Carbon sequestration, biological diversity, and sustainable development: Integrated forest management
- Environmental Research Lab., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- United Nations Environment Programme for the Wider Caribbean, Kingston (Jamaica)
Tropical deforestation provides a significant contribution to anthropogenic increases in atmospheric CO[sub 2] concentration that may lead to global warming. Forestation and other forest management options to sequester CO[sub 2] in the tropical latitudes may fail unless they address local economic, social, environmental, and political needs of people in the developing world. Forest management is discussed in terms of three objectives: Carbon sequestration, sustainable development, and biodiversity conservation. An integrated forest management strategy of land-use planning is proposed to achieve these objectives and is centered around: Preservation of primary forest, intensified use of nontimber resources, agroforestry, and selective use of plantation forestry. 89 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 6927786
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Management; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Management; (United States) Vol. 18:1; ISSN EMNGDC; ISSN 0364-152X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
FORESTS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
MANAGEMENT
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
TROPICAL REGIONS