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Seeing the forest and the trees; Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Eco…
'Melihat Hutan dan Pepohonan' mengkaji perubahan tutupan dan penggunaan lahan di wilayah berhutan sebagai kontributor utama perubahan lingkungan global. Sepanjang sejarah manusia, perubahan ekosistem hutan terjadi karena perubahan iklim alami yang terjadi dalam jangka waktu yang panjang. Namun, para ilmuwan kini menemukan perubahan tutupan hutan yang dipercepat secara dramatis oleh berbagai akt…
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The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptation
Based on papers given at the 2000 conference held in Bloomington, Indiana.Globalization, population growth, and resource depletion are drawing increased attention to the importance of common resources such as forests, water resources, and fisheries. It is critical that these resources be governed in an equitable and sustainable way. The Commons in the New Millennium presents cutting-edge resear…
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Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice
Includes index.Looking at knowledge as a shared resource: experts discuss how to define, protect, and build the knowledge commons in the digital age."Knowledge in digital form offers unprecedented access to information through the Internet but at the same time is subject to ever-greater restrictions through intellectual property legislation, overpatenting, licensing, overpricing, and lack of pr…
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People and forests :communities, institutions, and governance
Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships for rural communities by destroying critical stocks of fuel, fodder, food, and building materials. It can also have profound regional and global consequences by contributing to biodiversity loss, erosion, floods, lowered water tables, and climate change. People and Fore…
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Seeing the forest and the trees :human-environment interactions in forest eco…
'Seeing the Forest and the Trees' examines changes in land cover & land use in forested regions as major contributors to global environmental change.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Eco…
Throughout much of human history, changes to forest ecosystems have come about through natural climatic changes occurring over long periods of time. But scientists now find changes in forest cover dramatically accelerated by such human activities as large-scale agriculture, the building of dams and roads, and the growth of cities with vast areas of asphalt. Changes that once took centuries now …
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