This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on sustainable forest management.The first chapter discusses the varying definitions of sustainable forest management (SFM) in tropical landscapes, as well as the trade-offs associated with SFM. The chapter also reviews the spatial scales of assessing SFM and explores expanding the scope of SFM from individual strands to forested landscapes.The second chapter provides a comprehensive review of t...

Explores the broader economic, political and environmental context in which management of tropical forests needs to operateParticular focus on management structures and techniques to achieve sustainable forest management (SFM) on the groundIncludes case studies of practical experience of managing tropical forests in South America, West Africa and Southeast Asia

The hunting of wild animals for their meat has been a crucial activity in the evolution of humans. It continues to be an essential source of food and a generator of income for millions of Indigenous and rural communities worldwide. Conservationists rightly fear that excessive hunting of many animal species will cause their demise, as has already happened throughout the Anthropocene. Many species of large mammals and birds have been decimated or annihilated due to overhunting by humans. If ...

Můžeme skutečně znát svou budoucnost? Tato otázka nás vždy mate od starověku až dodnes. Historie potvrzuje, že existovali lidé, kteří přesně předpovídali budoucí časy. Jak je možné, že se Nostradamovy předpovědi naplnily? Většina jeho předpovědí před 500 lety se ukázala jako správná a mnozí odborníci stále věří, že jsou pravdivé. Jeho metoda vidění budoucnosti byla zvláštní a úžasná. Pozdě v noci míval hrnec s vodou na malý mosazný nástroj na stole ve svém pokoji. Když seděl na stole, máče...