"Current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousands of species that occur. Yet a good understanding of the trees is essential to unravelling the workings of the fores…
"In 1800, the highlands of Sri Lanka had some of the most biologically diverse tropical rainforests in the world. By 1900, only a few craggy corners and mountain caps had been spared the firestick. Highland villagers, through the extension of slash-and-burn agriculture, and Brit…
Die Gefährdung unseres Klimasystems und die Zerstörung der tropischen Regenwälder zählen zu den großen Herausforderungen unserer Gegenwart und hängen eng mit wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen zusammen, die wir Globalisierung nennen. Der Aufbau gesellschaftlicher Institutionen, die …
