Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes. Ambasht eds modern trends in applied terrestrial ecology kluwer academicplenum press new york.
Global Restoration Opportunities In Tropical Rainforest
The current scale of deforestation in tropical regions and the large areas of degraded lands now present underscore the urgent needfor interventions to restore biodiversity ecological functioning and the supply of goods and ecological services previously used by poor rural.
Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes. Between 1980 and 1990 an estimated 154 million ha yr 1 of tropical forests and woodlands were destroyed or seriously degraded principally through agricultural expansion uncontrolled livestock grazing logging and fuelwood collection food and agriculture organization 1993. Restoration and management of degraded tropical forest landscapes. However much of this remaining forest cover is found in small isolated forest fragments where species diversity is vulnerable and threatened.
By d lamb. Restoration and management of degraded tropical forest landscapes 137 the promotion of short rotation plantations as a solution to the chronic wood shortages faced by hundreds of millions of. It is rarely possible to reforest the whole landscape especially if it is also occupied by many small farms.
The current scale of deforestation in tropical regions and the large areas of degraded lands now present underscore the urgent need for interventions to restore biodiversity ecological functioning and the supply of goods and ecological services previously used by poor rural communities. 135 148 chapter 7 in. Depending on what size and type of forest is measured remaining forest cover estimates range from 7 to 16.
Academiaedu is a platform for academics to share research papers. Most degraded tropical landscapes are a mosaic of land uses and may include patches of intact residual forest and productive agricultural lands as well as degraded lands. Forest restoration in the amazon region.
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