TY - BOOK AU - Babin, Didier TI - Beyond tropical deforestation: from tropical deforestation to forest cover dynamics and forest development SN - 9789231039416 U1 - 634.9 PY - 2005/// CY - Paris PB - UNESCO KW - Tropics KW - Deforestation KW - Forest dynamics N1 - 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 ER -