Titre :	Biodiversity conservation in the context of tropical forest management
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Editeur :	World Bank
Année de publication :	2000
Importance :	80 p.
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	SCIENCES AGRICOLES
Mots-clés :	BIODIVERSITE  FORET TROPICALE  CONSERVATION DES RESSOURCES  MANAGEMENT AGRICOLE
Résumé :	To assure the continued existence of a vast proportion of tropical forest biodiversity, existing parks and protected areas become a cornerstone of biodiversity conservation but on their own . As a result, priority must be given to ensuring that the greatest possible amount of biodiversity is conserved outside protected areas by altering harvest patterns in these landscapes of resource extraction. Of all forest uses within tropical forest regions, logging or timber harvesting is the most important to influence because it causes the most severe direct and indirect environmental impacts. Evaluating the impacts of logging on biodiversity in tropical forests is not simple, it depends on a thorough review of the literature and on the best expert opinion due to the complexities hidden under the seemingly simple rubrics ‘logging’ and ‘biodiversity’. Due to the complexities hidden under the simple rubrics « logging » and « biodiversity », the answer to the question ‘is logging compatible with biodiversity protection’ can be unsatisfying. The authors dont include with uncritical support for sustainable forest management of timber as a conservation strategy ; such an endorsement is unwarranted given widespread illegal logging in the tropics, widespread frontier logging and logging of areas of high priority for biodiversity protection, the persistence of poor logging practices despites substantial efforts in research and training and the slow rate at which most loggers transform themselves from timber exploiters into forest managers.
Numéro du document :	A 10401/K00 353
Niveau Bibliographique :	1
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	FORESTERIE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	GENIE FORESTIER

Biodiversity conservation in the context of tropical forest management [texte imprimé] . - World Bank, 2000 . - 80 p.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	SCIENCES AGRICOLES
Mots-clés :	BIODIVERSITE  FORET TROPICALE  CONSERVATION DES RESSOURCES  MANAGEMENT AGRICOLE
Résumé :	To assure the continued existence of a vast proportion of tropical forest biodiversity, existing parks and protected areas become a cornerstone of biodiversity conservation but on their own . As a result, priority must be given to ensuring that the greatest possible amount of biodiversity is conserved outside protected areas by altering harvest patterns in these landscapes of resource extraction. Of all forest uses within tropical forest regions, logging or timber harvesting is the most important to influence because it causes the most severe direct and indirect environmental impacts. Evaluating the impacts of logging on biodiversity in tropical forests is not simple, it depends on a thorough review of the literature and on the best expert opinion due to the complexities hidden under the seemingly simple rubrics ‘logging’ and ‘biodiversity’. Due to the complexities hidden under the simple rubrics « logging » and « biodiversity », the answer to the question ‘is logging compatible with biodiversity protection’ can be unsatisfying. The authors dont include with uncritical support for sustainable forest management of timber as a conservation strategy ; such an endorsement is unwarranted given widespread illegal logging in the tropics, widespread frontier logging and logging of areas of high priority for biodiversity protection, the persistence of poor logging practices despites substantial efforts in research and training and the slow rate at which most loggers transform themselves from timber exploiters into forest managers.
Numéro du document :	A 10401/K00 353
Niveau Bibliographique :	1
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	FORESTERIE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	GENIE FORESTIER