Contents: Preface. I. Objectives and basic principles: 1. Restoration of rainforest ecosystem in north-east India/P.S. Ramakrishnan. 2. What is an ecosystem and how does it function?/V.M. Meher-Homji. 3. Genetic diversity and evolution/Raghavendra Gadagkar. II. Tropical forest ecosystems: 1. Biogeography as an aid to conservation/V.M. Meher-Homji. 2. Nutrient cycling in primary and old secondary rainforests/John Proctor. 3. Nutrient cycling patterns during forest succession in North-eastern India/P.S. Ramakrishnan. III. Biological conservation: 1. Nilgiri biosphere reserve - from theory to practice/R. Sukumar. 2. Conservation strategies for wet evergreen forests/David Lamb. 3. Shifting agriculture and rainforest ecosystem management/P.S. Ramakrishnan. 4. Is forest conservation possible without production forestry?/N.S. Adkoli. 5. Socio-economic aspects of wildlife conservation/M.D. Young. 6. Land resources conservation and management of environment/D.C. Das. IV. Biosphere reserves: 1. Multi- and interdisciplinary nature of conservation: UNESCO/MAB programme and the biosphere reserve action plan/N. Ishwaran. 2. MAB activities in India - brief outline/Subodh K. Sharma. 3. The MAB programme in Papua new Guinea/David Lamb. 4. Management of Nilgiri biosphere reserve/Balachandran Thampi. 5. Management problems in evergreen forests/K. Balasubramanyan. 6. Modelling the growth of natural forests/K. Jayaraman. 7. How economists use and abuse ecological information - guidelines for fruitful interaction/M.D. Young. V. Ecosystem redevelopment: 1. Ecodevelopment - the Mitraniketan experiment/K. Viswanathan. 2. Ecodevelopment of selected ecosystems in western Ghats (Sirsi)/N.H. Ravindranath. 3. Restoration of degraded tropical rainforests/S.N. Rai. 4. Redevelopment of vegetation - the Aurovillean attempt/Jean Pouyet. 5. Role of non-governmental organizations in conservation/M.K. Prasad. 6. The zonation of forests on wet tropical mountains/John Proctor. VI. Man-Forest Interaction: 1. Interaction of tribals with the forests/J.K. Maheshwari. 2. Human ecology in Attappady reserve/S. Sankar and P.K. Muraleedharan. 3. Conservation and management of tropical deciduous forests/S. Chand Basha. 4. Ecosystem conservation - an economist's perspective/A.R. Maslekar. 5. Forest management - people's participation/N.P. Melkania. VII. Modern Tools in Conservation : 1. Remote sensing as an aid to conservation/N.V.M Unni. 2. Statistical modelling in ecology/Anil P. Gore. 3. Practical application of remote sensing in Attappady region/A.R.R. Menon. VIII. Case study presentation session: 1. Studies on the enrichment of carbon dioxide on the growth and dry matter production of different forestry species/M.H Swaminath. 2. Nutrient cycling in a South Indian tropical deciduous forest ecosystem: dry matter production and nutrient accumulation/M. George. 3. Forest trees of Papua new Guinea/kari Kerenga. 4. Biological invasions: Options for redevelopment of degraded tropical environment/P.S. Swamy. 5. Microclimate and energy exchange in rubber plantations in the deforested areas of humid tropics/K.V. Satheesan. 6. Ecological study of Sawokecik (Manilkara Kauki Dubard) natural forest at Prapat Agung, West Bali, Indonesia/Herman Daryono. 7. Role of wood-decaying fungi in tropical forest ecosystem/N.S.K. Harsh. 8. Mass culturing of trees for afforestation purposes by vegetative means - environmental and physiological aspects/Sunil Puri. 9. Ecosystem structure and functioning, and aspects of conservation in Kalakad Reserve Forest, Western Ghats/N. Parthasarathy. 10. Case study of Spiti - a cold desert area/Rajan Bawa. 11. Conservation - Foresters' problem: a Kerala scenario/R.R. Shukla. 12. Ecosystem conservation and engineers/N. Madhu. 13. The situation of forest resources and ecosystem conservation in Vietnam/Vu-van-Dung. 14. Deforestation in North-East Thailand/Niwat Jatikanond. 15. Development and conservation of national resources: land, forest, water and ecology/Purus.

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Title: Tropical Forest Ecosystem Conservation and Development in South and South-East Asia
Publisher: Kerala Forest Research Institute
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 8185041059
ISBN 13: 9788185041056
Binding: Soft cover
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