What future for the tropical moist forests 25 years hence?

Commonwealth Forestry Review

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-129

  Byron, Neil ^a   Perez, Manuel Ruiz ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Conservation scenarios; Forest dwellers; Moist forests; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION NEED; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL MOIST FOREST;

EID: 0030442422     PISSN: 00103381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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