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Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia
. Ed(S): Gerold, Gerhard; Fremerey, Michael; Guhardja, Edi
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Hardback. Contains a selection of contributions presented at an international symposium on "Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia," in Bogor, Indonesia, October 2002. This book highlights the critical issue of rainforest preservation from an interdisciplinary perspective. Editor(s): Gerold, Gerhard; Fremerey, Michael; Guhardja, Edi. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 533 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; PST; RNF; RNK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 978.
Southeast Asia constitutes one of the world's most extended rainforest regions. It is characterized by a high degree of biodiversity and contains a large variety of endemic species. Moreover, these forests provide a number of important and sin gular ecosystem services, like erosion protection and provision of high quality wa ter, which cannot be replaced by alternative ecosystems. However, various forms of encroachment, mostly those made by human interventions, seriously threaten the continuance of rainforests in this area. There is ample evidence that the rainforest resources, apart from large scale commercial logging, are exposed to danger particularly from its margin ... Read more
Southeast Asia constitutes one of the world's most extended rainforest regions. It is characterized by a high degree of biodiversity and contains a large variety of endemic species. Moreover, these forests provide a number of important and sin gular ecosystem services, like erosion protection and provision of high quality wa ter, which cannot be replaced by alternative ecosystems. However, various forms of encroachment, mostly those made by human interventions, seriously threaten the continuance of rainforests in this area. There is ample evidence that the rainforest resources, apart from large scale commercial logging, are exposed to danger particularly from its margin ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
533
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering
Number of Pages
533
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540006039
SKU
V9783540006039
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