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Extensive areas of forest in the tropics have been legally classified as protected areas: however, in many cases it has been difficult to achieve their conservation. This paper argues that the priority for forest conservation should not be maximising the area totally protected but rather to focus...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Forest protected areas: time is running out]Forest protected areas: time is running out

China has serious environmental problems but China has begun to address some of them. The data for environmental assesments of China's forests are sparse at best, therefore, the authors survey general impressions before focusing on one representative topic, the loss of biodiveristy that necessari...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.Changjin Sun[Impacts of policy reforms on forestry environments and biodiversity]Impacts of policy reforms on forestry environments and biodiversity

The World Heritage Convention has been ratified by 158 countries and provides an international legal regime for the conservation of sites of global, cultural or natural value. There are 33 tropical forest sites listed under the convention, mainly for their global biodiversity value. They constitu...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.Ishwaran, N.Thorsell, J.Sigaty, T.[Tropical forest biodiversity and the world heritage convention]Tropical forest biodiversity and the world heritage convention

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 mainte...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.Zuidema, P.A.Rijks, M.H.[Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests]Managing for biodiversity in humid tropical forests

The past three decades have seen significant investments in programs to protect forests in developing countries. As a result the number and aggregate area of National Parks and equivalent protected areas have grown considerably. But a recent report released by WWF/World Bank has concluded that on...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Learning and adaptation for forest conservation]Learning and adaptation for forest conservation

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