Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Tropical Forest Management

dc.creatorPutz, Francis E.
dc.creatorRedford, Kent H.
dc.creatorRobinson, John G.
dc.creatorFimbel, Robert
dc.creatorBlate, Geoffrey M.
dc.date2014-05-13T21:21:43Z
dc.date2014-05-13T21:21:43Z
dc.date2000-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:25:49Z
dc.descriptionThis paper disaggregates the term "biodiversity" into components (landscapes, ecosystems, communities, species/populations, and genes) and attributes (structure, composition, and function). It then disaggrgates "logging" by detailing the vast range of activities subsumed under the term including variation of logging intensities, logging methods, collateral damage, and silvicultural approaches. Using the richness present in both terms, a framework for considering the impacts of logging and other forest management activities on the various components and attributes of biodiversity is presented. This framework is, in turn, used to evaluate the extensive literature covering different studies of logging in tropical forests. This paper does not conclude with uncritical support for sustainable forest managmement 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 despite substantial efforts in research and training, and the generally slow rate at which most loggers are transforming themselves from timber exploiters into forest managers. Rather the authors assert, from a biodiversity maintenance perspective, that natural forest management is preferable to virtually all land-use practices other than complete protection.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/828398/biodiversity-conservation-context-tropical-forest-management
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18296
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/18296
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418018
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationEnvironment Department working papers;no. 75. Biodiversity series
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLOGGING
dc.subjectLOG PROCESSING FACILITIES
dc.subjectSILVICULTURE
dc.subjectLANDSCAPE PROTECTION
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
dc.subjectGENETIC DIVERSITY
dc.subjectSPECIES DIVERSITY
dc.subjectNATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE EVALUATION
dc.subjectTIMBER EXTRACTION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
dc.subjectCONSERVATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY MAINTENANCE
dc.subjectBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
dc.subjectBIRDS
dc.subjectBOTANY
dc.subjectBOXES
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCONSERVATION STRATEGY
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEGRADED FORESTS
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectECOSYSTEMS
dc.subjectENDANGERED SPECIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subjectEROSION
dc.subjectFELLING
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST AREAS
dc.subjectFOREST BIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectFOREST FIRES
dc.subjectFOREST LOGGING
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFOREST OWNERS
dc.subjectFOREST POLICY
dc.subjectFOREST REGIONS
dc.subjectFOREST STEWARDSHIP
dc.subjectFORESTERS
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFORESTRY ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectFRUITS
dc.subjectGRASSES
dc.subjectGRASSLANDS
dc.subjectHABITAT TYPES
dc.subjectHUMAN ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectHUNTING
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USES
dc.subjectLAND-USE
dc.subjectLOG EXTRACTION
dc.subjectLOGGING
dc.subjectLOGGING METHODS
dc.subjectLOGS
dc.subjectMANAGED FORESTS
dc.subjectMITIGATION
dc.subjectNATURAL FORESTS
dc.subjectNATURAL REGENERATION
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPARKS
dc.subjectPASTURES
dc.subjectPLANTATIONS
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectREGENERATION
dc.subjectRESERVES
dc.subjectSELECTIVE LOGGING
dc.subjectSILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectSILVICULTURE
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTIMBER
dc.subjectTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectTIMBER HARVESTING
dc.subjectTIMBER PRODUCTION
dc.subjectTIMBER SPECIES
dc.subjectTREE SPECIES
dc.subjectTREES
dc.subjectTROPICAL FOREST BIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectTROPICAL FOREST LOGGING
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTRY
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subjectTROPICAL TREES
dc.subjectVEGETATION
dc.subjectWILDLIFE
dc.subjectWILDLIFE CONSERVATION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.titleBiodiversity Conservation in the Context of Tropical Forest Management

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