Tropical Forests and Climate

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Tropical Deforestation and Climatic Change: The Conceptual Background....Pages 1-2
Tropical Forests: Present Status and Future Outlook....Pages 3-32
A Commentary on: Tropical Forests: Present Status and Future Outlook....Pages 33-35
Palaeoecological Background: Neotropics....Pages 37-47
A Commentary on: Palaeoecological Background: Neotropics....Pages 49-51
A Synopsis of Climatic and Vegetational Change in Southeast Asia....Pages 53-61
A Commentary on: A Synopsis of Climatic and Vegetational Change in Southeast Asia....Pages 63-64
History of Climate and Forests in Tropical Africa During the Last 8 Million Years....Pages 65-78
The African Rain Forest Vegetation and Palaeoenvironments During Late Quaternary....Pages 79-98
Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide....Pages 99-118
A Commentary on: Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide....Pages 119-121
Tropical Deforestation: Albedo and the Surface-Energy Balance....Pages 123-133
A Commentary on: Tropical Deforestation: Albedo and the Surface-Energy Balance....Pages 135-137
Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry....Pages 139-158
A Commentary on: Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Global and Regional Atmospheric Chemistry....Pages 159-162
Probable Impact of Deforestation on Hydrological Processes....Pages 163-173
A Commentary on: Probable Impact of Deforestation on Hydrological Processes....Pages 175-175
Possible Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation....Pages 177-196
A Commentary on: Possible Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation....Pages 197-199
Deforestation, Climate Change and Sustainable Nutrition Security: A Case Study of India....Pages 201-209
A Commentary on: Deforestation, Climate Change and Sustainable Nutrition Security: A Case Study of India....Pages 211-213
Tropical Forests and the Greenhouse Effect: A Management Response....Pages 215-225
A Commentary on: Tropical Forests and the Greenhouse Effect: A Management Response....Pages 227-232
Buying Environmental Insurance: Prospects for Trading of Global Climate-Protection Services....Pages 233-240
A Commentary on: Buying Environmental Insurance: Prospects for Trading of Global Climate-Protection Services....Pages 241-243
Forests in a Warming World: A Time for New Policies....Pages 245-251
A Commentary on: Forests in a Warming World: A Time for New Policies....Pages 253-256
The Politics of Prevention....Pages 257-261
A Commentary on: The Politics of Prevention....Pages 263-265