"Deforestation Around the World" ed. by Paulo Moutinho

This book provides a general view about deforestation dynamics around the world, incorporating analyses of its causes, impacts and actions to prevent it.

Deforestation and forest degradation represent a significant fraction of the annual worldwide human-induced emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, the main source of biodiversity losses and the destruction of millions of people's homes. Despite local/regional causes, its consequences are global.
Chapters, organized in three sections, refer to deforestation impacts on climate, soil, biodiversity and human population, but also describe several initiatives to prevent it. A special emphasis is given to different remote-sensing and mapping techniques that could be used as a source for decision-makers and society to promote forest conservation and control deforestation.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Deforestation Impacts
1 The Climatic Effects of Deforestation in South and Southeast Asia
2 Impacts of Deforestation on Climate and Water Resources in Western Amazon
3 Deforestation and Water Borne Parasitic Zoonoses
4 Impact of Deforestation on the Sustainability of Biodiversity in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
5 Dinaric Karst - An Example of Deforestation and Desertification of Limestone Terrain
6 Landslides Caused Deforestation
7 Deforestation Dynamics: A Review and Evaluation of Theoretical Approaches and Evidence from Greece
Part 2 Mapping Deforestation
8 Geospatial Analysis of Deforestation and Land Use Dynamics in a Region of Southwestern Nigeria
9 Unsupervised Classification of Aerial Images Based on the Otsu's Method
10 Deforestation and Waodani Lands in Ecuador: Mapping and Demarcation Amidst Shaky Politics
11 Sustainable Forest Management Techniques
12 Bunjil Forest Watch a Community-Based Forest Monitoring Service
13 Remnant Vegetation Analysis of Guanabara Bay Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Using Geographical Information System
Part 3 Preventing Deforestation
14 Preserving Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Catalyzing Conservation Contagion
15 Efficiency of the Strategies to Prevent and Mitigate the Deforestation in Costa Rica
16 Agroforestry Systems and Local Institutional Development for Preventing Deforestation in Chiapas, Mexico
17 Economic Models of Shifting Cultivation: A Review

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