Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests

One of the major issues surrounding the debate on sustainability of management of tropical forests is the impact of different forest management strategies on biodiversity. Recent research has suggested a number of options for minimising the risks to biodiversity of forestry operations. The maintenan...

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Autores principales: Sayer, Jeffrey A., Zuidema, Pieter A., Rijks, M.H.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17789
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Zuidema, Pieter A.
Rijks, M.H.
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description One of the major issues surrounding the debate on sustainability of management of tropical forests is the impact of different forest management strategies on biodiversity. Recent research has suggested a number of options for minimising the risks to biodiversity of forestry operations. The maintenance of extensive conventional national parks and equivalent reserves still constitutes the best option from the purely biological standpoint. However, social, economic and demographic realities coupled with increased knowledge of the ecology and distribution of tropical forest species, suggests that appropriate forestry practice can contribute significantly to biodiversity conservation. The optimal strategy should be based upon a system of conventional protected areas, complemented by a reduction of the impact of harvesting and the retention of unlogged refugia in logged-over-forests.
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spelling CGSpace177892025-01-24T14:19:55Z Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests Sayer, Jeffrey A. Zuidema, Pieter A. Rijks, M.H. forest management tropical forests humidtropics biodiversity protected areas One of the major issues surrounding the debate on sustainability of management of tropical forests is the impact of different forest management strategies on biodiversity. Recent research has suggested a number of options for minimising the risks to biodiversity of forestry operations. The maintenance of extensive conventional national parks and equivalent reserves still constitutes the best option from the purely biological standpoint. However, social, economic and demographic realities coupled with increased knowledge of the ecology and distribution of tropical forest species, suggests that appropriate forestry practice can contribute significantly to biodiversity conservation. The optimal strategy should be based upon a system of conventional protected areas, complemented by a reduction of the impact of harvesting and the retention of unlogged refugia in logged-over-forests. 1995 2012-06-04T09:04:37Z 2012-06-04T09:04:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17789 en Sayer, J.A., Zuidema, P.A., Rijks, M.H. 1995. Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests . Commonwealth Forestry Review 74 (4) :282-287.
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Zuidema, Pieter A.
Rijks, M.H.
Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests
title Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests
title_full Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests
title_fullStr Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests
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title_short Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests
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tropical forests
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biodiversity
protected areas
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