The Role of Tropical Forests in Supporting Biodiversity and Hydrological Integrity : A Synoptic Overview

The Role of Tropical Forests in Supporting Biodiversity and Hydrological Integrity : A Synoptic Overview

Conservation of high-biodiversity tropical forests is sometimes justified on the basis of assumed hydrological benefits - in particular, the reduction of flooding hazards for downstream floodplain populations. However, the "far-field" link between deforestation and distant flooding has bee...

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Main Authors: Douglas, Ellen M., Sebastian, Kate, Vörösmarty, Charles J., Wood, Stanley, Chomitz, Kenneth M.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL RUNOFF
BASINS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIOGEOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIOLOGY
BIOSPHERE
BOUNDARIES
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON STORAGE
CATCHMENT
CHANNEL
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CONIFEROUS FORESTS
CONSERVATION
CROPLAND
CROPS
DATA SETS
DECIDUOUS FORESTS
DEFORESTATION
DISCHARGE
DRAINAGE
EARTH
ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
EROSION
EROSION CONTROL
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
FLOODING
FLOODPLAINS
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CLEARING
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST CONVERSION
FOREST COVER
FOREST DWELLERS
FOREST PRESERVATION
FOREST SYSTEMS
FORESTS
GEOSPHERE
GRASSLAND
GRASSLANDS
GRAZING
GRAZING LANDS
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
HYDROLOGICAL MODELS
LAND COVER
LAND COVER CHANGE
LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LAND USE
LAND USE CHANGE
LAND USE PRACTICES
LAND USES
LAND-USE
LATITUDE
LOGGING
LONGITUDE
MOUNTAINS
NORTH AMERICA
OCEANS
PASTURE
PASTURELAND
PEAK FLOWS
PHYSICS
PLANT SPECIES
POINT
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
PRECIPITATION
PRESERVATION
RAINFALL
REMOTE SENSING
RIVER BASINS
RIVER SYSTEMS
RUNOFF
SAVANNAS
SOIL
SOIL MOISTURE
SOIL PHYSICS
SOIL PROPERTIES
SOIL WATER
SOIL WATER CONTENT
SOILS
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
STORMS
STUDY AREA
TIMBER
TIMBER TRADE
TREES
TROPICAL FORESTS
TROPICS
UNEP
UPLAND LAND
UPLANDS
VEGETATION
WATER BALANCE
WATER CYCLE
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHEDS
WILDLIFE
WOOD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860911/role-tropical-forests-supporting-biodiversity-hydrological-integrity-synoptic-overview
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8323

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860911/role-tropical-forests-supporting-biodiversity-hydrological-integrity-synoptic-overview
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8323

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