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Title

Dipterocarp forest ecosystems : towards sustainable management / editors, Andreas Schulte, Dieter Schöne.

Publication

Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Schulte, Andreas.
• Schöne, Dieter Hans-Friedrich.

Description

xiv, 666 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm

Summary

"The Dipterocarp forests of South-East Asia constitute a dominant component of the world's tropical forests. As such, they are intertwined with a Pandora's box of problems that have plagued the world for decades: over- and underdevelopment, political instability, poverty, hunger, population growth, the debt crisis, reckless exploitation of natural resources, degradation of the local and global environmental, and, of late, climatic changes. The fate of the world's remaining Dipterocarp forests will certainly depend to a large measure on resolution of these persistent global problems." "The world community, aware of the forces threatening these forests, has also recognized their crucial role in the fate of nations and of our planet. Strict protection of the remaining Dipterocarp forests in the virgin state is highly desirable, but, unfortunately, not a feasible option: survival and maintenance of their vital functions will depend on benign, sustainable and economically viable management practices, including the option of leaving some of these forests completely untouched."--Preface page

Subjects

• Southeast Asia
• Rain forests > Management
• Sustainable forestry > Southeast Asia
• Rain forest ecology > Southeast Asia
• Dipterocarpaceae > Ecology > Southeast Asia
• Rain forests > Southeast Asia > Management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Facets of Dipterocarp Forest Ecology -- Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystem Theory Based on Matter Balance and Biodiversity / A. Schulte -- Soils under Lowland Dipterocarp Forests -- Characteristics and Classification / S. Ohta and E. Syarif -- Nutrient Losses from Dipterocarp Forests -- A Case Study of Forest Plantation Establishment in Sabah, Malaysia / A. Malmer -- Not only Dipterocarps ...: An Overview of Tree Species Diversity in Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems of Borneo / P. J. A. Kessler -- Ants Benefits Pioneer Trees: The Genus Macaranga as an Example of Ant-Plant Associations in Dipterocarp Forests / B. Fiala -- Ecology of Dipterocarp Forests and its Relevance for Island Rehabilitation in Leyte, Philippines / J. Margraf and P. P. Milan -- Fire in Dipterocarp Forests / J. G. Goldammer, B. Seibert and W. Schindele -- Ch. 2. Towards Sustainable Management -- Forest Regulation -- Multi-Criteria Planning and Management of Forest Sustainability / G. Whyte -- Dipterocarp Forest Mapping and Monitoring by Satellite Data -- A Case Study from East Kalimantan / S. Kuntz and F. Siegert -- DIPSIM: Dipterocarp Forest Growth Simulation Model -- A Tool for Forest-Level Management Planning / P. C. Ong and M. Kleine -- Ch. 3. Towards Sustainable Management -- Silviculture, Community and Agroforestry -- Sustainable Management of Dipterocarp Forests -- Opportunities and Constraints / H. J. Weidelt -- Examples of Sustainability Criteria for Dipterocarp Forest Management / P. C. Ong, P. M. Lagan, R. Glauner, M. Kleine and K. Uebelhor -- Reduced Impact Logging: A Pilot Project in Sabah, Malaysia / C. W. Marsh, J. Tay, M. A. Pinardi, F. E. Plitz and T. E. Sullivan -- Tropical Forestry Practices for Carbon Sequestration / P. Moura-Costa -- Traditional Management of Dipterocarp Forests: Examples of Community Forestry by Indigenous Communities / K. M. Sorensen
• Lembo System: A Model for Agroforestry in Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan, Indonesia / A. Sardjono -- Ecological and Socio-Economic Conditions of Rubber Agroforestry in the Dipterocarp Ecosystems of Indonesia / A. Gouyon -- Ch. 4. Rehabilitation and Reforestation of Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems -- Seedling Production Methods of Dipterocarps / G. Adjers and A. Otsamo -- Experience with Planting Dipterocarps in Peninsular Malaysia / S. Appanah and G. Weinland -- Rehabilitation of Degraded Sites in Logged-Over Forest Using Dipterocarps / R. Nussbaum and A. L. Hoe -- Reforestation Experiences with Dipterocarp Species on Grassland / R. Otsamo, A. Otsamo and G. Adjers -- Ch. 5. Utilization Potential of Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems -- Major and Minor Forest Products -- Utilization Potential of the Dipterocarp Resource in International Trade / E. T. Choong and S. S. Achmadi -- Wood Structure and Properties Diversity in Commercial Dipterocarp Timbers of Southeast Asia / H. G. Richter and H. Gottwald -- Wood Structure and Properties of Naturally and Plantation Grown Light Red Meranti / M. T. M. Bosman and P. Baas -- Properties and Utilization of Sapotaceous Timber from Dipterocarp Forests / A. Sulistyo Budi -- Quantification and Use of Dipterocarp Wood Residue in East Kalimantan / S. Muladi -- Food from Dipterocarps: Utilization of the Tengkawang Species Group for Nut and Fat Production / B. Seibert -- Rattan -- Distribution, Morphology, Use and Ecologically Well Adapted Cultivation / H. H. Weidelt.

ISBN

• 9810227299
• 9789810227296
• 9810236972
• 9789810236977

LCCN

96218292

OCLC

• ocm36104491
• 36104491
• SCSB-9464337

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library