Bøker av Carl F. Jordan

Presents an alternative approach to resource production systems. The text argues that achieving sustainability in production systems is best accomplished by encouraging a change in the relationship between humans and nature - from exploitation through control to sustainability through co-operation.

Research in tropical forestry is confronted with the task of finding strategies to alleviate pressure on remaining forests, and techniques to enhance forest regeneration and restore abandoned lands, using productive alternatives that can be attractive to local human populations.