Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests : An Integrated Approach to Sustainability.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols -- 1 Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, Land Cover, Habitat, Resource -- 1.1 Tropical Rainforest: Myths, Delusions and Reality -- 1.2 Rainforest Macro- and Mesoclimate -- 1.3 Rainforest Soils, Soil Types and Vegetation Types, Mosaics and Catenas -- 1.4 Large- and Medium-scale Dynamic Changes of Mixed Dipterocarp Forest at Large and Medium Spatial Scales -- 1.5 Rooting Sphere -- 1.6 Tree Crowns and Canopy: Physiognomy/Structure and Functions -- 1.7 Hydrology, Nutrients and Pollutants -- 1.8 Tree Species Richness and Diversity -- 1.9 Floristic Changes and Distribution Patterns -- 1.10 Pristine and Manipulated Forest, and Animal Life -- 1.11 Small-scale Dynamics, Regeneration, Sub-Formations and Early Growth -- 1.12 Forest Biomass, Stocks and Accretion -- 1.13 Forest Growth, Productivity and Production, Above-Ground and Soil Organic Matter -- 1.14 The Worrying Global to Local Significance of Uncertainties, Risks and Constant Changes -- 1.15 Forest Diversity and Functions -- 1.16 Some Afterthoughts: How Much Science, How Much Ecological Insight Do We Still Need to Act, and Why is There so Much Talk and Little Action? -- 2 Rainforest Use: Necessity, Wisdom, Greed, Folly -- 2.1 Original Inhabitants and Secondary Refugees: Forest-dwellers and the Rainforest -- 2.2 Shifting Cultivators, Cultural Transition, Agroforestry and Non-wood Forest Products -- 2.3 Native Customary Rights and Forestry -- 2.4 The Nightmares of Customary Logging, Illegal Landuse and Timber Mining -- 2.5 Customary and Conventional Selective Logging and the Community -- 2.6 Timber Production, Trade and Demands -- 2.7 Rainforest Abuse or Use: Exploitation or Integrated Harvesting? -- 2.8 Low-impact Harvesting Systems in the Tropical Rainforest.

2.9 Tropical Rainforest and Global Climate Oscillations and Change -- 2.10 Environmental Change and Forestry -- 2.11 Carbon Offset by Forestry -- 3 Sustainable Forestry in Rainforests: Reality or Dream, Hope or Chimaera? -- 3.1 The Concept of Sustainable Forestry: Origin and Postmodern Relevance -- 3.2 The Holistic Nature of Sustainability in Forestry -- 3.3 Unpredictability and Uncertainties -- 3.4 History of Sustainable Forestry in Tropical Rainforests -- 3.5 Short History of Rainforest Silviculture and Management -- 3.6 Principles of Silvicultural Management -- 3.7 Conclusion: Hope or Chimera? -- 3.8 The "World Forestry" Concept: Glimmer of Hope or just another Dreamy Buzz? -- 4 Principles and Strategies of Sustainability -- 4.1 Timescale and Hierarchy of Sustainability Principles and Strategies -- 4.2 Principles at National Level -- 4.3 Principles at Regional and Forest Management Unit Level -- 4.4 Principles at Forest-stand Level -- 4.5 Timber Management and Conservation/Preservation: Segregation or Integration? -- 4.6 Sustainable Alternative: Non-timber or Non-wood Forest Products? -- 5 The Tortuous Road Towards Forest Sustainability in the Tropical Rainforest: Cases From Which to Learn -- 5.1 Example: The State of Sarawak -- 5.2 Africa: Paradigm Change in the Congo Basin Blocks Satisfactory Progress -- 5.3 Tropical America: Few Could Cope With Social Distortions and Political Miscasts -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 Naturalistic Close-to-Nature Forestry Management in Tropical Rainforests -- 6.1 Origin, Goals, Targets and Principles of Close-to-Nature Forestry -- 6.2 Potential and Actual Economic Production in Close-to-Nature Forestry-Tropical Rainforest -- 6.3 Growth and Sustained Yield Potential of Close-to-Nature Forestry in Mixed Dipterocarp Forest -- 6.4 Systems Unsuitable for Perhumid/Humid Evergreen Tropical Forest.

