Bioenergy Tree Plantations in the Tropics: Ecological Implications and Impacts - Commission on Ecology Papers Number 12

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorInternational Union for Conservation of Nature
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-03T12:37:41Z
dc.date.available2019-08-03T12:37:41Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.descriptionPresent and future fuelwood deficits in the tropics and subtropics are reviewed. A case is made that bioenergy plantations have the potential to dramatically lower these projected shortfalls and, at the same time, reduce the pressure now being placed on the world's remaining tropical moist forests by fuelwood harvesting. Environmental and ecological considerations in raising bioenergy plantations are discussed. Yields and economics are set against social and institutional constraints to success. Agroforestry and increased use of wood waste are put forward as alternative and supplementary methods of increasing the supply of woodfuel. In the face of increasing population and progressive degradation of tropical forest lands, the creation of buffer zones around reserves and maintenance of ecological diversity outside the natural forest in terms of a diverse mosaic of heterogenous and discrete ecosystems are advocated.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29141
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number50 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectenergy resource
dc.subjectsolar energy
dc.subjecttree
dc.subjectbioenergy
dc.subjectfuelwood
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subject Energy Efficiency
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subject.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.subject.themeresources
dc.subject.themeresource efficiency
dc.titleBioenergy Tree Plantations in the Tropics: Ecological Implications and Impacts - Commission on Ecology Papers Number 12en
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