Regreening the Bare Hills Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pa
In Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region, David Lamb explores how reforestation might be carried out both to conserve biological diversity and to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor. While both issues have
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WORLD FORESTS Series Editors
MATTI PALO PhD, Independent Scientist, Finland, Affiliated Professor CATIE, Costa Rica
JUSSI UUSIVUORI Finnish Forest Research Institute METLA, Finland
Advisory Board Janaki Alavalapati, University of Florida, USA Joseph Buongiorno, University of Wisconsin, USA Jose Campos, CATIE, Costa Rica Sashi Kant, University of Toronto, Canada Maxim Lobovikov, FAO/Forestry Department, Rome Misa Masuda, University of Tsukuba Roger Sedjo, Resources for the Future, USA Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University, USA Yaoqi Zhang, Auburn University, USA
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David Lamb
Regreening the Bare Hills Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region
David Lamb Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation University of Queensland Brisbane 4072, Australia [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9869-6 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9870-2 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9870-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937424 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: The best place to discuss small-scale forestry issues is in the field. Photograph by David Lamb. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Large areas of the world’s tropical forests have been cleared in the last 100 years. Much of this forest land has been transformed into productive agricultural land. However, many areas have not and are now marginal for agriculture or have been largely abandoned. The areas involved are huge. One estimate suggests there are 350 million ha of former tropical forest lands ar
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