- Considers the contribution of sustainable forest management(SFM) to achieving several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Addresses the environmental factors which determine types of tropical forests
- Reviews the ways in which tropical forests can influence the water cycle
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- Chapter 1 – An overview of tropical forest formations: Alice Muchugi, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya; Sammy Muraguri, Kunming Institute of Botany, China; Hesti L. Tata, Forest Research & Development Centre, Indonesia; Jürgen Blaser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; and Patrick D. Hardcastle, Forestry Development Specialist, UK;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The tropics: defining the enabling conditions for tropical forests
- 3 Classifying tropical forest formations
- 4 Structure and diversity of tropical forest ecosystems
- 5 Conclusion
- 6 References
- Chapter 2 – Defining sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics: Francis E. Putz, University of Florida-Gainesville, USA; and Ian D. Thompson, Thompson Forest Ltd.-Kelowna, Canada;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Evolving concepts of sustainability
- 3 Appropriate scales for assessment of SFM
- 4 SFM trade-offs at different scales
- 5 Defining terms in SFM
- 6 Land-use types in SFM
- 7 Challenges for SFM in the tropics
- 8 Ways forward
- 9 References
- Chapter 3 – Ecosystem services delivered by tropical forests: regulating services of tropical forests for climate and hydrological cycles: Oliver Gardi, Bern University of Applied Sciences and School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Switzerland;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Forest-climate interactions
- 3 Forests in the carbon cycle
- 4 Climate change mitigation in the forestry and timber sector
- 5 Forests in the water cycle (regional scale)
- 6 Summary and future trends
- 7 Where to look for further information
- 8 References
- Chapter 4 – Forest landscape restoration (FLR) of tropical forests: Stephanie Mansourian, Mansourian.org/University of Geneva, Switzerland/IUFRO, Austria;
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Implementing forest landscape restoration (FLR)
- 3 Case studies
- 4 Challenges and opportunities in taking FLR forward
- 5 Conclusion
- 6 Where to look for further information
- 7 References
- Chapter 5 – Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests: overview and conclusions: Jürgen Blaser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Patrick D. Hardcastle, Forestry Development Specialist, UK; and Gillian Petrokofsky, University of Oxford, UK;
- 1 Introduction: sustainable forest management (SFM)
- 2 Importance of tropical forest ecology
- 3 Forests, climate and climate change
- 4 Forest loss and degradation
- 5 Forest products and ecological services
- 6 Community-based forest management (CBFM) and SFM
- 7 SFM and the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs)
- 8 Wood products, plantations and SFM
- 9 Monitoring and measuring for SFM
- 10 Shifting cultivation and SFM
- 11 Forest landscape restoration (FLR)
- 12 SFM in major tropical regions
- 13 Conclusions
- 14 References
Sobre el autor
Dr Jürgen Blaser is Professor of International Forestry and Climate Change at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. Professor Blaser is a former Chair of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) and former Senior Forestry Advisor at the World Bank.¡Compre este libro electrónico y obtenga 1 más GRATIS!
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