Title:
On the edge : the state and fate of the world's tropical rainforests : a report to the Club of Rome / Claude Martin ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy.
Author:
Martin, Claude, 1945- author.
Publication Information:
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2015]
Call Number:
QH541.5.R27 M35 2015
Abstract:
"[The author] brings together information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health through the world"--Front jacket flap.
ISBN:
9781771641401
Physical Description:
xxi, 343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.A Destructive Twentieth Century: The Rising Consciousness -- 2.Monitoring Tropical Rainforest Trends: A Tortuous Exercise -- Box 2.3 Claudio C. Maretti -- 3.Global and Regional Deforestation Patterns -- Box 3.1 Ralph M. Ridder -- Specialist's View: Jeffrey Sayer -- 4.The Root Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation -- Specialist's View: Jurgen Blaser -- 5.Forest Transitions: Modest Hopes -- 6.Rainforest Biodiversity: Treasures without Price Tags -- Specialist's View: David Kaimowitz -- 7.Rainforest Conservation: Impressive Results -- Are They Enough? -- Box 7.3 Rodney Taylor -- Specialist's View: Claudio C. Maretti -- 8.Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century: The End of Rainforests? -- Specialist's View: Chris Elliott -- 9.The Twenty-First Century: Decisive for the Tropical Rainforests! -- Box 9.2 Bruce J. Cabarle.
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