.8. Tree Species Richness and Diversity
      1.9. Floristic Changes and Distribution Patterns
      1.10. Pristine and Manipulated Forest, and Animal Life
      1.11. Small-scale Dynamics, Regeneration, Sub-Formations and Early Growth
      1.12. Forest Biomass, Stocks and Accretion
      1.13. Forest Growth, Productivity and Production, Above-Ground and Soil Organic Matter
      1.14. Worrying Global to Local Significance of Uncertainties, Risks and Constant Changes
      1.15. Forest Diversity and Functions
      1.16. Some Afterthoughts: How Much Science, How Much Ecological Insight Do We Still Need to Act, and Why is There so Much Talk and Little Action?
      2. Rainforest Use: Necessity, Wisdom, Greed, Folly
      2.1. Original Inhabitants and Secondary Refugees: Forest-dwellers and the Rainforest
      2.2. Shifting Cultivators, Cultural Transition, Agroforestry and Non-wood Forest Products
      2.3. Native Customary Rights and Forestry
      2.4. Nightmares of Customary Logging, Illegal Landuse and Timber Mining
      2.5. Customary and Conventional Selective Logging and the Community
      2.6. Timber Production, Trade and Demands
      2.7. Rainforest Abuse or Use: Exploitation or Integrated Harvesting?
      2.8. Low-impact Harvesting Systems in the Tropical Rainforest
      2.9. Tropical Rainforest and Global Climate Oscillations and Change
      2.10. Environmental Change and Forestry
      2.11. Carbon Offset by Forestry
      3. Sustainable Forestry in Rainforests: Reality or Dream, Hope or Chimaera?
      3.1. Concept of Sustainable Forestry: Origin and Postmodern Relevance
      3.2. Holistic Nature of Sustainability in Forestry
      3.3. Unpredictability and Uncertainties
      3.4. History of Sustainable Forestry in Tropical Rainforests
      3.5. Short History of Rainforest Silviculture and Management
      3.6. Principles of Silvicultural Management
      3.7. Conclusion: Hope or Chimera?
      3.8. "World Forestry" Concept: Glimmer of Hope or just another Dreamy Buzz?
      4. Principles and Strategies of Sustainability
      4.1. Timescale and Hierarchy of Sustainability Principles and Strategies
      4.2. Principles at National Level
      4.3. Principles at Regional and Forest Management Unit Level
      4.4. Principles at Forest-stand Level
      4.5. Timber Management and Conservation/Preservation: Segregation or Integration?
      4.6. Sustainable Alternative: Non-timber or Non-wood Forest Products?
      5. Tortuous Road Towards Forest Sustainability in the Tropical Rainforest: Cases From Which to Learn
      5.1. Example: The State of Sarawak
      5.2. Africa: Paradigm Change in the Congo Basin Blocks Satisfactory Progress
      5.3. Tropical America: Few Could Cope With Social Distortions and Political Miscasts
      5.4. Conclusion
      6. Naturalistic Close-to-Nature Forestry Management in Tropical Rainforests
      6.1. Origin, Goals, Targets and Principles of Close-to-Nature Forestry
      6.2. Potential and Actual Economic Production in Close-to-Nature Forestry
      Tropical Rainforest
      6.3. Growth and Sustained Yield Potential of Close-to-Nature Forestry in Mixed Dipterocarp Forest
      6.4. Systems Unsuitable for Perhumid/Humid Evergreen Tropical Forest
      6.5. Techniques, Standards and Problems of Close-to-Nature Forestry in Tropical Rainforest
      6.6. Selection Silviculture Management System for Fragile Oligotrophic Upland Soils in Kerangas and Caatinga Forests
      6.7. Selection Silviculture Management System for Fragile Oligotrophic Peatswamp Soils in Asia-Pacific Region
      6.8. Overcoming the Enigma of Uncertainty
      6.9. Prospects for Close-to-Nature Forestry in the Asia-Pacific Region, Congo Basin Area and Amazon Basin
      Yucatan
      7. How to Avoid Forest Degradation or Upgrade Degraded Forest Ecosystems: A Classic World Forestry Problem
      7.1. When Did the Problems Evolve and What Attempts were Made at Mitigation?
      7.2. Restoration or Rehabilitation of Over-logged and Timber-mined Upland Rainforests
      7.3. Restoration in Secondary Forests on Zonal Tropical Rainforest Sites
      7.4. Example: Multipurpose Plantations in Semengoh Forest Reserve
      7.5. Restoration of Biodiversity in Semengoh Forest Reserve
      7.6. Deramakot Model R&D Project: Role Model of an Integrated Approach
      7.7. Silvicultural Conclusions on Restoration on Oxi- and Ultisols, and on Podsols
      7.8. Conclusion
      8. Short-rotation Tree Plantations
      8.1. Motivation and Objectives
      8.2. Rationale and Risks
      8.3. Selection System Close-to-Nature Forestry versus Customary Logging and Conversion to Plantation
      9. Forest Management: Doctrine, Muddle or Goal-orientated System?
      9.1. What Went Wrong?
      9.2. Do We Still Need New Guidelines for Forestry in the Tropics?
      9.3. International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Guidelines
      9.4. ITTO Guidelines for Planted Tropical Forests and Recreating Tropical Forests
      9.5. Planning Sustainable Forest Utilisation: Information Needs
      10. Certification of Forest Management and Timber Origin
      10.1. Roots: Forest Resource Rape; Offshoots: Boycott of Tropical Forestry and Timber
      10.2. Principles, Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability
      10.3. Objective Certification in Tropical Rainforest: Practicable or Virtually Impossible?
      10.4. Trade Policies and Tree-species Conservation
      10.5. Why So Far So Little Success and Effect for So Much Fuss?
      11. Forestry in the Tropical Rainforest: The Decisive Roots, Trends and Key Problems
      11.1. Forestry from Gilgamesh and Greeks to Brandis's Scientific Forestry in the Tropics
      11.2. Forest Policy and Administration from the Dalhousie/Brandis Revolution to Postmodern Dissolution
      11.3. Postmodern Post-1970 Timber Bonanza and Failing Public Action: A Puzzle
      11.4. Forest Production Management, Conservation, Protection: Synergism or Incompatibility?
      11.5. States and Trends Outside Forestry that Affect Forestry and Forestry Economy
      11.6. Theorem of the Information Society: Did it Help the Tropical Rainforest and its Foresters?
      12. Quo Vadis Silva Tropica Humida, Quo Vadis Nos?
      12.1. From Ancient Democratic Athens and Oligarchic Rome to the Postmodern Era and Beyond
      12.2. In the Postmodern Era and Beyond: Who Are They That Now Abuse Our Patience?
      12.3. Change of Wind and Subsequent Strange Shifts of Paradigms
      12.4. Outlook on Timber Production and Consumption at the Close of the Postmodern Era
      12.5. Action Priorities for Restraining the Key Causal Factors and Solving Problems
      12.6. Need for Comprehensive Reforms, Not Just Repairs
      12.7. Deceptions and Decisions: The Problems of Detection and Prevention
      12.8. Forestry-focused Targets and Goals for Forward Action
      12.9. Where Should the Tropical Rainforest Go, Where Can it Go, What Can We Do for it?
      12.10. Participation and Re-education, not Manipulation of the People
      12.11. What Should the Tropical Rainforest Deliver for Us?
      12.12. Principles of a Forest Policy and Management System in the future Tropical Rainforest
      12.13. Conclusions Pending Uncertain Directions of Change.
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