Abrupt forest disturbances generating gaps> 0.001 km2 impact roughly 0.4–0.7 million km2
a− 1. Fire, windstorms, logging, and shifting cultivation are dominant disturbances; minor …

Community forestry refers to forest management that has ecological sustainability and local
community benefits as central goals, with some degree of responsibility and authority for …

Developing countries are increasingly decentralizing forest governance by granting
indigenous groups and other local communities formal legal title to land. However, the …

This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural
students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of …

Stephen Gliessman's complementary volumes, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable
Food Systems, Third Edition and Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Third …

The myth persists that in 1492 the Americas were a sparsely populated wilderness,“a world
of barely perceptible human disturbance'There is substantial evidence, however, that the …

A mediados de los 80's, Steve Gliessman y yo organizamos un intercambio de seminarios:
él vino a Georgia a presentar sus estudios de las prácticas agrícolas tradicionales en …

The Ka'apor people are small-scale, village-level swidden horticulturalists of the extreme
eastern Amazonian state of Maranhão. The first 2 chapters give an introduction and …

The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to
understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between …

The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred
because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical …