Ebook: Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia

The stability of rainforest margins has been identified as a critical factor in the preservation of tropical forests, e.g., in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s most extensive rainforest regions. This book contains a selection of contributions presented at an international symposium on "Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia," in Bogor, Indonesia, October 2002. It highlights the critical issue of rainforest preservation from an interdisciplinary perspective, comprising input from scientists in socio-economic, biological, geographical, agrarian and forestry disciplines. The contributions are based on recent empirical research, with a special focus on Indonesia - a country with one of the highest and, at the same time, most endangered stocks of rainforest resources on earth.

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The stability of rainforest margins has been identified as a critical factor in the preservation of tropical forests, e.g., in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s most extensive rainforest regions. This book contains a selection of contributions presented at an international symposium on "Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia," in Bogor, Indonesia, October 2002. It highlights the critical issue of rainforest preservation from an interdisciplinary perspective, comprising input from scientists in socio-economic, biological, geographical, agrarian and forestry disciplines. The contributions are based on recent empirical research, with a special focus on Indonesia - a country with one of the highest and, at the same time, most endangered stocks of rainforest resources on earth.

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The stability of rainforest margins has been identified as a critical factor in the preservation of tropical forests, e.g., in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s most extensive rainforest regions. This book contains a selection of contributions presented at an international symposium on "Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia," in Bogor, Indonesia, October 2002. It highlights the critical issue of rainforest preservation from an interdisciplinary perspective, comprising input from scientists in socio-economic, biological, geographical, agrarian and forestry disciplines. The contributions are based on recent empirical research, with a special focus on Indonesia - a country with one of the highest and, at the same time, most endangered stocks of rainforest resources on earth.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Policy Options for Stabilising the Forest Frontier: A Global Perspective....Pages 3-25
Forest Margin Protection and Community Involvement....Pages 27-37
Historical Impacts on Use and Management of Natural Resources in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi....Pages 39-65
Robo and the Water Buffalo: The Lost Souls of the Pekurehua of the Napu Valley....Pages 67-88
“Revolusi cokelat”: Social Formation, Agrarian Structure, and Forest Margins in Upland Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 89-104
Traditional Land Tenure among the Black Thai and its Implication on the Land Allocation in Yen Chau District, Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam....Pages 105-118
Local Ethnic Minority Networks for Sustainable Resource Management: The Pang Ma Pha Hilltribe Network Organization in Northern Thailand....Pages 119-134
Creating Political Capital to Promote Devolution in the Forestry Sector — A Case Study of the Forest Communities in Banyumas District, Central Java, Indonesia....Pages 135-157
Does Technical Progress in Agriculture have a Forest Saving or a Forest Clearing Effect? Theory and Evidence from Central Sulawesi....Pages 159-177
Encroachments on Primary Forests: Are They Really Driven by Despair?....Pages 179-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-213
Rain Forest Margins and their Dynamics in South-East Ethiopia....Pages 215-215
Forest Resource Use by People in Protected Areas and its Implications for Biodiversity Conservation: The Case of Bandhavgarh National Park in India....Pages 217-238
Land-Use Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in West Kalimantan....Pages 239-251
Tree Composition in Secondary Forest of Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 253-267
Effects of Land Use on Butterfly Communities at the Rain Forest Margin: A Case Study from Central Sulawesi....Pages 269-279
Losing Ground but Still Doing Well — Tarsius dianae in Human-Altered Rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 281-297
Home Range, Diet and Behaviour of the Tonkean Macaque (Macaca tonkeana) in Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi....Pages 299-311
Predicting Losses of Bird Species from Deforestation in Central Sulawesi....Pages 313-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-349
The Effects of Rainforest Conversion on Water Balance, Water Yield and Seasonal Flows in a Small Tropical Catchment in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 351-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-365
Water Tenure in Highland Watersheds of Northern Thailand: Tragedy of the Commons or Successful Management of Complexity?....Pages 351-351
Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants Grown in Association or in Rotation....Pages 367-390
Adaptability Analysis and Risk Assessment of N Fertilizer Application to Maize in the Napu Valley of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 391-407
Characterisation of Biodiversity in Improved Rubber Agroforests in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia: Real and Potential Uses for Spontaneous Plants....Pages 409-426
Traditional Forest Gardens in Central Sulawesi: A Sustainable Land Use System?....Pages 427-444
Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Forest Plantations and Secondary Rainforests: The Functional Role of Biodiversity....Pages 445-459
The Use of Models to Assess the Impact of Land Use Change on Ecological Processes: Case-Studies of Deforestation in South-East Asia....Pages 461-474
Agricultural Intensification, Population Growth and Forest Cover Change: Evidence from Spatially Explicit Land Use Modeling in the Central Highlands of Vietnam....Pages 475-494
Front Matter....Pages 495-519
Between Difference and Synergy: Cultural Issues in an International Research Scheme....Pages 521-521
Back Matter....Pages 523-533
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