Автор: Ravenel, Ramsay M Название: Illegal Logging in the Tropics ISBN: 1560221178 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781560221173 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Every two seconds, across the world, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers. In some countries, up to 90% of all the logging taking place is illegal. Estimates suggest that this criminal activity generates approximately US $10-15 bn annually worldwide—funds that are unregulated, untaxed, and often remain in the hands of organized criminal gangs. Thus far, domestic and international efforts to curb forest crimes have focused on preventative actions, but they have had little or no significant impact. While prevention is an essential part of enforcement efforts to tackle illegal logging, it has not halted the rapid disappearance of the world’s old-growth trees. New ideas and strategies are needed to preserve what is left of forests.
Автор: Velmurugan Ayyam; Swarnam Palanivel; Sivaperuman C Название: Coastal Ecosystems of the Tropics - Adaptive Management ISBN: 981138925X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811389252 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22359.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The coastal areas of the tropics are rich in biodiversity, natural resources and place of intensive developmental activities as it provides livelihood to millions of people. At the same time evidences suggest that several unique coastal ecosystems viz., mangroves, wetlands, salt marshes, corals, estuaries, sand dunes and agro-ecosystem are vulnerable to natural disasters and events associated with global climate change. In recent times degradation of land, water and genetic erosion besides threat to native flora and fauna have been increasing due to unsustainable developmental activities. Therefore, a paradigm shift in deriving livelihood through conventional methods, developmental strategies, conservation practices are required for balanced and sustainable growth of the coastal areas. This publication strives to cover the status of different natural resources of the coastal region, various aspects of degradation process, production need and restorative methods besides new technological options and its socio-economic implications with case examples. Special focus is given to bring out the scope and potential of mangrove based farming, integrated and organic farming and its value addition besides the role of coastal vegetations as bioshield in protecting these regions from sea erosion, cyclones and tsunami. As the tropical coastal areas are vulnerable to climate change events, this book also covers the recent weather pattern, impacts of climate change and climate resilient technologies besides intuitional linkages and policy framework aimed at balancing development and environmental concerns.
Автор: van Uhm Название: The Illegal Wildlife Trade ISBN: 331942128X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319421285 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16769.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this book the author examines the illegal wildlife trade from multiple perspectives: the historical context, the impact on the environment, the scope of the problem internationally, the sociocultural demand for illegal products, the legal efforts to combat it, and several case studies from inside the trade. The illegal wildlife trade has become a global criminal enterprise, following in the footsteps of drugs and weapons. Beyond the environmental impact, financial profits from the illegal wildlife trade often fund organized crime groups and violent gangs that threaten public safety and security in myriad ways.This innovative volume covers several key questions surrounding the wildlife trade: why is there a demand for illegal wildlife products, which actors are involved in the trade, how is the business organized, and what are the harmful consequences. The author performed ethnographic fieldwork in three key markets: Russia, Morocco, and China, and has constructed a detailed picture of how the wildlife trade operates in these areas. Conversations with informants directly involved in the illegal business ensure unique insights into this lively black market. In the course of his journey the author follows the route of the illegal wildlife trade from poor poaching areas to rich business districts where corrupt officials, legally registered companies, wildlife farms and sophisticated criminal organizations all have a share. A fascinating look inside the world of poachers, smugglers and traders.
Автор: Tacconi, Luca Название: Illegal Logging ISBN: 1844076075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844076079 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9798.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Tacconi, Luca Название: Illegal Logging ISBN: 1844073483 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844073481 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Thomas Seifert Название: Bioenergy from Wood ISBN: 9402402624 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789402402629 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is written for scientists and practitioners interested in deepening their knowledge of the sustainable production of bioenergy from wood in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Utilising the value chain concept, this book outlines the necessary aspects for managing sustainable bioenergy production. A wide range of topics is covered including biomass localization, modelling and upscaling, production management in woodlands and plantations, and transport and logistics. Biomass quality and conversion pathways are examined in order to match the conversion technology with the available biomass. A section is dedicated to issues surrounding sustainability. The issues, covered in a life-cycle assessment of the bioenergy system, include socio-economic challenges, local effects on water, biodiversity, nutrient-sustainability and global impacts. Through this holistic approach and supporting examples from tropical and sub-tropical countries, the reader is guided in designing and implementing a value chain as the main management instrument for sustainable wood.
