Problems of forest conservation: A feasible mechanism for biodiversity conservation
| Title | Problems of forest conservation: A feasible mechanism for biodiversity conservation |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | del Amo R, S |
| Editor | Steen, HK, Tucker, RP |
| Book Title | Changing tropical forests: Historical perspectives on today's challenges in Central & South America: Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Forest History Society and IUFRO Forestry History Group, San José, Costa Rica |
| Pagination | 154-164 |
| Date Published | December 1991 |
| Publisher | Forest History Society |
| City | Durham, NC |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 0-8223-1247-6 |
| Call Number | SD153.C43 1992 |
| Keywords | congresses; deforestation; forest ecology; forestry; history; Latin America; rainforests |
| Abstract | In traditional systems, genetic biodiversity is maintained both through cultural intervention and through natural selection. On the other hand, traditional cultivars have a twofold value that make them worth preserving: as germplasm repositories that can eventually be inserted into modern crops, and as a complex genetic bank adapted to specific environment conditions. To people living in developing countries, these cultivars have an additional value -- to allow production for self-subsistence where modern crops are either not available or not adequate. |
| URL | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311396291 |
| Research Notes | ISBN indicates publisher is Duke University Press |
| Short Title | Problems of forest conservation |
