Ecosystems - forests

Il s'agit du recueil des procès-verbaux de la conférence sur les écosystèmes des forêts denses humides d'Afrique centrale qui a eu lieu à Brazzaville, Congo, du 28 au 30 mai 1996. Il présente les communications des participants qui appartenaient aux milieux gouvernementaux et non-gouvernementaux, au secteur privé, à des agences de bailleurs de fonds multilatéraux et bi-latéraux. Il propose des solutions politiques et institutionnelles à la gestion des forêts denses et humides et fait des suggestions pour une utilisation durable de leurs ressources en Afrique centrale

A fully revised and extended version of a report with the same title, first published in 1989. The book deals with an important but long neglected aspect of the use and management of tropical forests, analyzing the role of the vast array of non-timber forest products in the local and national economies of Southeast Asia. The term "non-timber forest products" encompasses all biological material other than timber which are extracted from forests for human use.

The threats to the forests of tropical America have been the centre of international environmental concern for some time, yet the material in this atlas highlights the continuing extent of scientific uncertainty over the critical issues that will determine the future use and conservation of these forests. Preceded by Asia and the Pacific, 1991; Africa, 1992 (both now out of print), this atlas completes the series.

An interactive database and dynamic map of plants and forests in Ghana accompanies this report.