Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest Past, Present and Possible Future

About this book

Stresses the continuity of change over time and its possible outcome for the people of the forest as well as for the forest itself.

Contents

Preface. Foreword; Sir Ghillean Prance. 1. Introduction; B.K. Maloney. 2. Landscape Sensitivity in the Humid Tropics: A Geomorphological Appraisal; M.F. Thomas. 3. Tropical Rainforest Change and Development: Are Soils the Forgotten Component of These Ecosystems? S. Nortcliff. 4. The Long-Term History of Human Activity and Rainforest Development; B.K. Maloney. 5. Indigenous Knowledge of the Rainforest: Perception, Extraction and Conservation; R.F. Ellen. 6. History and Destiny of Middle American Forests: The Inheritors of the Mayan Landscape; P. Furley. 7. Social, Economic and Political Aspects of Forest Clearance and Land-Use Planning in Indonesia; A.I. Fraser. 8. Diversity Destroyed? The Monoculture of Eucalyptus; C.J. Barrow. 9. Modelling Climatic Impacts of Future Rainforest Destruction; K. McGuffie, et al. 10. Conclusion; B.K. Maloney.

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