Reforesting the Earth
The Human Drivers of Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Expansion
1st Edition
Published on 12. October 2023
296 pages
978-0-231-55854-9 (ISBN)
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Thomas K. Rudel examines a wide range of conservation and reforestation efforts to shed new light on the social factors that lead to success.
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The Human Drivers of Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Expansion
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The Human Drivers of Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Expansion
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Thomas K. Rudel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology and Sociology at Rutgers University. His most recent book is Shocks, States, and Sustainability: The Origins of Radical Environmental Reforms (2019).
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Forests: A Natural Climate Solution
2. Theory: Societal Transformations, Corporatism, and Forest Gains
3. Forest Losses, the Conservation Movement, and Protected Areas
4. Rural-Urban Migration, Land Abandonment, and the Spread of Secondary Forests
5. Planted Forests: Concessions, Plantations, and the Strength of States
6. Agroforests I: The Spread of Silvopastures
7. Agroforests II: Restoring Agroforests in the Humid Tropics
8. Resurgent Forests: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
9. A Global Forest Transition?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Forests: A Natural Climate Solution
2. Theory: Societal Transformations, Corporatism, and Forest Gains
3. Forest Losses, the Conservation Movement, and Protected Areas
4. Rural-Urban Migration, Land Abandonment, and the Spread of Secondary Forests
5. Planted Forests: Concessions, Plantations, and the Strength of States
6. Agroforests I: The Spread of Silvopastures
7. Agroforests II: Restoring Agroforests in the Humid Tropics
8. Resurgent Forests: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
9. A Global Forest Transition?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
