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Beyond tropical deforestation: from tropical deforestation to forest cover dynamics and forest development/ edited by Didier Babin

Contributor(s): Babin, DidierMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Paris: UNESCO, 2005Description: 526 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9789231039416Subject(s): Tropics | Deforestation | Forest dynamicsDDC classification: 634.9

Contents:

List of tables -- List of figures -- List of plates -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- List of acronyms -- Introduction Didier Babin -- Part 1: Measuring and Understanding Deforestation and Forest Dynamics -- 1. The changing objectives of FAO forest resource evaluation Martin-Eric Loffeier and Julie Brayer -- 2. A spatial approach to deforestation phenomena : what remote sensing can contribute Jacques Imbernon. 7. Deforestation and its impact on biological diversity :a question of scale Richard Pasquis and Meriem Bouamrane -- 8. Deforestation and fires : the example of Madagascar Alain Bertrand and Rivo Ratsimbarison -- 9. Environmental impact of deforestation : the retreat of the mangrove versus mangle dynamics Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem -- 10. Tropical forest dynamics and climate change Bruno Locatelli and Alain Karsenty -- Part 2: Forest Dynamics as a Complex Society Process -- 11. Can deforestation help rebuild forests? The Indonesian agroforests Geneviève Michon and Meriem Bouamrane. 12. Does population growth affect wooded-cover dynamics? Bruno Locatelli, Stanislas Boissau and Jacques Weber -- 13. The spread of the Merina people in Madagascar and natural forest and eucalyptus stand dynamics Alain Bertrand -- 14. Forest dynamics : the case of Burundi : images, views, farmer innovations and forestry policies Philippe Guizol and Cléto Ndikumagenge -- 15. Agricultural occupation patterns in an immigration zone in south-western Burkina Faso Xavier Augusseau and Souleymane Pare. 16. Agricultural pioneer fronts, the crest of a far-reaching wave : the social and spatial dimension of lowland colonization in Nicaragua Christophe Maldidier -- 17. Grazing impact on the savannah in Burkina Faso : a three-scale investigation of ligneous plant dynamics in animal production zones Sandrine Petit, Marie Bussière and Julie Laurent -- 18. Analysis of the anthropic causes of changes in riverbank formations in an agropastoral area of Burkina Faso (Sidéradougou) Stephane de la Rocque, Mohamed Diallo and Jean Cesar.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	634.9 BAB/B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P06146

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List of tables --
List of figures --
List of plates --
List of boxes --
List of contributors --
List of acronyms --
Introduction Didier Babin --
Part 1: Measuring and Understanding Deforestation and Forest Dynamics --
1. The changing objectives of FAO forest resource evaluation Martin-Eric Loffeier and Julie Brayer --
2. A spatial approach to deforestation phenomena : what remote sensing can contribute Jacques Imbernon. 7. Deforestation and its impact on biological diversity :a question of scale Richard Pasquis and Meriem Bouamrane --
8. Deforestation and fires : the example of Madagascar Alain Bertrand and Rivo Ratsimbarison --
9. Environmental impact of deforestation : the retreat of the mangrove versus mangle dynamics Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem --
10. Tropical forest dynamics and climate change Bruno Locatelli and Alain Karsenty --
Part 2: Forest Dynamics as a Complex Society Process --
11. Can deforestation help rebuild forests? The Indonesian agroforests Geneviève Michon and Meriem Bouamrane. 12. Does population growth affect wooded-cover dynamics? Bruno Locatelli, Stanislas Boissau and Jacques Weber --
13. The spread of the Merina people in Madagascar and natural forest and eucalyptus stand dynamics Alain Bertrand --
14. Forest dynamics : the case of Burundi : images, views, farmer innovations and forestry policies Philippe Guizol and Cléto Ndikumagenge --
15. Agricultural occupation patterns in an immigration zone in south-western Burkina Faso Xavier Augusseau and Souleymane Pare. 16. Agricultural pioneer fronts, the crest of a far-reaching wave : the social and spatial dimension of lowland colonization in Nicaragua Christophe Maldidier --
17. Grazing impact on the savannah in Burkina Faso : a three-scale investigation of ligneous plant dynamics in animal production zones Sandrine Petit, Marie Bussière and Julie Laurent --
18. Analysis of the anthropic causes of changes in riverbank formations in an agropastoral area of Burkina Faso (Sidéradougou) Stephane de la Rocque, Mohamed Diallo and Jean Cesar.

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