Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
FURTHER READING
Goodman, D., and Hall, A. (eds) (1990) The Future of Amazonia: destruction or sustainable development? London:
Macmillan. A thorough survey of Amazonian development edited by two economists. Fifteen authors cover current
development of the forest, problems of environmental destruction and social conflict, and how sustainable development
may be achieved.
Longman, K. A., and Jenik, J. (1987) Tropical Forest and its Environments, second edition, Harlow: Longman. A biological
text on the nature of tropical forest, with some indication of the practical implications for anyone using or managing
tropical forest land.
Park, C. C. (1992)
Tropical Rain Forests, London: Routledge. A review of the problems and prospects of the tropical rain
forest ecosystem. Consequences of clearance are examined at the local, regional and global scales.
Whatmore, T. C. (1998) An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. A revised
edition of an introductory text that aims to demonstrate the importance and fascination of tropical rain forests, the
challenges they face and current happenings. A well illustrated book.
WEB RESOURCES
http://www.mongabay.com A
website concerned with wildlands and wildlife, especially tropical forest area. Issues a
number of interesting articles together with a weekly newletter. Good for case studies.
http://www-tem.jrc.it W
ebsite of Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring, an EU-supported organization that is concerned with
providing information about global land cover statistics that includes a section on tropical rain forest. Vegetation maps
can be downloaded for a range of areas.
http://www.trfic.msu.edu/ T
he Tropical Forest Information Center is a partner with NASA Earth Science Information to
disseminate information about the state of the world's tropical forests. Downloads are available of rates and areas of
deforestation as well as the current situation of forest.
