TY - BOOK ED - Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues TI - Vanishing forest: the human consequences of deforestation : a report of the independent commission on International humanitarian issues SN - 9789627156024 U1 - 333.7513 PY - 1986/// CY - Hong Kong PB - Arena Press KW - Forest management -- Tropics KW - Human beings -- Tropics -- Influence of environment KW - Deforestation -- Social aspects -- Tropics N1 - 1. Humanitarian Aspects of Tropical Deforestation - Health: The Front Line Deforestation and the Welfare of Mothers and Children - Malnutrition: A Growing Problem - Tribal Peoples: The Myth of the Vast Emptiness Migration and Displacement: ""We Can't Eat Houses"" - Fragile Lands: One Man's Poverty, Another Man's Disaster - Fire: The Undeclared Disaster 2. The Tropical Forest: A Resource for People - Types of Forest - Tropical Deforestation: Reasons for Concern - Tropical Moist Forests as a Genetic Reservoir - Tropical Forests and World Climatic Regulation Types of Forest Conversion - Six Humanitarian Situations 3. Towards Sound Forest Management - Runway' and 'Treadmill' Deforestation - Environmental Management for Major Forest Development Projects ER -