Tropical Forest Update

Issue 20 No 1
Biodiversity is life
The world’s ecosystems provide environmental services we simply cannot live without. As an integral part of nature, our fate is tightly linked with biological diversity, i.e. the huge variety of animals, plants and microorganisms that live in mountains, forests, oceans, wetlands and other ecosystems. We rely on this diversity of life to provide us with essentials such as water, food, fuel and medicine. Yet each day an estimated 150 species disappear, many due to human activities.
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Contents
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Forests to the fore
By Johannes Stahl
and Tim Christophersen The convention on Biological Diversity and its forest agenda
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Worth more standing?
By Pavan Sukhdev The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical forests
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Sustaining the potential
By Jeff Sayer and Agni Boedhihartono Applying the ITTO IUCN Guidelines for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Tropical Production Forests
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Greening REDD+
By Celia A. Harvey Tools and measures for ensuring REDD+ provides biodiversity benefits
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The relevance of resilience
By Ian ThompsonA forest manager’s primer on linkages between biodiversity and forest resilience
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Ending empty forests
By Robert Nasi, Tim Christophersen and Caroline BelairManagement and sustainable use of wildlife in tropical production forests
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Unwelcome guests
By William J. Jackson and Geoffrey W. HowardThe threat of invasive species to tropical forests
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Out on a limb
By Ahmed Djoghlaf and Emmanuel Ze Meka

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