Tropical Rain Forest A Wider Perspective

About this book

This book has evolved out of a successful masters level course in `Conservation and Environmental Economics' taught for many years at the University College London. The wide range of contributing authors and their individual specialisms reflect the broad spectrum of disciplines covered - from biology and conservation management through to campaigning and economics.

Contents

Tropical rain forests - what are they really like?, F.B. Goldsmith; indigenous non-timber benefits from tropical rain forest, G.T. Prance; degeneration versus regeneration - logging in tropical rain forests, N. Brown; forest people and environmental degredation, M.J. Eden; soil and vegetation effects of tropical deforestation, S.M. Ross; causes of deforestation and institutional constraints, K.S. Bawa and S. Dayanandan; the economics of the tropical timber trade and sustainable forest management, E.B. Barbier; can non-market values save the tropical forests?, D. Pearce; the role of policy and institutions, J. Mayers and S. Bass; modelling tropical land use change and deforestation, A. Grainger; communicating the message - a case study from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, C. Clubbe; effective campaigning, A. Juniper; synsthesis.

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