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Introduction: The Brazilian atlantic forest
(2000-12-01)
The year 2000 marks 500 years of massive destruction for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, as a consequence of the European colonization of Brazil. Today, the Atlantic Forest is restricted to ca 98,800 km2 of remnants, or 7.6 ...
Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management
Forest management has evolved from a mercantilist view to a multi-functional one that integrates economic, social, and ecological aspects. However, the issue of sustainability is not yet resolved. Quantitative Techniques ...
Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2019)
The Southern Cone countries of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay have a common background regarding land use and land cover with a total of 46 million ha of forests whose benefits are prospering for the regional framework of ...
Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest: science, people, and policy. Proceedings
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). IUFRO, Viena (Austria) CIFOR, Bogor (Indonesia). WWF, Gland (Suiza) GTZ, Eschborn (Alemania), 1998)
Secondary forests developing on agricultural land after it is abandoned, or as the fallow period in systems of subsistence agriculture, are an increasingly important component of the forest resources of the tropics. They ...
Improving forest governance in Belize: stepping stones towards community forest management
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2009)
In order to determine the environment and potential for community forest management in Belize, three main activities were carried out during this investigation: a) the development of sustainable forest management (SFM) ...
Multi-scale assessment of forest cover in an agricultural landscape of Southeastern Brazil: Implications for management and conservation of stream habitat and water quality
(Elsevier B.V., 2018-02-01)
Forest cover has important functions for streams. Consequently, deforestation and forest degradation due to agricultural activities tend to have negative impacts on stream ecosystems. We related forest cover to stream ...
Evaluations for sustainable forest management: towards an adaptive standard for the evaluation of the ecological sustainability of forest management in Costa RicaEvaluación de la sostenibilidad para el manejo forestal: determinación de un estándar integrado y adaptativo para la evaluación de la sostenibilidad ecológica del manejo forestal en Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2014)