This list contains 49 entry(ies).
This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world’s tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world.
The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.
This is a beautiful and lavishly illustrated book containing 23 personal stories about Africa’s hidden rainforests – the Udzungwa Mountains and the other Eastern Arc Mountains in East Africa. The book is full of fascinating information about new discoveries, evolution, fieldwork and wildlife in t
Organization(s):
- MUSE - Science Museum, IT
- Natural History Museum of Denmark
Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services.
An eye-opening tour of the rare and exotic, The Kingdom of Rarities offers us a new understanding of the natural world, one that places rarity at the center of conservation biology.
When it comes to deforestation, the task of reconciling climate and development goals poses a daunting challenge.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Author(s):
- Bustamante, Mercedes
- Gash, John
- Keller, Michael
- Silva Dias, Pedro
Organization(s):
- American Geophysical Union, US
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Escondida no emaranhado da floresta tropical brasileira, uma pequena revolução está acontecendo. No Amazonas, o maior estado do País, as pessoas estão usando uma abordagem conhecida como REDD para conservar a floresta e ter como retorno créditos de carbono.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
As new mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are being negotiated in international climate change talks, resource tenure must be given greater attention.
Author(s):
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Mayers, James
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
This publication will serve as a concise guide to the Sinharaja rainforest, by providing tips and advice to visitors, and information with regards to its cultural importance. Descriptions and checklists have also been provided for some of the plant and animal species found in this rainforest.
Author(s):
- Amarasinghe, Shalini
- Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B.
- Ekanayake, S. P.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- Netherlands, [Government]
Organization(s):
- Unesco, Coastal Regions and Small Islands
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
- Guiana Shield Initiative
Author(s):
- Comiskey, James A.
- Sunderland, Terry C. H.
- Sunderland-Groves, Jacqueline L.
Organization(s):
- Smithsonian Institution, Monitoring and Assesment of Biodiversity Program, US
Author(s):
- Linke, Manfred
- Osnowski, Rainer
Author(s):
- Mateos, Eduard
- Guix, J. C.
- Serra, A.
- Pisciotta, K.
Organization(s):
- Universitat de Barcelona, Divisió de Ciències Experimentals i Matemàtiques, Centre de Recursos de Biodiversitat Animal, ES
Author(s):
- Alonso, Alfonso
- Dallmeier, Francisco
- Campbell, Patrick
Organization(s):
- Smithsonian Institution, Monitoring and Assesment of Biodiversity Program, US
Author(s):
- Demmer, Josefien
- Overman, Han
Organization(s):
- Tropenbos Foundation, NL
- Amsterdam Research Institute for Global Issues and Development Studies
- Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation
The two neighbouring countries, Libera and Sierra Leone, are situated in the heart of the Upper Guinea forest region.
Author(s):
- Garnett, Tommy
- Utas, Cecilia
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
- Environmental Foundation for Africa
Author(s):
- Beau-Douëzy, Jean-Philippe
- Cambornac, Michel
- Sampers, Erik
More than 400 colour pictures illustrate typical natural ecosystems and cultural landscapes. The focus is on the ecological conditions and characteristics that have a particularly strong influence (e.g. fire as an ecological factor, human use of natural resources, physiological adaptations).
Organization(s):
- Australia, New South Wales, National Parks and Wildlife Service
Author(s):
- Meijboom, Marianne J.
- Burrough-Boenisch, J.
Organization(s):
- National Reference Centre for Nature management
Organization(s):
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- UNDP
- Papua New Guinea, Department of Environmnent and Conservation
- PNG Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Management Programme
Author(s):
- McCallum, Rob
- Sekhran, Nikhil
Organization(s):
- PNG Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Management Programme
- UNDP
- Papua New Guinea, Department of Environment and Conservation
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Author(s):
- Lammerts van Bueren, Erik M.
- Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
Author(s):
- Richards, P. W. (Paul Westmacott)
- Walsh, R. P. D.
- Baillie, I. C.
- Greig-Smith, P.
Author(s):
- Mateos, Eduard
- Mañosa, Santiago
Organization(s):
- Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Biologia Animal, ES
Author(s):
- Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
- Lips, Johanna M.
Organization(s):
- Ecotrust
- Pacific GIS
- Conservation International
Author(s):
- Kellogg, Erin
- Wolf, Edward C.
- Mitchell, Andrew P.
Organization(s):
- Obayashi Corporation
- United Nations University (UNU)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka, Ministry of Lands, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development, Forest Department
Author(s):
- Kirk, Ruth
- Franklin, Jerry F.
Organization(s):
- Netherlands, [Government]
- Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Author(s):
- Stephenson, Peter J.
- Quansah, Nathaniel
- Raxworthy, Christopher J.
- Cemmick, David
Author(s):
- Denevan, William M.
- Padoch, Christine
Organization(s):
- New York Botanical Garden, US
Author(s):
- Forsyth, Adrian
- Miyata, Kenneth
Author(s):
- Poore, Duncan
- Allaby, Michael
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
