Policy implications of a pan-tropic assessment of the simultaneous hydrological and biodiversity impacts of deforestation

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-232

  Douglas, Ellen M ^a   Wood, Stanley ^b   Sebastian, Kate ^b   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Chomitz, Kenneth M ^c   Tomich, Thomas P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Deforestation; Human vulnerability; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HYDROLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; RUNOFF;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; HUMAN VULNERABILITY; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; HYDROLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; RUNOFF;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF;

EID: 33845946690     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9050-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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