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...
Several countries in the East and South Asian region, are embarking upon major programs for the restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. This paper argues that many schemes proposed in the name of ecological restoration have failed to yield the benefits expected of them. There has often been a ...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Chokkalingam, U.
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Poulsen, J.
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[The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values]
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The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values
This paper examines the history of forest management and conservation in the Congo Basin. It identifies some of the reasons for the limited success in applying ecosystem approaches to forest management. The lack of long-term consistent policies and programmes and the relative weakness of forest s...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Ndikumagenge, C.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Usongo, L.
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[Wildlife, loggers and livelihoods in the Congo Basin]
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Wildlife, loggers and livelihoods in the Congo Basin
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...