Tropical rainforest : a world survey of our most valuable and endangered habitat with a blueprint for its survival / Arnold Newman ; foreword by Mildred E. Mathias.
Examines how mankind has exploited the rain forest environment and how the forest resources should be managed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780816019441
- ISBN: 0816019444
- Physical Description: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
- Edition: An Eddison-Sadd edition.
- Publisher: New York : Facts on File, [1990]
- Copyright: ©1990
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- What is a tropical rainforest? The living cathedral ; Creatures of the forest -- The web of life. The dynamics of th rainforest ; Pollination and seed dispersal ; Specialists and partnerships -- Threats to the forest. Agriculture ; International logging ; Fuelwood collection ; The paper chase and other factors -- What do we lose? Biological diversity ; A wealth of natural resources ; Atmospheric stability ; A dwindling land resource ; The human resource -- A blueprint for survival. Habitat preservation ; Stabilizing the migrant cultivator ; International logging ; Wood production for the future ; The funding of project rainforest -- Appendix 1. Educational resources -- Appendix 2. Tropical timbers and domestic alternatives -- Appendix 3. Toward sustained productivity.
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