Research in tropical forestry is confronted with the task of finding strategies to alleviate pressure on remaining forests and techniques to enhance forest regeneration and restore abandoned lands, using productive alternatives that can be attractive to lo

In agroforestry, trees are grown in association with ... and in the earliest form of agroforestry, shifting cultivation, soil fertility ... techniques for soil management through agroforestry. It incorporates the significant

Third volume in the World Forests series; offers information and insights on the potential of markets and policy instruments in improving the state of the world's forests.

... of plant-soil-plant interactions in agroforestry, intercropping and grass-legume

The decrease in horticultural resources and productivity has inspired Soil Quality and Agricultural Sustainability, which is based primarily on papers presented at the 1996 conference on soil degradation, sponsored by Ohio State University, the USAID and t

This book is an introductory text which sets world forestry in the context of social, environmental, historical, economic and conservation issues. It focuses on the world's forests and how people have related to them and how they have been used since the t

"In this engaging and exceptionally well-crafted case study, Schroeder shows clearly how local dynamics intersect with wider processes. . . . Changes in cropping patterns, land rights, work routines, and gender politics were shaped by multiple struggles an

Agroforestry refers to land-use systems in which ... and other components of the system. An agroforestry practice is a distinctive arrangement ... livestock) in space and time. An agroforestry system is a specific local example of

This ethnographically-grounded text analyzes modern initiatives in the tropical rainforest. It considers the issues from the local people's viewpoint and shows that their relationship to the forest is not essentially spiritual or mystical, rather it is con

Mountains of the World focuses on the human dimension of mountain development and on the science of mountain ecosystems, resources, and development. It begins by introducing the mountain cultures and peoples, the sacredness of mountains, and the economics