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Title Beyond tropical deforestation : from tropical deforestation to forest cover dynamics and forest development / edited by Didier Babin
Published Paris : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization : Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le developpement, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 488 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- List of plates -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- List of acronyms -- Introduction Didier Babin -- Part 1: Measuring and Understanding Deforestation and Forest Dynamics -- 1. The changing objectives of FAO forest resource evaluation Martin-Eric Loffeier and Julie Brayer -- 2. A spatial approach to deforestation phenomena : what remote sensing can contribute Jacques Imbernon
3. The contribution of 13C isotopic tracing of soil organic matter to the reconstitution of forest-savannah successions in the coastal zone of Gabon Robert Nasi and Dominique Schwartz4. Deforestation in Amazonia : the actual situation is difficult to pinpoint Luciana Machado and Richard Pasquis -- 5. The changes in Indonesian forests : available tools and indicators Marie-Gabrielle Piketty and Yves Laumonier -- 6. Deforestation in CÃ?te d'Ivoire : the exploitation of forest resources FranÃois Verdeaux and AliÃ?ne Alpha
7. Deforestation and its impact on biological diversity :a question of scale Richard Pasquis and Meriem Bouamrane8. Deforestation and fires : the example of Madagascar Alain Bertrand and Rivo Ratsimbarison -- 9. Environmental impact of deforestation : the retreat of the mangrove versus mangle dynamics Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem -- 10. Tropical forest dynamics and climate change Bruno Locatelli and Alain Karsenty -- Part 2: Forest Dynamics as a Complex Society Process
11. Can deforestation help rebuild forests? The Indonesian agroforests Genevi�ve Michon and Meriem Bouamrane12. Does population growth affect wooded-cover dynamics? Bruno Locatelli, Stanislas Boissau and Jacques Weber -- 13. The spread of the Merina people in Madagascar and natural forest and eucalyptus stand dynamics Alain Bertrand -- 14. Forest dynamics : the case of Burundi : images, views, farmer innovations and forestry policies Philippe Guizol and Cléto Ndikumagenge
15. Agricultural occupation patterns in an immigration zone in south-western Burkina Faso Xavier Augusseau and Souleymane Pare16. Agricultural pioneer fronts, the crest of a far-reaching wave : the social and spatial dimension of lowland colonization in Nicaragua Christophe Maldidier -- 17. Grazing impact on the savannah in Burkina Faso : a three-scale investigation of ligneous plant dynamics in animal production zones Sandrine Petit, Marie BussiÃ?re and Julie Laurent
Analysis Forestry Tropical deforestation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Deforestation -- Tropics
Forest dynamics -- Tropics
Deforestation.
Forest dynamics.
Tropics.
Form Electronic book
Author Babin, Didier
CIRAD (Organization)
Unesco.
LC no. 2009378671
ISBN 9782759207893
2759207897
9789231039416
9231039415
Other Titles From tropical deforestation to forest cover dynamics and forest development