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… Series No 17 A joint publication of the International Tropical Timber Organization and the International Union for … the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL … his colleagues from the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development in Guyana, Zacharie …

… Arab Jamahiriya hold some Mediterranean, and also some tropical relicts. These mountains also provide prime habitat … constitutes the world’s second largest area of natural tropical rainforest. Its species are, however, not well protected and …

… is a major threat especially in Maluku where 90% of the rainforest is under timber concessions. The recorded trade … but only in spring and summer. Visitors to the arid lower tropical zone. Now reduced in numbers (Thurber, 1978) and not … and in Costa Rica, Stiles (1983) reported it to occur in tropical deciduous forest canopy and along the forest edge. …

… for its research in marine science, marine biology, tropical biology and environmental science as well as for its … and Cairns, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical Rainforest World Heritage Areas. Rainforest CRC The …

… services; for instance areas of high biodiversity (e.g. tropical forests) provide important ecosystem services such … loss, degradation and fragmentation of natural habitats in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Expansion of … two thirds of China’s dissolving pulp imports. Canopy and Rainforest Action Network suggest that endangered forest …

… Africa (September-October) but the season is longer in tropical Africa. Nest holes vary in size to a maximum … The Amazon. Limnology and landscape ecology of a mighty tropical river and Its basin. Dr W. Junlc, Netherlands, pp. … A. (1935). Scientific results of an expedition to rainforest regions in eastern Africa. Bulletin of the Museum …

… University in The Netherlands, with studies in tropical forestry, soil science and rural development … emerging policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation. Her previous work includes … to Vosti, ‘small farmers … account for about two-thirds of rainforest destruction, by converting land to agriculture … …

… Oryx 16: 421-427. Verschuren, J. (1983). Conservation of tropical rain forest in Liberia. Recommendations for wildlife … 21st February, p. 8. Rodgers, A. (1982). WWK/IUCN Tropical Forests and Primates Programme, Tanzania. Report to … variety of habitats, such as large areas of the Amazon rainforest (Koford, 1973b). Listed as 'Vulnerable' in the …

… Wunder (2001), for example, argues that the potential of tropical forests to lift people out of poverty is very … and M. Hobley. 1991. National Experiences in Managing Tropical and Sub-tropical Dry Forests: Representative Cases … for Land and the Fate of the Forests. Penang: The World Rainforest Movement, Dorset: The Ecologist and London: Zed …

… Ramsar, World Heritage Centre, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), BirdLife International, Europe … IUCN workshop, held in conjunction with the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), agreed a draft typology … groups but this is not universal; for example the UK-based Rainforest Foundation has been a persistent critic. The …