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In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the worlds rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use. Increasing concern about climate change has made it more important than ever to understand the state of the worlds tropical forests.
This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the worlds tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world. He explains how urbanization, an increasingly global economy, and a worldwide demand for biofuels put new pressure on rainforest land. He examines the policies and market forces that have successfully preserved forests in some areas and discusses the economic benefits of protected areas. Using evidence from ice core records and past forest cover patterns, he predicts the most likely effects of climate change.

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Note: n after a page number indicates an endnote; nn after a page number indicates two or more consecutive endnotes; t after a page number indicates a table; f after a page number indicates a chart or line art. The page number for a photograph is indicated in boldface.

Achard, Frdric,

Acre, Brazil,

advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR),

Afrotropical,

agroforestry,

agro-industry,

Aichi targets,

Amap, Brazil,

Amazonas,

Amazon Basin, . See also specific country names

Amazon Deforestation Monitoring Project (PRODES),

Amaznia Legal region, Brazil,

Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA),

Amazon River,

Andean Amazon countries,

arc of deforestation,

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP),

Assam, India,

Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux,

Atelopus varius. See

Australia,

Banerjee, A. K.,

beef production. See

Bertin SA,

Bia National Park,

Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project,

blackwater,

Bolivia,

Borneo,

BR-163 highway,

Brazilian Development Bank,

Brazilian Forest Code,

Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. See

broadleaf forest,

Bufo periglenes. See

Callicebus caquetensis. See

Cancn,

Caquet titi (Callicebus caquetensis). See

Cardoso, President Fernando Henrique,

Ceiba pentandra. See

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),

Central Africa,

Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC),

Central Kalimantan, Indonesia,

cerrado,

Chicxulub,

China,

Climate and Land Use Alliance,

closed forest,

Club of Rome,

Coalition for Rainforest Nations,

coffee,

Colobus badius (red colobus),

Colobus polykomos (black-and-white colobus),

Committee on Abrupt Climate Change,

Conference of the Parties, COP 9, COP 11,

Congo Basin,

Congo River,

Conservation International,

consumers,

consumption,

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),

Aichi biodiversity targets,

Copernicus program,

corruption,

Costa Rica,

Deforesting the Earth (Michael Williams),

Denevan, William M.,

DETER,

die-back,

drought deciduous trees,

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS),

Earth Summit. See

ecological representation,

Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, The (TEEB),

Ecuador,

Ecuadoran Amazon,

Elaeis guineensis. See

El Nio events,

El Salvador,

enrichment planting,

environmental Kuznets curve,

European Commission Joint Research Centre,

European Space Agency,

EU Timber Regulation,

extinction. See

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). See

forest fragmentation,

Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT),

Forest Resources Assessments (FRAs). See under

forest transition theory,

forest types. See

forestry laws,

forts classes,

G8+5,

Global Amphibian Assessment,

Global Biodiversity Strategy,

Global Environmental Facility,

Global Forest Program (WWF),

Golden Agri-Resources,

Gmez-Pompa, Arturo,

Google Earth Engine,

Grainger, Alan,

Greenpeace,

Guianas,

Guiana Shield,

Hansen, Matthew C.,

Heart of Borneo initiative,

Hevea brasiliensis. See

high conservation value forest,

Homo sapiens,

Honduras,

hot spots. See under

India,

Indo-Pacific living planet indices,

intact forest landscape,

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,

Intergovernmental Panel on Forests,

International Classification and Mapping of Vegetation System (UNESCO),

International Institute for Sustainable Development,

International Tropical Timber Organization,

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),

intertropical convergence zone,

island biogeography theory,

ivory,

Japan,

Ja National Park,

Java,

JBS,

Joint Forest Management,

Joint Research Centre of the EU Commission,

Kalimantan, Indonesia,

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Kuala Lumpur,

Kyoto Protocol,

Lacey Act,

land speculation,

. See also specific country names

light detection and ranging laser (lidar),

Limits to Growth, The,

Living Amazon Initiative. See

Living Planet Report,

Lovejoy, Thomas E.,

Lula da Silva, President,

Madagascar,

Manaus, Brazil,

Manu,

Maretti, Cludio,

Mather, Alexander,

Mato Grosso, Brazil,

mean species abundance index

meat production: beef (see

Met Office Hadley Centre,

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,

mining,

moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS),

Mongabay,

Montanhas do Tumucumaque National Park,

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve,

moratoriums,

multilateral environmental agreements,

Multispectral Scanner,

Musanga cecropioides. See

Myanmar,

Myers, Norman,

National Forum on BioDiversity,

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration,

National Research Council,

Natural Capital Coalition (TEEB),

Nature Conservancy,

Neotropical realm,

NGOs. See

nonforested land,

. See also names of specific nongovernmental organizations

nonindigenous communities,

nontimber forest products,

Oakland Institute,

old-growth forest,

Operation Jurupari,

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),

Pacas Novos National Park, Brazil, plate

Pacific Islands,

paleontological records,

Papua New Guinea,

Par, Brazil,

peatland,

Peninsular Malaysia,

Persson, Reidar,

Porto Velho, Rondnia, Brazil,

protected areas,

Pseudoryx nghetinhensis (saola),

Rainforest Action Network,

Rainforest Alliance,

Rainforest Foundation,

Ravenala madagascariensis. See

Riau, Indonesia,

rice cultivation,

Richards, P. W.,

Rio Juruena, Brazil,

Robin Wood,

Rondnia, Brazil,

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO),

Sabah, Malaysia,

saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis),

So Paulo, Brazil,

Sarawak, Malaysia,

savanna,

Schimper, A. F. W.,

Sentinel satellite,

shifting agriculture/shifting cultivation. See under

Sierra Club,

Silent Spring (Rachel Carson),

silk cotton tree. See

Sinar Mas Group,

Sommer, Adrian,

South America, . See also specific country names

South Asia,

Southeast Asia,

Smithsonian Institution,

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,

Sri Lanka,

Stern, Nicholas,

Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change, The,

Sting (person),

Styler, Trudie,

sugar,

Sukhdev, Pavan,

Sumatra, Indonesia,

swamp forests,

synthetic aperture radar (SAR),

systme probatoire pour lobservation de la terre (SPOT),

teleconnections,

Thematic Mapper. See

Theobroma cacao. See

titi. See

Tropical Forestry Action Plan,

Tropical Forest Resources Assessment Project. See under

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