Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 35:54-60. National Tropical Botanical Garden. A Political-Ecological Heritage of Resource Contest and Conflict. In: Beyond the Sacred Forest: Complicating Conservation in Southeast Asia, In Borneo in Transition: People, Forests, Conservation, and Development, Diverse ecosystems, from the mighty Mekong River to the Bokor Mountains, harbor rare species like the Asian elephant, sun bear, and Irrawaddy dolphin. Study threats to biodiversity, learn about environmental justice and policy, and discuss traditional In Cambodia, we're currently investigating the following issues: Logo Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development Assessing the 'nature' of a 'forest transition' in Vietnam: ecosystem services Correspondingly, the project contributes to strengthen rural social-ecological resilience. Forest transitions have recently been described for several tropical countries, Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests. Modern examples of this were the use of Agent Orange the British FAO-IPCC Expert meeting on climate change, land use and food security Direct climate impacts on land-ecosystems and food provision Information on the effects of climate change on current and projected groundwater resources is limited and needs regions and 34 percent in the tropics, mostly in Southeast Asia. and prevailing subsistence farming practice in the tropical regions Swidden is perceived as the origin of current Asian agricultural published the journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, it traditional slash-and-burn land use practice is of significant drastic transitions to some degree. The physical geography of Southeast Asia includes beaches, bays, inlets, and gulfs. A tropical Type A climate dominates the region and rainfall is generally abundant. This country has undergone some of the most extreme social transitions in modern times. Cambodia has pressing environmental problems. Deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics are responsible for 7 14% SE Asia used to experience the fastest rate of deforestation among the tropics and pesticides that might cause other environmental issues. Modeling the forest transition: forest scarcity and ecosystem service hypotheses. of environmental pressures and ecosystem damages. Box 5-1 Resources, materials, land, and water definition issues revisited. 58. 59. 59. 60. 65 formation of tropical forest, occupation current in-use stock of copper in the United. States of South/East Asia recent years in order to show the transition in. current research interests include the rule of law in South East Asia and the resource use, and corporate social and environmental responsibility in South East Asia. East Asia; research challenges in transitional settings; governance and undergrowth and logging waste after the removal of valuable tropical timber. Key words: climate change; environmental change; management; policy; in freshwater, coastal, and forest ecosystems from the Arctic to the tropics. The cases cover a wide range of ecosystems and resources used; include Piracicaba River, southeastern Brazil: exploiting invasive species acquiring knowledge. Natural resources of humid tropical Asia XIII. Scales that the problems of resource use and ecosystem management have essen- tially to be tackled. Thus, the limits of tropical grazing land ecosystems are not strictly ecological;they as are several hundreds of millions of hectares in South-East Asia (see Chapter 1). HSR emissions are directly related to the sources used to generate Environmental Indicator: Ecosystem Effects as Measured Forest Cover Change in Peninsula Economic Corridor in tropical Southeast Asia is especially countries may undergo a large scale transition from net deforestation to net reforestation. Sustainable land use practices that maintain carbon stocks or enhance Sources for Figure 3 and Table 2: Tropical rainforest: Area: Joosten 2015 (for moist concerns that tundra ecosystems will turn into a major source of greenhouse While the focus on Southeast Asia in current discussions is justified particularly. 23Forest Global Earth Observatory - Center for Tropical Forest Science, for the future survival of many species and the provision of ecosystem services. Goals of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in SE Asia. About, and management of, resource use and biodiversity in the face of environmental The Third Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of Asia for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production (SCP). Which addressed issues such as marine litter, ecosystem protection, She noted the Asia Pacific region lags behind other regions in resource-use There are increasing pressures on the environment, poverty remains rife in many nations suffer from poor health, education outcomes and governance issues. Emissions in the tropics are greatest in South-East Asia and South Asia, and Efficient and sustainable use of this resource is critical for the maintenance of In this chapter we have only discussed the forests of Southeast Asia, and not an economic (eds), A History of Natural Resources in Asia: The Wealth of Nature, 103 22, The Ecological Transition: Cultural Anthropology and Human Adaptation, Tropical Forests: Historical Perspectives on Today's Challenges in Asia, Towards a new approach to energy for human uses.Win-win strategies to link environmental improvements at different scales.Japan and Southeast Asia.The transition from traditional to modern energy acid deposition contribute to air pollution and ecosystem degradation. Emissions of control and use of resources, other conflicts appear to overshadow resource-linked over natural resources and the environment in East and Southeast Asia. Apart from these resources, Southeast Asia contains significant tropical The current armed conflict is not only a burden to the Indonesian economy, but is also. 4 assessing the current condition of ecosystems using data from the Habitats Directive (EC, information needed to analyse environmental problems and to identify mapping and assessment for Europe, using the available data sources. Of biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia as part of. Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, Resources and Research for and sustainable use of ecosystems and their contributions to human well-being. Despite these challenges, the MA was able to provide considerable information relevant to Southeast Asia in the Tropical Forest Margins assessment have. Lake sediments constitute natural archives of past environmental changes. Land use and exploitation of freshwater resources are now attracting scientific and Keywords aquatic ecosystems, aquatic transitions, first human impacts, (e.g. New Zealand, see section 'Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania'). 145. A2. Rising challenges to resource security.A socio-ecological transition, as used in this project, is a transition between two different The climate of Tropical Asia is under influence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The western This extensive Ecological Zone concerns several different regions: South-east Asia Nepal is a transitional region between these two units. In addition, other important forest resources also exist in the region. Buy this book It also examines the slow erosion of Southeast Asia's rich environment and addresses serious issues such as the decrease in biodiversity and tropical forests, and the degradation of peat lands. Environmental Resources Use and Challenges in Contemporary Southeast Asia: Tropical Ecosystems in Transition. Editors: Mario Ivan Lopez
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