Автор: Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy; Shakunthala Sridhara Название: Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics ISBN: 9811015171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811015175 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 27950.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival. Arthropods play an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, provide livelihoods and nutrition to human communities, and are important indicators of environmental change. Yet the population trends of several arthropods species show them to be in decline. Arthropods constitute a dominant group with 1.2 million species influencing earth’s biodiversity. Among arthropods, insects are predominant, with ca. 1 million species and having evolved some 350 million years ago. Arthropods are closely associated with living and non-living entities alike, making the ecosystem services they provide crucially important. In order to be effective, plans for the conservation of arthropods and ecosystems should include a mixture of strategies like protecting key habitats and genomic studies to formulate relevant policies for in situ and ex situ conservation. This two-volume book focuses on capturing the essentials of arthropod inventories, biology, and conservation.Further, it seeks to identify the mechanisms by which arthropod populations can be sustained in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and by means of which certain problematic species be managed without producing harmful environmental side-effects. This edited compilation includes chapters contributed by over 80 biologists on a wide range of topics embracing the diversity, distribution, utility and conservation of arthropods and select groups of insect taxa. More importantly, it describes in detail the mechanisms of sustaining arthropod ecosystems, services and populations. It addresses the contribution of modern biological tools such as molecular and genetic techniques regulating gene expression, as well as conventional, indigenous practices in arthropod conservation. The contributors reiterate the importance of documenting and understanding the biology of arthropods from a holistic perspective before addressing conservation issues at large. This book offers a valuable resource for all zoologists, entomologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the conservation of biological resources.
Автор: John Sessions Название: Forest Road Operations in the Tropics ISBN: 3642079776 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642079771 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23508.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book brings together information on road planning, location, design, construction and maintenance to support environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of road operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies.
Описание: Coca markets, anti-coca policies as drivers of agricultural land use change in Bolivia.- Cooperatives, Agricultural Development, and Land Change on a Frontier in the Brazilian Cerrado.- Detection, drivers, and dynamics of LULCC in the Sahel: Linking scientists with local decision-makers.- From Farms to Forest Fragments: Agricultural Transition and its Implications.- Land-Use Dynamics and Political-Ecological Aspects: The Spanish Dehesa-System.- Market Integration and Market Realities on a Mexican Frontier.- Migration and other driving forces of land use/cover change in a rural context in western Mexico.- Modern Agriculture on Tropical Frontiers: Rethinking Methods for Land Change Research.- Stasis and flux in long-inhabited locales: Change in rural Andean landscapes.- Study of the economic and financial viability of two agroforestry models as sustainable choices for agriculture in Rondonia, Brasil.- The impact of a fluctuating agenda at the international level on cocoa farms in the humid forest zone of West and Central Africa: Current issues, research and development implications.- The Impact of Climate Change on Income Diversification and Food Security in Senegal.- Understanding Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) Invasion in Southern Yucatбn Peninsular Region through Integrated Land-Change Science.- Coffee and Landscape change in Colombia 1970-2002: linking agricultural intensification and land-use and land-cover change.- The tobacco industry and land cover in agricultural regions of southern Africa.- Land use and land cover in traditional swidden cultivation systems in upland SE Asia.- Land use and land cover in the Indo-Gangetic Plains.
Автор: Matti Palo; Erkki Lehto Название: Private or Socialistic Forestry? ISBN: 9400795432 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400795433 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 33401.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The prevailing socialistic forestry with dominating public forest ownership is by purpose maintaining administratively set low stumpage prices leading to low value of forests, wide corruption and continuous forest degradation and deforestation.
Автор: John Sessions Название: Harvesting Operations in the Tropics ISBN: 3642079768 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642079764 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23508.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book brings together information on harvest methods, system productivity, and methods for conducting safe, efficient, and environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of harvest operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies.
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