Slash-and-Burn Agriculture : The Search for Alternatives.
Title:
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture : The Search for Alternatives.
Author:
Palm, Cheryl.
ISBN:
9780231508834
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (487 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- I The Problem and Approach -- 1 Alternatives to Slash and Burn: Challenge and Approaches of an International Consortium -- II Thematic Research -- 2 Carbon Losses and Sequestration After Land Use Change in the Humid Tropics -- 3 Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Slash and Burn and Alternative Land Use Practices in Sumatra, Indonesia -- 4 The Potential Role of Above-Ground Biodiversity Indicators in Assessing Best-Bet Alternatives to Slash and Burn -- 5 Below-Ground Biodiversity Assessment: Developing a Key Functional Group Approach in Best-Bet Alternatives to Slash and Burn -- 6 Sustainability of Tropical Land Use Systems After Forest Conversion -- 7 The Forest for the Trees: The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia -- III Site-Specific Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture -- 8 Sustainable Forest Management for Smallholder Farmers in the Brazilian Amazon -- 9 Permanent Smallholder Rubber Agroforestry Systems in Sumatra, Indonesia -- 10 Coffee, Pastures, and Deforestation in the Western Brazilian Amazon: A Farm-Level Bioeconomic Model -- 11 Smallholder Options for Reclaiming and Using Imperata cylindrica L. (Alang-Alang) Grasslands in Indonesia -- IV National Perspectives -- 12 The Western Brazilian Amazon -- 13 The Forest Margins of Sumatra, Indonesia -- 14 The Forest Margins of Cameroon -- 15 The Peruvian Amazon: Development Imperatives and Challenges -- 16 Northern Thailand: Changing Smallholder Land Use Patterns -- V Cross-Site Comparisons and Conclusions -- 17 Land Use Systems at the Margins of Tropical Moist Forest: Addressing Smallholder Concerns in Cameroon, Indonesia, and Brazil -- 18 Balancing Agricultural Development and Environmental Objectives: Assessing Tradeoffs in the Humid Tropics.
Index.
Abstract:
The Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) consortium was formed in 1992 by a group of concerned national and international research institutions to address the global and local issues associated with this form of agriculture. With contributions from scientists, economists, ecologists, and anthropologists, this book synthesizes the first decade of ASB's work. It assesses the environmental, economic, and social impact of deforestation and the needs of small-scale farmers who rely on slash-and-burn agriculture for their livelihood.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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