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1 online resource (327 pages) |
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text file |
Summary |
Tropical forests are vanishing at an alarming rate. This book, based on extensive international field research, highlights one solution for preserving this precious resource: empowering local people who depend on the forest for survival. Synthesizing a vast amount of information that has never been brought together in one place, Roger D. Stone and Claudia D'Andrea provide a clearly written and energizing tour of global efforts to empower community-based forest stewards. Along the way, they show the fundamental importance of tropical forest ecosystems and deepen our sense of urgency to save the. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300). |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: PART I. THE DISMAL RECORD -- II -- I. Forest Use and Misuse -- I3 -- 2. Why Tropical Forests Decline -- 35 -- PART II. STIRRINGS IN THE FIELD -- 57 -- 3. The Road to Bendum -- 59 -- 4. Village Forests in India -- 80 -- 5. Conservation in Indonesia -- 121 -- 6. Africa's Cornucopia and Scorpion -- I54 -- 7. Learning from Latin America -- I80 -- PART III. THE WAY AHEAD -- 2I3 -- 8. Shifting the Balance -- 215 -- 9. Helping from Afar -- 236 -- Io. Future Imperatives -- 263 -- Notes -- 275 -- Further Reading -- 293 -- Index -- 301. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Community forests -- Tropics -- Management.
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Community forests. |
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Tropics. |
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Management. |
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Forest management -- Tropics -- Citizen participation.
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Forest management. |
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Political participation. |
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Forest conservation -- Tropics -- Citizen participation.
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Forest conservation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
D'Andrea, Claudia, 1966-
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520217997 |
ISBN |
9780520936072 (electronic book) |
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0520936078 (electronic book) |
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0520217993 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520230892 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520217997 |
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