Forests and floods : drowning in fiction or thriving on facts?

Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
Distinguishing fact from fiction......Page 11
Forests, regulation of stream flow and food prevention......Page 12
Erosion and sedimentation......Page 13
Environmental benefits of reduced impact logging (RIL)......Page 14
Experts agreeing on what is needed......Page 15
Perceptions of the destructive power and severity of floods......Page 16
Recognising the dilemma!......Page 17
Going under......Page 18
Policy implications......Page 19
Taking an integrated approach......Page 21
Figure 1: The iterative process of integrated basin management......Page 22
Towards more effective watershed management......Page 24
What can be expected from forest and soil conservation?......Page 25
What is floodplain management?......Page 27
Experiences with embankments in Bangladesh......Page 28
The positive effects of flooding......Page 29
Integrated Floodplain Management on the Mekong River......Page 30
Reversing the past......Page 31
Making rational policy decisions......Page 33
The scope of forestry in mitigating floods......Page 34
Bibliography......Page 35