00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861817033 Buklod 20230619085743.0 j|||||||||||||| | ta 171026s2003 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00008224549 BAG rda eng Circulation-Monograph Cook, Allison G. author. Global effects of tropical deforestation towards and integrated perspective by Allison G. Cook, Anthony C. Janetos & W. Ted Hinds. 1990. pages 201-212 illustrations 28 cm Phtocopy. This document has been provided by EAPI as part of its SUAN Information Support Service. The goal of this service is to make current literature relating to human ecology and agroecosystems research available to scientists participating in the Southeast Asian Universities Agroecosystem Network. Partial funding for this service is provided by a Ford Foundation grant to the East-West Center. Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-212) Introduction -- Characteristics of tropical forests and trends in their loss -- Key links between deforestation and the biosphere as a system -- Research and planning that can enhance sustainable development in the tropics. Deforestation of the tropical moist forests is taking place at an alarming pace; some experts believe that the entire ecobiome will be virtually destroyed within the next ten years. Although the ultimate ecological effects of tropical deforestation remain controversial, our present scientific understanding is adequate to justify efforts to slow the deforestation trend. The impacts that this trend will probably have on global climate remain unclear, while the effects that it will have on biodiversity will clearly be disastrous. This suggests that the research community should place a high priority on applying data on refugia (documented sites of high endemism and species-richness) to conservation planning, and on investigating the probable combined effects of climatic change and habitat fragmentation on world biodiversity. Forestry. Deforestation. Janetos, Anthony C. author. Hinds, W. Ted. author. East-West Environment and Policy Institute. Southeast Asian Universities Agroecosystem Network. SUAN Information Support Service. Ford Foundation. East-West Center. Environmental Conservation Autumn (1990). Vol. 17, No. 3. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN Circulation-Monograph Analytics