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"The question of hope is especially urgent because of environmental threats. One such peril, deforestation, is the subject of the first half of this book, where pictures of it suggest a war zone. The subject of the second half of the book, light on the sea, might initally seem disconnected from the first, but in combination they have about them what Samuel Johnson once called "the stability of truth," in this case a recognizable balance of harsh facts and dateless, mysterious consolation. Robert Adams has studied both elements--our failed stewardship and the promise implied by beauty--across much of the American West. He has over the years also photographed them near where he lives on the Oregon coast, and it is this local caring that gives The Question of Hope much of its intensity."--Jacket.
Landscape photography --- Deforestation --- Coasts --- Adams, Robert,
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Carbon sequestration --- Climate change mitigation --- Deforestation --- Forest degradation
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Public and private initiatives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) have been widely endorsed by policy-makers. This book presents a major critique of the aims and policies of REDD as currently structured, particularly in terms of their social feasibility.
Carbon sequestration. --- Deforestation --- Forest conservation. --- Forest protection. --- Control.
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Les forets du bassin du Congo ont ete protegees <
Agriculture --- Climate Change --- Deforestation --- Durable --- Energy --- Forest --- Forest Degradation --- Mining --- Modeling --- Redd+/Redd --- Sustainable Development
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DEN Dendrology & Forestry --- forestry --- tropical forests --- ecosystems --- forest management --- deforestation --- restoration --- reforestation --- monitoring --- tree planting --- guide books
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Près de 13 millions dhectares de forêts tropicales sont détruits chaque année, entre bassin amazonien, Afrique centrale et Asie du Sud-Est. Ce phénomène a de mulitples causes, dont la plus alarmante est lexpansion agricole.Plusieurs instruments dits de marché, dont REDD+, ont été élaborés, notamment dans le cadre de la lutte contre le changement climatique, pour enrayer la déforestation : marchés carbone, paiements pour services environnementaux, etc.Mais sont-ils assez innovants et compétitifs?
Deforestation --- Forests and forestry --- Rain forest conservation --- Prevention --- Environmental aspects --- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program) --- REDD+ (environnement) --- Déboisement --- Forêts --- Lutte contre --- Aspect environnemental --- Aspect environnemental. --- Lutte contre. --- Rain forest conservation. --- Prevention. --- Environmental aspects. --- Deforestation - Prevention --- Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects
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The Congo Basin forests have been mainly ""passively"" protected by chronic political instability and conflict, poor infrastructure, and poor governance. Congo Basin countries thus still fit the profile of high forest cover/ low deforestation (HFLD) countries. However, there are signs that Congo Basin forests are under increasing pressure from a variety of sources, including mineral extraction, road development, agribusiness, and biofuels, in addition to subsistence agricultural expansion and charcoal collection.Congo Basin countries are now at a crossroad - they are not yet locked into a deve
Deforestation -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Central. --- Economic development -- Africa, Central. --- Forest degradation -- Africa, Central. --- Forest protection -- Africa, Central. --- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program). --- Deforestation --- Forest protection --- Forest degradation --- Economic development --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Forestry --- Economic aspects --- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program) --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Degradation, Forest --- Degraded forests --- Protection of forests --- Conversion, Forest --- Depletion of forests --- Disforestation --- Forest conversion --- Forest depletion --- Forest-land conversion --- REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) --- REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) --- UN-REDD (Program) --- United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries --- Reducción de Emisiones para Deforestación y Degradación (Program) --- Réduction des émissions liées à la déforestation et à la dégradation des forêts (Program) --- Mpango wa Kupunguza Uzalishaji wa Hewa ya Ukaa Kutokana na Ukataji na Uharibifu wa Misitu --- MKUHUMI (Mpango wa Kupunguza Uzalishaji wa Hewa ya Ukaa Kutokana na Ukataji na Uharibifu wa Misitu) --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Environmental degradation --- Forest conservation --- Forest management --- Plants, Protection of --- Clearing of land --- Forest fires --- Plants --- Control --- Extinction --- Programa ONU-REDD
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'An important and timely book' from the Foreword by Stanley Johnson'A complete and absorbing history of a decade of intense international politics?offers many insights for future negotiators of sustainable solutions' Stephen Bass, International Institute for Environment and Development'Skillfully navigates the jungle of forest politics, leaving us in no doubt that the verbal commitment to save the world's forests has yet to be translated into action on the ground. The way forward must clearly lie in political commitments and international cooperation if forests are to continue to preserve life
International law --- Forest conservation --- Political aspects --- History --- International cooperation --- Conservation of forests --- Forest preservation --- Forests and forestry --- Preservation of forests --- Nature conservation --- Deforestation --- Conservation --- Control --- Forest conservation - Political aspects - History. --- Forest conservation - International cooperation - History. --- History.
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Anthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience--a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
FUNAI. --- ancestors. --- brazil. --- catrimani. --- deforestation. --- disease. --- elders. --- epidemic. --- haximu massacre. --- language. --- malaria. --- national indian foundation. --- native. --- origin myth. --- perimetral norte highway. --- rio toototobi. --- spirits. --- traditions. --- tribe. --- women. --- xapiri. --- Shamanism --- Shamans --- Yanomamo Indians --- History --- Kopenawa, Davi.
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This paper surveys the current state of knowledge concerning the value of the Amazon rainforest, including a survey of work to date to quantify changes in economic values when the rainforest cover changes. The focus is on local and regional impacts of forest loss or protection, including both gross values of forest protection and opportunity costs of converting the forest to other uses including agriculture. Important gross value items surveyed are timber and non-timber product extraction from a sustainably maintained rainforest; local values of eco-tourism; biological resources including bio-prospecting; a range of hydrological impacts including watershed protection, hydropower production, and changes in rainfall patterns; and impacts of forest fires and their control. Mapping such values in geographical space is of high value for implementing efficient and effective (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) programs for protecting the remaining forest. The current data basis for such mapping is found to be quite weak and in need of improvement for all value elements.
Amazon Rainforest --- Climate Change and Environment --- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases --- Deforestation --- Energy --- Environment --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Environmental Valuation --- Forestry --- Market And Non-Market Valuation Methods --- Wildlife Resources
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