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Secondary forests in Asia: their diversity, importance, and role in future environmental management

Publication Year : 2001

Publication Year : 2001

This special issue brings together 15 papers entirely dedicated to secondary forests in tropical Asia: 1. Tropical secondary forests in…

Authors: Chokkalingam, U.; de Jong, W.; Smith, J.; Sabogal, C.; eds.

Publication Year : 2001

Most forests in tropical Nepal are secondary, resulting largely from episodes of large-scale timber harvesting in the past along with…

Authors: Kanel, K.R.; Shrestha, K.

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Estimates of the area of swidden fallow secondary forest in Indonesia are inaccurate, partly because swidden agricultural practices giving rise…

Authors: de Jong, W.; van Noordwijk, M.; Sirait, M.; Liswanti, N.

Publication Year : 2001

Swidden farming is the main agent of conversion of primary forests to secondary forests in the highlands of mainland Southeast…

Authors: Schmidt-Vogt, D.

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Most forests in Sri Lanka are secondary, are mostly confined to the dry and intermediate zones of the country, and…

Authors: Perera, G.A.D.

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Studies in secondary forest in Latin America have largely been confined to terra firme lands. This paper reports on a…

Authors: de Jong, W.

Publication Year : 2001

This paper looks at four “half-truths” about the relations between forests and water in Central America. The first is that…

Authors: Kaimowitz, D.

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Throughout Southern Africa there has been a move to decentralize natural resource management (NRM). Decentralization has taken many forms, resulting…

Authors: Campbell, B.M.; Shackleton, S.

Publication Year : 2001

The proper alignment of authority and responsibility within and between various levels of social organization is a fundamental governance problem.…

Authors: Mandondo, A.