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Re ̄ ections on the tropical deforestation crisis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Laurance, William F. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | Tropical forests do far more than sustain biodiversity; they are homes to indigenous peoples, pharmacopeias of natural products, and provide vital ecosystem services, such as ̄ood amelioration and soil conservation. At regional and global scales, tropical forests also have a major in ̄uence on carbon storage and climate. I highlight these bene®ts, then assess the pattern and pace of tropical forest destruction in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Asia emerges as the most immediate concern, because it has less surviving forest than the other two regions and higher relative rates of deforestation and logging. At regional and national levels, however, there is enormous variation in rates of forest loss. I discuss some factors that tend to promote forest conversion in developing countries, and propose that four Ð human population pressure, weak government institutions and poor policies, increasing trade liberalization, and industrial logging Ð are emerging as key drivers of forest destruction. # 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://projects.ncsu.edu/project/amazonia/Laurance.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://studentresearch.wcp.muohio.edu/BiogeogDiversityDisturbance/ReflectionsDeforestCrisis.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Amelioration pattern Bank (environment) Ecosystem services Forests Industrial robot Natural Products Population Growth Promotion (action) Rice's theorem Rudbeckia hirta, black eyed Susan, flower essence Sensorineural Hearing Loss (disorder) Solutions ZNF331 wt Allele viral capsid secondary envelopment |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
