Deforestation books

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The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook

The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status,...

Author: Carlos Galindo-Leal ,  Conservation International/Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
ISBN: 9781559639880
Format: Hardback
$237.60

A detailed assessment of the state of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. Separate sections examine each of the...  Read More >>

Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest: A Comparative Study of Eight Tropical Countries

Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest: A Comparative...

Author: Sven Wunder
ISBN: 9780415278676
Format: Hardback
$266.00

Giving an analysis of the impact of oil wealth on tropical deforestation in South America, Africa and Asia, this...  Read More >>

Anatomy of a Conflict: Identity, Knowledge and Emotion in Old-Growth Forests

Anatomy of a Conflict: Identity, Knowledge and Emotion...

Author: Terre Satterfield
ISBN: 9780870136559
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This work explores the cultural aspects of the fierce dispute between activist loggers and environmentalists over...  Read More >>

Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis

Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis...

Author: Michael Williams
ISBN: 9780226899268
Format: Hardback
$244.20

Deforestation - the thinning and clearing of forests for fuel, shelter, and agriculture - is among the important...  Read More >>

Managing a Global Resource: Challenges of Forest Conservation and Development

Managing a Global Resource: Challenges of Forest Conservation...

Author: Uma J. Lele
ISBN: 9780765809407
Format: Paperback
$111.24

The rapid loss of tropical forests, particularly in the developing world, has been a global concern since the late...  Read More >>

Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon

Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon

Author: Charles H. Wood ,  Roberto Porro
ISBN: 9780813024653
Format: Paperback
$92.27

The Amazonian territories of Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador encompass nearly half of the world's remaining tropical...  Read More >>

Managing a Global Resource: Challenges of Forest Conservation and Development

Managing a Global Resource: Challenges of Forest Conservation...

Author: Uma J. Lele
ISBN: 9780765801371
Format: Hardback
$336.38

The rapid loss of tropical forests, particularly in the developing world, has been a global concern since the late...  Read More >>

Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon

Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon

Author: Charles H. Wood ,  Roberto Porro
ISBN: 9780813024646
Format: Hardback
$198.00

The Amazonian territories of Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador encompass nearly half of the world's remaining tropical...  Read More >>

Selling Forest Environmental Services: Market-Based Mechanisms for Conservation and Development

Selling Forest Environmental Services: Market-Based...

Author: Stefano Pagiola ,  Joshua Bishop
ISBN: 9781853838880
Format: Paperback
$69.95

Not only are forests a critical source of forest products, but they provide environmental services that are the...  Read More >>

The People's Forests

The People's Forests

Author: Douglas K. Midgett ,  Robert Marshall
ISBN: 9780877458050
Format: Paperback
$44.88

This text makes a case for the public ownership and management of the nation's forests in the face of generations...  Read More >>

Selling Forest Environmental Services: Market-Based Mechanisms for Conservation and Development

Selling Forest Environmental Services: Market-Based...

Author: Stefano Pagiola ,  Joshua Bishop
ISBN: 9781853838897
Format: Hardback
$209.00

Not only are forests a critical source of forest products, but they provide environmental services that are the...  Read More >>

Forest Concession Policies and Revenue Systems: Country Experience and Policy Changes for Sustainable Tropical Forestry

Forest Concession Policies and Revenue Systems: Country...

Author: John A. Gray
ISBN: 9780821351703
Format: Paperback
$58.08

If sustainable management of tropical forests is to be accomplished and deforestation brought under control, the...  Read More >>

Forests in Peril: Tracking Deciduous Trees From Ice-Age Refuges into the Greenhouse World

Forests in Peril: Tracking Deciduous Trees From Ice-Age...

Author: Hazel R Delcourt, Dr
ISBN: 9780939923892
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This volume takes the reader on a journey to document the history of the great forest in eastern North America from...  Read More >>

Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking in Indonesia

Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking...

Author: Carol J. Pierce Colfer ,  Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo
ISBN: 9781891853456
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests. This title explores the various events...  Read More >>

Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking in Indonesia

Which Way Forward: People, Forests, and Policymaking...

Author: Carol J. Pierce Colfer ,  Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo
ISBN: 9781891853449
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term...  Read More >>

Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit: Journeys to the Brink of Hope

Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit: Journeys to the...

Author: Roger D. Stone ,  Claudia D'Andrea
ISBN: 9780520230897
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Offers a tour of global efforts to empower community-based forest stewards. This book introduces readers to the...  Read More >>

The Cutting Edge: Conserving Wildlife in Logged Tropical Forests

The Cutting Edge: Conserving Wildlife in Logged Tropical...

Author: Robert Fimbel ,  Alejandro Grajal
ISBN: 9780231114554
Format: Paperback
$140.95

The growth in the scale and intensity of industrial forestry, has, directly and indirectly, degraded the wildlife...  Read More >>

Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition

Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society...

Author: Susan E. Place
ISBN: 9780842029087
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Containing articles from experts in various fields and an introduction by the editor, this book provides an overview...  Read More >>

Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition

Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society...

Author: Susan E. Place
ISBN: 9780842029070
Format: Hardback
$159.95

Containing articles from experts in various fields and an introduction by the editor, this book provides an overview...  Read More >>

Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation

Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation...

Author: Arild Angelsen (Agricultural University of Norway) ,  David Kaimowitz (Center for International Forestry Research, Jakarta, Indonesia)
ISBN: 9780851994512
Format: Paperback
$181.13

This book has been developed from Technological change in agriculture and tropical deforestation workshop. It explores...  Read More >>

Overexploitation or Sustainable Management? Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry: The Case of Para (Brazil) 1960-1997

Overexploitation or Sustainable Management? Action Patterns...

Author: Imme Scholz
ISBN: 9780714651545
Format: Hardback
$280.00

This book describes the expansion of the timber industry in the Brazilian federal state of Para since the 1960s,...  Read More >>

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