Download or read book Economic and Ecological Sustainability of Tropical Rain Forest Management written by Kathrin Schreckenberg and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proposals outlined in this report form part of a wider set of interlinked activities planned or underway in the humid tropics within the framework of the MAB Programme and related Unesco activities in the ecological sciences and natural heritage field. This broader canvas of activities includes research, training, demonstration and information diffusion on such topics as: biological diversity, traditional ecological knowledge, and integrated conservation; forest regeneration and ecosystem rehabilitation; tropical soil fertility and its biological management; savanna ecology and management; tropical ecosystems and global change. Discrete activities are underway or planned in htese various domains. In addition, these topics may also be considered within a more wide-ranging set of field activities contributing to the programme of work proposed in the present document.