Forest-Water Interactions

Forest-Water Interactions
Title Forest-Water Interactions PDF eBook
Author Delphis F. Levia
Publisher Springer
Pages 0
Release 2020-02-06
Genre Science
ISBN 9783030260859

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The United Nations has declared 2018-2028 as the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development. This is a timely designation. In an increasingly thirsty world, the subject of forest-water interactions is of critical importance to the achievement of sustainability goals. The central underlying tenet of this book is that the hydrologic community can conduct better science and make a more meaningful impact to the world’s water crisis if scientists are: (1) better equipped to utilize new methods and harness big data from either or both high-frequency sensors and long-term research watersheds; and (2) aware of new developments in our process-based understanding of the hydrological cycle in both natural and urban settings. Accordingly, this forward-looking book delves into forest-water interactions from multiple methodological, statistical, and process-based perspectives (with some chapters featuring data sets and open-source R code), concluding with a chapter on future forest hydrology under global change. Thus, this book describes the opportunities of convergence in high-frequency sensing, big data, and open source software to catalyze more comprehensive understanding of forest-water interactions. The book will be of interest to researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in an array of disciplines, including hydrology, forestry, ecology, botany, and environmental engineering.

Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin

Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin
Title Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin PDF eBook
Author Carole Megevand
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 180
Release 2013-01-25
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0821397427

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"This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank."

Landscape-scale Conservation in the Congo Basin

Landscape-scale Conservation in the Congo Basin
Title Landscape-scale Conservation in the Congo Basin PDF eBook
Author David Yanggen
Publisher IUCN
Pages 279
Release 2010
Genre Conservation of natural resources
ISBN 2831712882

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Earth Observation for Land and Emergency Monitoring

Earth Observation for Land and Emergency Monitoring
Title Earth Observation for Land and Emergency Monitoring PDF eBook
Author Heiko Balzter
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 340
Release 2017-05-08
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 111879379X

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Earth Observation Science (EOS) is the study of the global Earth land-ocean-atmosphere system through observations. The principal tools for such studies are measurements from space since these provide the coverage of the planet that is necessary to capture the behaviour of the entire coupled system. In addition, surface observations, and measurements from aircraft, balloons and sounding rockets provide valuable contributors to what are now termed "integrated, global observing systems.” Coupled with models, the EOS measurement suites provide powerful tools for research into the factors controlling and changing the Earth system in which we live. The objectives of this book are to describe new methods and applications of satellite technology in the fields of land and emergency monitoring. It draws on new research outcomes from the European FP7 project GIONET (European Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation Research Training). GIONET combines industrial partners with universities and research institutes, and this book provides a perspective on Earth Observation applications that is motivated by the cross-fertilisation of both sectors. Hence, this book will find readers in both industry and academia. This book highlights a broad range of innovative uses of Earth Observation technology to support environmental management, decision making, crisis management and climate policies. It uses advanced concepts of multi-sensor image integration, multi-temporal analysis and synergies between data and models. This is a truly interdisciplinary subject that encompasses a range of applications in various fields which are discussed in detail throughout the text. If you are interested in remote sensing applications and looking for inspiration, this is the book for you.

Congo Tales

Congo Tales
Title Congo Tales PDF eBook
Author S.R. Kovo N'Sonde
Publisher
Pages
Release 2019
Genre Folklore
ISBN 9783791368665

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"The Congo Basin in Central Africa harbors approximately one quarter of the world's rainforests. Second in size only to that of the Amazon, the heart of this rainforest is populated by communities whose lives are vastly different from much of the rest of the world. This stunning photo series is part of the Tales of Us project, which sets out to demonstrate that the powerful but fragile ecosystems and the mythologies of the peoples who call them home are inextricably linked. In this book, local Congolese living in the Mbomo District staged and enacted the oral history of the Congo for fine art photographer Pieter Henket under the canopy of the ancient rainforest from which these stories sprang." --Page 4 of cover.

Forests of Central Africa

Forests of Central Africa
Title Forests of Central Africa PDF eBook
Author Jean Pierre Vande weghe
Publisher Protea Boekhuis
Pages 0
Release 2004
Genre Nature
ISBN 9781869190736

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Rainforest

Rainforest
Title Rainforest PDF eBook
Author Tony Juniper
Publisher Island Press
Pages 468
Release 2019-09-19
Genre Nature
ISBN 1642830720

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Rainforests have long been recognized as hotspots of biodiversity—but they are crucial for our planet in other surprising ways. Not only do these fascinating ecosystems thrive in rainy regions, they create rain themselves, and this moisture is spread around the globe. Rainforests across the world have a powerful and concrete impact, reaching as far as America’s Great Plains and central Europe. In Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth’s Most Vital Frontlines, a prominent conservationist provides a comprehensive view of the crucial roles rainforests serve, the state of the world’s rainforests today, and the inspirational efforts underway to save them. In Rainforest, Tony Juniper draws upon decades of work in rainforest conservation. He brings readers along on his journeys, from the thriving forests of Costa Rica to Indonesia, where palm oil plantations have supplanted much of the former rainforest. Despite many ominous trends, Juniper sees hope for rainforests and those who rely upon them, thanks to developments like new international agreements, corporate deforestation policies, and movements from local and Indigenous communities. As climate change intensifies, we have already begun to see the effects of rainforest destruction on the planet at large. Rainforest provides a detailed and wide-ranging look at the health and future of these vital ecosystems. Throughout this evocative book, Juniper argues that in saving rainforests, we save ourselves, too.