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Recognizing that sound information is vital to the progress of conservation, IUCN have gathered together a visual portfolio of maps of rain forests in Africa. The accompanying text analyzes the extent and causes of deforestation and points a way towards sustainable forest development.

Conservation of natural resources --- Human beings --- Rain forests --- Maps --- Influence on nature --- Nature --- Effect of human beings on --- Forêt tropicale --- Tropical forests --- Écologie --- ecology --- Faune --- Fauna --- Flore --- Flora --- Conservation de la nature --- Nature conservation --- Mangrove swamps --- Zone tropicale --- Tropical zones --- Surveillance de l’environnement --- Environmental monitoring --- Ressource forestière --- Forest resources --- Afrique --- Africa --- 912 CARTOGRAPHY --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Nature Management --- Nature Reserves. --- Physical geography. --- Environmental management. --- Nature Conservation. --- Geographical information systems. --- Physical Geography. --- Environmental Management. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Geography --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Conservation of nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Conservation --- ESPNATURALES --- Nature conservation. --- Rainforests --- Tropical rain forests --- Tropical rainforests --- Forests and forestry --- Cloud forests --- Conservation of resources --- Natural resources --- Natural resources conservation --- Resources conservation, Natural --- Environmental protection --- Natural resources conservation areas --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Rain forests - Africa - Maps --- Nature - Effect of human beings on - Africa - Maps --- Conservation of natural resources - Africa - Maps --- Iucn --- Wcmc

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Decentralizing natural resource management to local people, especially in tropical countries, has become a trend. We review recent evidence for the impacts of decentralization on the biodiversity values of forests and forested landscapes, which encompass most of the biodiversity of the tropics. Few studies document the impact of decentralized management on biodiversity. We conclude that there may be situations where local management is a good option for biodiversity but there are also situations where this is not the case. We advocate increased research to document the impact of local management on biodiversity. We also argue that locally managed forests should be seen as components of landscapes where governance arrangements favor the achievement of a balance between the local livelihood values and the global public goods values of forests.

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Science faces major challenges in tackling the inter-linked problems of poverty and environmental sustainability. This book reviews how practical science can be applied to real-life conservation and development problems, and aims to demystify the sometimes obscure science of natural resources management, interpreting it for the benefit of those who need to deal with the day to day problems of managing complex natural resource systems. The authors give practical guidance to those who design and manage conservation programmes and demonstrate that technologies are available that enable integrated natural resource management to move from a theory to a reality. They argue that the threats to the natural environment posed by globalisation require an integrated response encompassing different scales, system components, disciplines and knowledge types, and that such a response can yield real benefits to those living in tropical developing countries, whilst also achieving global environment objectives.

Third World: economic development problems --- Conservation of natural resources. --- Environmental management. --- Natural resources --- Rural development. --- Sustainable development. --- Management. --- Conservation of natural resources --- Environmental management --- Rural development --- Sustainable development --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Community development, Rural --- Development, Rural --- Integrated rural development --- Regional development --- Rehabilitation, Rural --- Rural community development --- Rural economic development --- Agriculture and state --- Community development --- Regional planning --- Resource management (Natural resources) --- Resources management (Natural resources) --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Conservation of resources --- Natural resources conservation --- Resources conservation, Natural --- Environmental protection --- Natural resources conservation areas --- Environmental aspects --- Citizen participation --- Social aspects --- Conservation --- Developing countries: economic development problems

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The first of a series designed to cover all tropical rain forests in the world. This is a visual portfolio of detailed maps of Asia, accompanied by a text which seeks to analyze the extent and causes of deforestation and to point a way towards sustainable forest development.

Nature protection --- Plant ecology. Plant sociology --- Economic and applied botany --- Asia --- Forêt tropicale --- Tropical forests --- Écologie --- ecology --- Faune --- Fauna --- Flore --- Flora --- Conservation de la nature --- Nature conservation --- Ressource forestière --- Forest resources --- Zone tropicale --- Tropical zones --- Surveillance de l’environnement --- Environmental monitoring --- Asie --- Îles du Pacifique --- Pacific Islands --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Nature Management --- Nature Conservation --- CON Bioconservation --- duplicates available --- Pacific Ocean Islands --- bioconservation --- conservation --- tropical forests --- Nature Conservation. --- Physical geography. --- Geographical information systems. --- Physical Geography. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Geography --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Conservation --- ESPNATURALES --- Nature conservation. --- Rain forests. --- Effect of human beings on. --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Human beings --- Anthropogenic soils --- Human ecology --- Rain forests --- Rainforests --- Tropical rain forests --- Tropical rainforests --- Forests and forestry --- Cloud forests --- Iucn --- Wcmc