Research Catalog

Title

Congo Basin information series : taking action to manage and conserve forest resources in the Congo Basin : results and lessons learned from the first phase (1996-2000) / [series editors, Laurent Somé, David Wilkie, Judy Oglethorpe ].

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Biodiversity Supprort Program, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Somé, Laurent.
• Wilkie, David.
• Oglethorpe, J. (Judy)
• Central African Regional Program for the Environment.
• Biodiversity Support Program

Description

1 v. (loose-leaf) : ill., maps; 32 cm.

Uniform Title

Biodiversity Support Program Monograph Collection.

Alternative Title

Taking action to manage and conserve forest resources in the Congo Basin

Subject

• Forest conservation > Congo River Valley
• Deforestation > Congo River Valley

Note

• Cover title.
• "March 2001."
• "Central African Regional Program for the Environment"--Back cover.
• Also available on the world wide web.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Central African Regional Program for the Environment: summary of results and lessons learned from the first phase -- What is CARPE?: the Central African Regional Program for the Environment -- Rich forests, poor countries: adapting forest conservation to economic realities -- Filling conservation gaps in Central Africa: conserving what, where, how, and at what cost? -- Timber tsunami: tracking logging in the Congo Basin -- Deforestation in Central Africa: significance and scale of the deforestation -- Seeing the future now: simulating forest changes in the Congo Basin -- If the forest disappeared: what would we lose and what might we gain? -- Sustainable management of the forest estate: what do we mean and how do we get there? -- Non-timber forest products: economics and conservation potential -- Central Africa and forest governance: counter-balancing the powers of public and private sectors -- Management watchdogs: a key to sustainable forest management -- Monitoring forest cover in Central Africa: why, what, how and when to monitor.
• -- Establishing ecological monitoring programs: what, where and how to monitor -- Policy reform: a necessary but insufficient condition for better forest management -- World Bank, conditionalities, and forest sector reform: the Cameroon experience -- Community management of forest resources: moving from "keep out!" to "let's collaborate!" -- Sustainable timber: challenges and potential solutions -- Conservation and private sector partnerships: a new tool for natural resources management -- Mobilizing communities to conserve forest resources: Cameroon case study -- Sustainable financing of protected areas

OCLC

48427496

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library