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The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests

Africa

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Jeffrey A. Sayer

    1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland

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  2. Caroline S. Harcourt

    1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK

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  3. N. Mark Collins

    1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
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  2. The Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8
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    2. Introduction

      • Mark Collins
      Pages 9-16

    3. History of Forests and Climate

      • Alan C. Hamilton
      Pages 17-25

    4. Biological Diversity

      • Martin Jenkins
      Pages 26-32

    5. Case Studies in Conserving Large Mammals

      • Richard Barnes
      Pages 33-42

    6. Forest People

      • Robert Bailey, Serge Bahuchet, Barry Hewlett, Damien Lewis
      Pages 43-48

    7. Population, Environment and Agriculture

      • Kevin Cleaver
      Pages 49-55

    8. Timber Trade

      • Jacqueline Sawyer
      Pages 56-61

    9. Forest Management

      • Simon Rietbergen
      Pages 62-68

    10. The Protected Areas System

      • Andrew Balmford, Nigel Leader-Williams, Michael Green
      Pages 69-80

    11. A Future for Africa’s Tropical Forests

      • Jeff Sayer
      Pages 81-93

  3. Country Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Benin and Togo

      • Jeff Sayer
      Pages 97-101

    3. Burundi and Rwanda

      • Amy Vedder
      Pages 102-109

    4. Cameroon

      • Steve Gartlan
      Pages 110-118

    5. Central African Republic

      • Richard Carroll
      Pages 119-124

    6. Congo

      • Dominique N’Sosso, Philippe Hecketsweiler
      Pages 125-132

    7. Côte d’Ivoire

      • Fred Vooren
      Pages 133-142

    8. Eastern Africa

      • Alan Rodgers
      Pages 143-160
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Recognizing that sound information is vital to the progress of conservation, IUCN have gathered together a visual portfolio of maps of rain forests in Africa. The accompanying text analyzes the extent and causes of deforestation and points a way towards sustainable forest development.

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  • International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland

    Jeffrey A. Sayer

  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK

    Caroline S. Harcourt, N. Mark Collins

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