Title In place of the forest : environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the eastern Malay Peninsula / Harold Brookfield, Lesley Potter, and Yvonne Byron

Published Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [1995] ©1995

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Description xiv, 310 pages : maps ; 23 cm Series UNU studies on critical environmental regions UNU studies on critical environmental regions. Contents 1. Borneo and the Peninsula, and their environment -- 2. Transformation of the land before the recent period -- 3. Change since World War II -- 4. Forest clearance and loss of biodiversity -- 5. Forest clearance and life-support capacity -- 6. The forest people: Endangerment or criticality? -- 7. Deforestation and global climate -- 8. Drought and fire: Hazards leading toward endangerment -- 9. Studies in the grasslands of Borneo -- 10. Urban development and social welfare -- 11. Review and conclusions -- Appendix: A discussion of environmental and PROCEZ criticality Notes "UNUP-893"--T.p. verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-293) and index Subject Deforestation -- Borneo. Deforestation -- Malay Peninsula. Environmental degradation -- Borneo. Environmental degradation -- Malay Peninsula. Author Byron, Yvonne, 1950- Potter, Lesley M. LC no. 96211982 ISBN 9280808931

Other Titles Environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the eastern Malay Peninsula

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