RT Report
T1 Tropical Forest Ecosystems: A State-of-Knowledge Report - Natural Resources Research XIV
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
K1 tropical forest
K1 ecosystem
K1 biosphere
K1 animal
K1 water balance
K1 soil
K1 plantation
K1 pest
K1 disease
K1 demography
K1 health
K1 epidemiology
K1 population
K1 nutrition
K1 forest conservation
K1 development
K1 Africa
K1 Americas
K1 Oceania
K1 Asia
K1 Natural Resources
SN 92-3-101507-9
YR 1978
FD 1978
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30297
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30297
NO The joint action of Unesco and UNEP in preparing this state-of-knowledge Report on tropical forest ecosystems can be seen as a natural outcome of the desire to provide better guidance to research that is vital for the satisfactory management of these ecosystems and to contribute to the training of specialists in the various scientific fields involved. Not only does this initiative follow logically from the priority accorded by Unesco and UNEP in their respective programmes to tropical forest ecosystems, it also provides another opportunity for Unesco to underline its preoccupation with the synthesis and diffusion of knowledge. For this reason the Report attempts to summarize the results of research undertaken over the past two decades, to point out gaps in knowledge and to sketch out the lines of future research. It is therefore intended as a tool for action while at the same time offering teachers and students a valuable source of information and documentation.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026