Compendium of Conference Papers Presented at the International Conference on the Application of Reduced Impact Logging to Advance Sustainable Forest Management : Constraints, Challenges and Opportunities Held on 26 February - 1 March 2001 in Kuching, Sarawak

Compendium of Conference Papers Presented at the International Conference on the Application of Reduced Impact Logging to Advance Sustainable Forest Management : Constraints, Challenges and Opportunities Held on 26 February - 1 March 2001 in Kuching, Sarawak
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Total Pages: 325
Release: 2001
Genre: Forest management
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Links Between Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihoods and Food Security

Links Between Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihoods and Food Security
Author: Sue Mainka
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2002
Genre: Animal diversity conservation
ISBN: 2831706386

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The global use of wild animals for meat is now the primary illegal activity in many protected areas, and growing human populations and a lack of livelihood options suggest that demand for wild meat is likely to continue to rise. This Occasional Paper contains the background information presented to participants at a workshop jointly organized by IUCN, FAO and TRAFFIC in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The workshop aimed to forge functional links among the various stakeholders concerned with the unsustainable use of wild fauna for food, and it contains the communiqué and a summary of the discussions related to problems and solutions.

Life After Logging

Life After Logging
Author: E. Meijaard
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9793361565

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This book presents a technical review of ecological and life history information on a range of Bornean wildlife species, aimed at identifying what makes these species sensitive to timber harvesting practices and associated impacts. It addresses three audiences: 1) those involved in assessing and regulating timber harvesting activities in Southeast Asia, 2) those involved in trying to achieve conservation goals in the region, and 3) those undertaking research to improve multipurpose forest management. This book shows that forest management can be improved in many simple ways to allow timber extraction and wildlife conservation to be more compatible than under current practices. The recommendations can also be valuable to the many governmental and non-governmental organisations promoting sustainable forest management and eco-labelling. Finally, it identifies a number of shortcomings and gaps in knowledge, which the hope can interest the scientific community and promote further research. This review is, an important scientific step toward understanding and improving sustainable forestry practices for long-term biodiversity conservation. Even in the short term, however, significant improvements can be made to improve both conservation and the efficiency of forest management, and there is no need to delay action due to a perceived lack of information. In the longer term it is expected that the recommendations from this review will be implemented, and that further research will continue to help foster an acceptable balance among the choices needed to maintain healthy wildlife populations and biodiversity in a productive forest estate.

Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture

Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2019-01-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9251306079

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This report indicates that climate change will significantly affect the availability and trade of fish products, especially for those countries most dependent on the sector, and calls for effective adaptation and mitigation actions encompassing food production.

Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha

Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha
Author: Helen Godfrey
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004357289

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In Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha, Helen Godfrey traces the connections between submarine telegraphy and the peoples of Singapore and Sarawak (Borneo) who supplied 'gutta percha', the latex insulating the world network of undersea telegraph cables. The book examines the complex inter-relationships linking metropolitan and local environments in a trade once described as a matter of interest to the whole civilized world. Using previously untapped corporate and official archives, trade data and a rich documentary record, the study explores the roles of cable producers, scientists, administrators, and local Chinese and indigenous traders. It reveals how a global trade may transcend technological, geographic and cross-cultural challenges, even hostilities. Motivations and outcomes are more complex than simple commercial gain.

Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo

Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo
Author: Cristina Eghenter
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Anthropology
ISBN: 9793361026

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The sustainable forestry challenge. The failure of implementation of forestry laws in Brazil. Enforcement of forestry laws in Finland. Analysis and recommendations.