6.5 Techniques, Standards and Problems of Close-to-Nature Forestry in Tropical Rainforest -- 6.6 Selection Silviculture Management System for Fragile Oligotrophic Upland Soils in Kerangas and Caatinga Forests -- 6.7 Selection Silviculture Management System for Fragile Oligotrophic Peatswamp Soils in Asia-Pacific Region -- 6.8 Overcoming the Enigma of Uncertainty -- 6.9 Prospects for Close-to-Nature Forestry in the Asia-Pacific Region, Congo Basin Area and Amazon Basin-Yucatan -- 7 How to Avoid Forest Degradation or Upgrade Degraded Forest Ecosystems: A Classic World Forestry Problem -- 7.1 When Did the Problems Evolve and What Attempts were Made at Mitigation? -- 7.2 Restoration or Rehabilitation of Over-logged and Timber-mined Upland Rainforests -- 7.3 Restoration in Secondary Forests on Zonal Tropical Rainforest Sites -- 7.4 Example: Multipurpose Plantations in Semengoh Forest Reserve -- 7.5 Restoration of Biodiversity in Semengoh Forest Reserve -- 7.6 The Deramakot Model R&amp -- D Project: Role Model of an Integrated Approach -- 7.7 Silvicultural Conclusions on Restoration on Oxi- and Ultisols, and on Podsols -- 7.8 Conclusion -- 8 Short-rotation Tree Plantations -- 8.1 Motivation and Objectives -- 8.2 Rationale and Risks -- 8.3 Selection System Close-to-Nature Forestry versus Customary Logging and Conversion to Plantation -- 9 Forest Management: Doctrine, Muddle or Goal-orientated System? -- 9.1 What Went Wrong? -- 9.2 Do We Still Need New Guidelines for Forestry in the Tropics? -- 9.3 International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Guidelines -- 9.4 The ITTO Guidelines for Planted Tropical Forests and Recreating Tropical Forests -- 9.5 Planning Sustainable Forest Utilisation: Information Needs -- 10 Certification of Forest Management and Timber Origin -- 10.1 Roots: Forest Resource Rape -- Offshoots: Boycott of Tropical Forestry and Timber.

10.2 Principles, Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability -- 10.3 Objective Certification in Tropical Rainforest: Practicable or Virtually Impossible? -- 10.4 Trade Policies and Tree-species Conservation -- 10.5 Why So Far So Little Success and Effect for So Much Fuss? -- 11 Forestry in the Tropical Rainforest: The Decisive Roots, Trends and Key Problems -- 11.1 Forestry from Gilgamesh and Greeks to Brandis's Scientific Forestry in the Tropics -- 11.2 Forest Policy and Administration from the Dalhousie/Brandis Revolution to Postmodern Dissolution -- 11.3 Postmodern Post-1970 Timber Bonanza and Failing Public Action: A Puzzle -- 11.4 Forest Production Management, Conservation, Protection: Synergism or Incompatibility? -- 11.5 States and Trends Outside Forestry that Affect Forestry and Forestry Economy -- 11.6 The Theorem of the Information Society: Did it Help the Tropical Rainforest and its Foresters? -- 12 Quo Vadis Silva Tropica Humida, Quo Vadis Nos? -- 12.1 From Ancient Democratic Athens and Oligarchic Rome to the Postmodern Era and Beyond -- 12.2 In the Postmodern Era and Beyond: Who Are They That Now Abuse Our Patience? -- 12.3 The Change of Wind and Subsequent Strange Shifts of Paradigms -- 12.4 Outlook on Timber Production and Consumption at the Close of the Postmodern Era -- 12.5 Action Priorities for Restraining the Key Causal Factors and Solving Problems -- 12.6 Need for Comprehensive Reforms, Not Just Repairs -- 12.7 Deceptions and Decisions: The Problems of Detection and Prevention -- 12.8 Forestry-focused Targets and Goals for Forward Action -- 12.9 Where Should the Tropical Rainforest Go, Where Can it Go, What Can We Do for it? -- 12.10 Participation and Re-education, not Manipulation of the People -- 12.11 What Should the Tropical Rainforest Deliver for Us?.

12.12 Principles of a Forest Policy and Management System in the future Tropical Rainforest -- 12.13 Conclusions Pending Uncertain Directions of Change -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Biocybernetic Principles of System Design -- References and Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.

This book describes the principles of integrated conservation and management that lead to sustainability, identifying the phenomena that regulate rainforest processes. Fully revised and updated, it includes biofuels and carbon credits with respect to tropical forests and their inhabitants, features of the forest and socio-cultural ecosystems.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.