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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Forest dynamics -- Tropics
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Deforestation.
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Forest dynamics.
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Tropics.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Babin, Didier
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CIRAD (Organization)
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Unesco.
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LC no. |
2009378671 |
ISBN |
9782759207893 |
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2759207897 |
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9789231039416 |
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9231039415 |
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