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"The Dipterocarp forests of South-East Asia constitute a dominant component of the world's tropical forests. As such, they are intertwined with a Pandora's box of problems that have plagued the world for decades: over- and underdevelopment, political instability, poverty, hunger, population growth, the debt crisis, reckless exploitation of natural resources, degradation of the local and global environmental, and, of late, climatic changes. The fate of the world's remaining Dipterocarp forests will certainly depend to a large measure on resolution of these persistent global problems." "The world community, aware of the forces threatening these forests, has also recognized their crucial role in the fate of nations and of our planet. Strict protection of the remaining Dipterocarp forests in the virgin state is highly desirable, but, unfortunately, not a feasible option: survival and maintenance of their vital functions will depend on benign, sustainable and economically viable management practices, including the option of leaving some of these forests completely untouched."--Preface page

Author

Andreas Schulte; Dieter Hans-Friedrich Schöne

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Company

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9789810236977

Subjects

Agriculture, Management, Technology