Forthcoming Environment & Agriculture Paperbacks

Forthcoming Books

1. African Environments and Resources

   By L. A. Lewis, L. Berry

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1988, this work provides a comprehensive picture of the range of physical environments in Africa, focusing upon those characteristics and issues central to the management of environmental resources. Beginning with an overview of the geographical and environmental history of...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes

   Edited by Carol J Pierce Colfer, Jean-Laurent Pfund

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. It focuses attention at the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on interdisciplinary research conducted...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. The Dry Forests and Woodlands of Africa

   Managing for Products and Services

   Edited by Emmanuel N. Chidumayo, Davison J. Gumbo

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact. However, few people are aware of their importance, compared to tropical rainforests, despite them being home to more than half of the...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Decentralization of Forest Governance

   Politics, Economics and the Fight for Control of Forests in Indonesian Borneo

   By Moira Moeliono, Godwin Limberg

   Edited by Eva Wollenberg

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   'This book provides an excellent overview of more than a decade of transformation in a forest landscape where the interests of local people, extractive industries and globally important biodiversity are in conflict. The studies assembled here teach us that plans and strategies are fine but, in the...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa

   Management and Restoration

   Edited by Frans Bongers, Timm Tennigkeit

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. Efforts are therefore required to try to...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Community Forest Monitoring for the Carbon Market

   Opportunities Under REDD

   Edited by Margaret Skutsch

   Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity. Since the annual changes in forest carbon stock under this kind of...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Lessons from Forest Decentralization

   "Money, Justice and the Quest for Good Governance in Asia-Pacific"

   Edited by Carol Colfer Pierce J, Ganga Dahal Ram, Doris Capistrano

   The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace, with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. The fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries described in this book presents rich and varied experience with...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Nage Birds

   Classification and symbolism among an eastern Indonesian people

   By Gregory Forth

   Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology

   This unusual and richly-illustrated book is the story of the relationship between the Nage people of eastern Indonesia and the birds alongside which they co-exist. Based on fieldwork carried out over a period of some fifteen years, it aims for a total view of how a human community interacts...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare

   Science, Law and Policy

   By John McEldowney, Wyn Grant, Graham Medley

   Series: Law, Science and Society

   The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare draws on the research of scientists, lawyers, economists and political scientists to address the current and future regulatory problems posed by the issues of animal health and disease. Recent events such as the outbreak of mad cow disease,...

   To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge