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Book SynopsisSilviculture in tropical forests has a long history going back many centuries and active management for timber production began about two hundred years ago. There is therefore a considerable body of evidence regarding both sustainable and destructive forestry practices in these forests, the future of which is the subject of one of the great scientific and public debates of the late twentieth century. Based on fifty years experience by each author and extensive research of the literature, this book provides information, much of which was previously not widely available, on the development of silvicultural systems in tropical moist forest (a broad term which encompasses many forest types). The book begins by tracing the early history and goes on to describe the later, more technical phases and the growth of global exploitation. Examples from many countries are described in detail, considering all aspects including the economic, ecological and social implications. It is the aim of the aut
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Early Times: the Early Exploitative and Conservation Phases 3: Post-1900 to the Late 1950s – Conservation Continues: Forest Management and Colonialism 4: The Global Exploitative Phase – the Late 1950s to the Mid-1990s 5: Summary and Conclusions
