Beyond tropical deforestation : from tropical deforestation to forest cover dynamics and forest development / edited by Didier Babin.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization : Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le developpement,
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Table of Contents:
- ""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""
- ""3. The contribution of 13C isotopic tracing of soil organic matter to the reconstitution of forest-savannah successions in the coastal zone of Gabon Robert Nasi and Dominique Schwartz""""4. Deforestation in Amazonia : the actual situation is difficult to pinpoint Luciana Machado and Richard Pasquis""; ""5. The changes in Indonesian forests : available tools and indicators Marie-Gabrielle Piketty and Yves Laumonier""; ""6. Deforestation in CÃ?te d'Ivoire : the exploitation of forest resources FranÃois Verdeaux and AliÃ?ne Alpha""
- ""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 Genevi�ve 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 BussiÃ?re and Julie Laurent""