Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - An overview of tropical forest formations: Alice Muchugi, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya; Sammy Muraguri, Kunming Institute of Botany, China; Hesti L. Tata, Forest Research & Development Centre, Indonesia; J¼rgen Blaser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; and Patrick D. Hardcastle, Forestry Development Specialist, UK;

1 Introduction

2 The tropics: defining the enabling conditions for tropical forests

3 Classifying tropical forest formations

4 Structure and diversity of tropical forest ecosystems

5 Conclusion

6 References

Chapter 2 - Defining sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics: Francis E. Putz, University of Florida-Gainesville, USA; and Ian D. Thompson, Thompson Forest Ltd.-Kelowna, Canada;

1 Introduction

2 Evolving concepts of sustainability

3 Appropriate scales for assessment of SFM

4 SFM trade-offs at different scales

5 Defining terms in SFM

6 Land-use types in SFM

7 Challenges for SFM in the tropics

8 Ways forward

9 References

Chapter 3 - Ecosystem services delivered by tropical forests: regulating services of tropical forests for climate and hydrological cycles: Oliver Gardi, Bern University of Applied Sciences and School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Switzerland;

1 Introduction

2 Forest-climate interactions

3 Forests in the carbon cycle

4 Climate change mitigation in the forestry and timber sector

5 Forests in the water cycle (regional scale)

6 Summary and future trends

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 4 - Forest landscape restoration (FLR) of tropical forests: Stephanie Mansourian, Mansourian.org/University of Geneva, Switzerland/IUFRO, Austria;

1 Introduction

2 Implementing forest landscape restoration (FLR)

3 Case studies

4 Challenges and opportunities in taking FLR forward

5 Conclusion

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Chapter 5 - Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests: overview and conclusions: J¼rgen Blaser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Patrick D. Hardcastle, Forestry Development Specialist, UK; and Gillian Petrokofsky, University of Oxford, UK;

1 Introduction: sustainable forest management (SFM)

2 Importance of tropical forest ecology

3 Forests, climate and climate change

4 Forest loss and degradation

5 Forest products and ecological services

6 Community-based forest management (CBFM) and SFM

7 SFM and the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs)

8 Wood products, plantations and SFM

9 Monitoring and measuring for SFM

10 Shifting cultivation and SFM

11 Forest landscape restoration (FLR)

12 SFM in major tropical regions

13 Conclusions

14 References