| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 463 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Alternatives to slash and burn : challenge and approaches of an international consortium / Pedro A. Sanchez / Cheryl A. Palm / Joyce Kasyoki / Thomas P. Tomich / Stephen A. Vosti -- 2. Carbon losses and sequestration after land use change in the humid tropics / Cheryl A. Palm / Meine van Noordwijk / Paul L. Woomer / Julio C. Alegre / Luis Arevalo / Carlos E. Castilla / Divonzil G. Cordeiro / Kurniatun Hairiah / Jean Kotto-Same / Appolinaire Moukam / William J. Parton / Auberto Ricse / Vanda Rodrigues / Syukur M. Sitompul -- 3. Greenhouse gas fluxes in slash and burn and alternative land use practices in Sumatra, Indonesia / Daniel Murdiyarso / Haruo Tsuruta / Shigehiro Ishizuka / Kurniatun Hairiah / Cheryl A. Palm -- 4. potential role of above-ground biodiversity indicators in assessing best-bet alternatives to slash and burn / Andrew N. Gillison -- 5. Below-ground biodiversity assessment : developing a key functional group approach in best-bet alternatives to slash and burn / David E. Bignell / Jerome Tondoh / Luc Dibog / Shiou Pin Huang / Fatima Moreira / Dieudonne Nwaga / Beto Pashanasi / Eliane Guimaraes Pereira / Francis-Xavier Susilo / Michael J. Swift -- 6. Sustainability of tropical land use systems after forest conversion / Kurniatun Hairiah / Meine van Noordwijk / Stephan Weise -- 7. forest for the trees : the effects of macroeconomic factors on deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia / Andrea Cattaneo / Nu Nu San -- 8. Sustainable forest management for smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Amazon / Marcus V.N. d'Oliveira / Michael D. Swaine / David F.R.P. Burslem / Evaldo M. Braz / Henrique J.B. de Araujo -- 9. Permanent smallholder rubber agroforestry systems in Sumatra, Indonesia / Gede Wibawa / Sinung Hendratno / Meine van Noordwijk |
| Summary |
Annotation Caused in part by the slash-and-burn practices of both large- and small-scale farmers, the environmental implications of tropical deforestation remain a worldwide concern. Yet the small-scale farmers who use slash-and-burn agriculture depend on it to produce food and make a living for their families. With contributions from scientists, economists, ecologists, and anthropologists, this book provides an overall analysis of the environmental, economic, and social reasons for why slash and burn is so common and presents alternatives to this destructive practice |
| Notes |
A collaborative publication by the Alternatives to Slash and Burn Consortium, the World Agroforestry Centre, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and the University of California, Davis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme) -- Congresses
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Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme) cct |
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Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme) fast |
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Deforestation -- Control -- Tropics -- Congresses
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Shifting cultivation -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics -- Congresses
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Shifting cultivation -- Tropics -- Congresses
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Shifting cultivation -- Tropics.
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Shifting cultivation -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics.
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Deforestation -- Control -- Tropics.
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Deforestation -- Control
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Shifting cultivation
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Shifting cultivation -- Environmental aspects
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Tropics
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Palm, C. A. (Cheryl Ann)
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Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme)
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| LC no. |
2005041380 |
| ISBN |
9780231134507 |
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0231134509 |
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9780231134514 |
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0231134517 |
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0231508832 |
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9780231508834 |
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