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Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
Puhe, Joachim; Ulrich, B.
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Description for Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
Paperback. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 605 pages, 56 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBGB; RNP; TVB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
The inclusion of forests as potential biological sinks in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 has attracted international attention and again has put scientific and political focus on the world's forests, regarding their state and development. The international discus sion induced by the Kyoto Protocol has clearly shown that not only the tropical rain forests are endangered by man's activities, but also that the forest ecosystems of boreal, temperate, mediterranean and subtropical regions have been drastically modified. Deforestation on a large scale, burning, over-exploitation, and the degra dation of the biological ... Read more
The inclusion of forests as potential biological sinks in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 has attracted international attention and again has put scientific and political focus on the world's forests, regarding their state and development. The international discus sion induced by the Kyoto Protocol has clearly shown that not only the tropical rain forests are endangered by man's activities, but also that the forest ecosystems of boreal, temperate, mediterranean and subtropical regions have been drastically modified. Deforestation on a large scale, burning, over-exploitation, and the degra dation of the biological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
605
Condition
New
Series
Ecological Studies
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642640124
SKU
V9783642640124
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Reviews for Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
"... a major contribution to forest ecosystems research ... elaborate analysis for the social sciences and for climate policy makers ... has a comprehensive list of references and a very elaborate subject index." (Naturwissenschaften) "To our knowledge, this book is among the best, if not the best, in combining information on air pollution, climate and global change, and forest history ... Read more