Working Forests in the Neotropics: Conservation Through Sustainable Management?

Published by Columbia University Press 2004

Working Forests in the Neotropics

Conservation Through Sustainable Management?

Edited by: Daniel Zarin , Janaki Alavalapati , Frances Putz and Marianne Schmink

In the series Biology and Resource Management Series

https://doi.org/10.7312/zari12906

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About this book

By focusing on a set of critical issues and case studies, this book explores of the polarized debate over production-oriented forestry and the chances of achieving forest conservation through sustainable management.

Neotropical forests sustain a wealth of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services and products, and support the livelihoods of millions of people. But is forest management a viable conservation strategy in the tropics? Supporters of sustainable forest management have promoted it as a solution to problems of both biodiversity protection and economic stagnation. Detractors insist that any conservation strategy short of fully protected status is a waste of resources and that forest management actually hastens deforestation. By focusing on a set of critical issues and case studies, this book explores the territory between these positions, highlighting the major factors that contribute to or detract from the chances of achieving forest conservation through sustainable management.

Author / Editor information

Daniel J. Zarin is an Associate Professor in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida, where he is Director of the Working Forests in the Tropics Program.

Janaki R. R. Alavalapati is an Associate Professor in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.

Francis E. Putz is a Professor of Botany at the University of Florida and a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Forestry Research.Â

Marianne Schmink is Professor of Latin American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Florida, where she is Director of the Tropical Conservation and Development program.

Reviews

Ken Smith:
This work should be required reading for foresters, biologists, and social scientists.

An excellent supplementary text... Recommended.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Foreword Hon. Jorge Viana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
1. Neotropical Working Forests: Concepts and Realities Daniel J. Zarin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Industrial Forestry as a Tropical Conservation Strategy
2. Are You a Conservationist or a Logging Advocate? Francis E. Putz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon Opportunities and Challenges Adalberto Veríssimo and Paulo Barreto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
4. Sustainability of Selective Logging of Upland Forests in the Brazilian Amazon Carbon Budgets and Remote Sensing as Tools for Evaluating Logging Effects Michael Keller, Gregory P. Asner, Natalino Silva and Michael Palace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
5. Forest Science and the BOLFOR Experience Lessons Learned About Natural Forest Management in Bolivia Francis E. Putz, Michelle A. Pinard, Todd S. Fredericksen and Marielos Peña-Claros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
6. The Business of Certification Joshua C. Dickinson, John M. Forgach and Thomas E. Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
PART II. Working Forests and Community Development in Latin America
7. Communities, Forests, Markets, and Conservation Marianne Schmink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
8. Making Markets Work for Forest Communities Sara J. Scherr, Andy White and David Kaimowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
9. Inside the Polygon Emerging Community Tenure Systems and Forest Resource Extraction Tom Ankersen and Grenville Barnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
10. Aiming for Sustainable Community Forest Management The Experiences of Two Communities in Mexico and Honduras Catherine Tucker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
11. Community Forestry for Small-Scale Furniture Production in the Brazilian Amazon David G. McGrath, Charles M. Peters and Antônio José Mota Bentes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
12. Community Forestry as a Strategy for Sustainable Management Perspectives from Quintana Roo, Mexico David Barton Bray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
13. Carbon Sequestration Potential Through Forestry Activities in Tropical Mexico Bernardus H. J. de Jong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
14. Axing the Trees, Growing the Forest Smallholder Timber Production on the Amazon Várzea Robin R. Sears and Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
PART.III. Working Forest Paradoxes
15. Neotropical Working Forests For What and for Whom? Janaki R. R. Alavalapati and Daniel J. Zarin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
16. On Defying Nature’s End Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Aaron Bruner, Russell A. Mittermeier, Keith Alger, Claude Gascon and Richard E. Rice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
17. Selective Logging, Forest Fragmentation, and Fire Disturbance Implications of Interaction and Synergy Mark A. Cochrane, David L. Skole, Eraldo A. T. Matricardi, Christopher Barber and Walter Chomentowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
18. Limited or Unlimited Wants in the Presence of Limited Means? The Role of Satiation in Deforestation Arild Angelsen and Martin K. Luckert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
19. From Staple to Fashion Food Shifting Cycles and Shifting Opportunities in the Development of the Açaí Palm Fruit Economy in the Amazon Estuary Eduardo S. Brondízio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
20. The Homogeocene in Puerto Rico Ariel E. Lugo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	366
21. Conventional Wisdom About Sustainable Forest Management and a Pro-Poor Forest Agenda David Kaimowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
22. Governing the Amazon Timber Industry Daniel Nepstad, Ane Alencar, Ana Cristina Barros, Eirivelthon Lima, Elsa Mendoza, Claudia Azevedo Ramos and Paul Lefebvre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	415

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 416
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 46
- Other: 46 illus.

eBook

Published: December 29, 2004
ISBN: 9780231503037