Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia

The stability of rainforest margins has been identified as a critical factor in the preservation of tropical forests, e.g., in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s most extensive rainforest regions. This book contains a selection of contributions presented at an international symposium on "Land U...

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Other Authors: Gerold, Gerhard (Editor), Fremerey, Michael (Editor), Guhardja, Edi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:Environmental Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Policy Options for Stabilising the Forest Frontier: A Global Perspective
  • Forest Margin Protection and Community Involvement
  • Historical Impacts on Use and Management of Natural Resources in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi
  • Robo and the Water Buffalo: The Lost Souls of the Pekurehua of the Napu Valley
  • Orang Kampung and Pendatang: Analysis of Demographic Structure and Migration in Two Forest-Margin Villages, Central Sulawesi
  • “Revolusi cokelat”: Social Formation, Agrarian Structure, and Forest Margins in Upland Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Traditional Land Tenure among the Black Thai and its Implication on the Land Allocation in Yen Chau District, Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam
  • Local Ethnic Minority Networks for Sustainable Resource Management: The Pang Ma Pha Hilltribe Network Organization in Northern Thailand
  • Home Range, Diet and Behaviour of the Tonkean Macaque (Macaca tonkeana) in Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi
  • Predicting Losses of Bird Species from Deforestation in Central Sulawesi
  • The Effects of Rainforest Conversion on Water Balance, Water Yield and Seasonal Flows in a Small Tropical Catchment in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Water Tenure in Highland Watersheds of Northern Thailand: Tragedy of the Commons or Successful Management of Complexity?
  • Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants Grown in Association or in Rotation
  • Adaptability Analysis and Risk Assessment of N Fertilizer Application to Maize in the Napu Valley of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Characterisation of Biodiversity in Improved Rubber Agroforests in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia: Real and Potential Uses for Spontaneous Plants
  • Traditional Forest Gardens in Central Sulawesi: A Sustainable Land Use System?
  • Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Forest Plantations and Secondary Rainforests: The Functional Role of Biodiversity
  • The Use of Models to Assess the Impact of Land Use Change on Ecological Processes: Case-Studies of Deforestation in South-East Asia
  • Agricultural Intensification, Population Growth and Forest Cover Change: Evidence from Spatially Explicit Land Use Modeling in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
  • Between Difference and Synergy: Cultural Issues in an International Research Scheme
  • Creating Political Capital to Promote Devolution in the Forestry Sector — A Case Study of the Forest Communities in Banyumas District, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Does Technical Progress in Agriculture have a Forest Saving or a Forest Clearing Effect? Theory and Evidence from Central Sulawesi
  • Encroachments on Primary Forests: Are They Really Driven by Despair?
  • Rain Forest Margins and their Dynamics in South-East Ethiopia
  • Forest Resource Use by People in Protected Areas and its Implications for Biodiversity Conservation: The Case of Bandhavgarh National Park in India
  • Land-Use Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in West Kalimantan
  • Tree Composition in Secondary Forest of Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Effects of Land Use on Butterfly Communities at the Rain Forest Margin: A Case Study from Central Sulawesi
  • Losing Ground but Still Doing Well — Tarsius dianae in Human-Altered Rainforests of CentralSulawesi, Indonesia