Awards

• Winner of Outstanding Publication Award 2008
• Winner of Outstanding Publication Award 2017

Overview

In Tropical Forests, Rudel analyzes hundreds of local studies from the past twenty years to develop a much-needed, global perspective on deforestation. With separate chapters on individual regions, including South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa, Rudel's work offers an up-to-date assessment of the world's tropical forests. In the concluding chapter, Rudel considers the implications of these trends and describes policy directions for conserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable development in each region.

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It will serve as an excellent update... Highly recommended. -- Choice Rudder's book is a work of outstanding scholarship. -- Environmental Conservation Relevant to anyone with an interest in patterns of land use and change. -- Southeastern Naturalist A lifetime of experience working with tropical forests is utilized in this book to provide an insightful assessment. -- Harini Nagendra, Landscape Ecology A compelling, concise, and very readable examination of a broad and complex subject. -- Human Ecology

It will serve as an excellent update... Highly recommended. Choice Rudder's book is a work of outstanding scholarship. Environmental Conservation Relevant to anyone with an interest in patterns of land use and change. Southeastern Naturalist A lifetime of experience working with tropical forests is utilized in this book to provide an insightful assessment. -- Harini Nagendra Landscape Ecology A compelling, concise, and very readable examination of a broad and complex subject. -- Avrum J. Shriar Human Ecology

Author Information

Thomas K. Rudel is a professor in the departments of human ecology and sociology at Rutgers University. He is the author of Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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