imm BIBLIOGRAPHY DEFORESTATION U.S. NATIONAL FOCAL POINT UNEP/INFOTERRA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 ------- EPA-840-82-021 DEFORESTATION A selected bibliography compiled by Charlene S. Sayers August 1982 U.S. National Focal Point for UNEP/INFOIEPRA Library Systems Staff U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 401 M Street, S.W., Rocm 2903-B WSM Washington, D.C. 20460 ------- DEFORESTATION Page Selected Journal Articles 3 Books and Reports 8 Conference Presentations 12 Representative Sources of Information United States Sources 14 International Sources 16 This bibliography was prepared to assist those interested in learning what recently has been published on the topic of Deforestation. The majority of references listed were published during the period 1979-1982 and cover a variety of views an the subject. -2- ------- SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES "Again Silent Spring", by Robert Deis. Defenders, 56(2), pp. 6-10, April 1981. EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER Envirofiche 81-05597 "Amazon: Earth's Most Dazzling Forest", by Ghillean T. Prance. Envirofiche Garden, 6(1), pp. 2-10, January-February 1982. 82-02483 "Amazonia's Hydrologic Cycle and the Role of Atmospheric Recycling in Assessing Deforestation Effects", by H. Lettau, K. Lettau, and L.C.B. Mo lion. Monthly Weather Review, 107(3), pp. 227-238, 1979. "American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis and Deforestation of the Anazon Region", by Filho Araujo. Acta Amazonica, 11(1), pp. 187-189, March 1981. (in Portuguese). "Attempt at an Assessment of the World's Tropical Forests", by A. Scnmer. Unasylva, 28(112), pp. 5-25, 1976. "Clearing a Tropical Forest", by R. Lai. Field Crops Research, 4(4), pp. 345-354, December 1981. "Deforestation and Increased Flooding of the Upper Amazon", by C. F. Nor din and R. H. Meade. Science, 215 (4531), pp. 426-427, January 22, 1982. "Deforestation and Increased Flooding of the Upper Amazon", by A. H. Gentry and J. Lopezparodi. Science, 210(4476), pp. 1354-1356, 1980. ** = The Journal is shelved in the Periodicals Section of the EPA Headquarters Library. -3- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER "Deforestation and Social Forestry in Developing Countries", by D. F. Barnes and J. C. Allen. Resources, 66, pp. 7, Spring 1981. "Deforestation in India", by B. Bcwonder. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 18(3-4), pp. 223-236, 1982. "Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: How Fast is it Occurring?", by P. M. Fearnside. Interciencia, 7(2), pp. 82-88, March-April 1982. "Deforestation: Priorities for Action". Environmental Policy and Law, 6(4), pp. 159-162, Novsnber 21, 1980. "Effect of Deforestation on Population of Testacea in French Guiana—Preliminary Study", by M. M. Couteaux. Revue d Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol, 16(3), pp. 403-413, 1979 (in French). '— "Effects of Deforestation", by Alan Grainger. Ecologist, 11(2), pp. 61-63, March-April 1981. "Effects of Deforestation on the Activity of Soil Microorganisms of Higher Land in Amazonas", by 0. M. Santos and B. M. Crisi. Acta Amazonica, 11(1), pp. 97-102, March 1981. (in Portuguese). "Effects of Methods of Deforestation on Soil Erosion and Maize Yield", by R. Lai. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Research Briefs, 1(1), pp. 9-10, 1980. "Forest Destruction in Asia and the South Pacific", by M. K. Ranjitsinh. Ambio, 8(5), pp. 192-201, 1979. "Forestry far Carbon Dioxide Fixation (Deforestation)", by P. J. Stewart. Canrionwealth. Forestry Review, 57(4), pp. 263-266, December 1978. -4- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER "Forests and Development", by B. Bcxrander. Mazingira, 5(2), pp. 62-71, 1981. "Forests in the Long Sweep of American History", by Marion Clawson. Science, 204(4398), pp. 1168-1174, June 15, 1979. "Global 2000 Report to the President", by Bette Hileman. Envirormental Science and Technology, 16(3), pp. 15IA-155A, March 1982. "High Technology and Original Peoples—The Case of Deforestation in Papua, New Guinea and Canada", by C. Death and G. Michalenko. Impact of Science on Society, 30(3), pp. 197-209, 1980. "Inadvertent Climatic Change—Investigating the Coincidence of Deforestation,- Inadequate Soil Conservation Practices, Soil Erosion, and Disastrous Food Shortages in Northwest Haiti", by L. T. Steyaert. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 60(5), pp. 549, 1979. "Is a Pharmaceutical Deforestation in the Offing". Munchener Medizinische Wochenschrif t, 123(32-33), pp. 1220-1221, 1981. (in German). "Overpopulation, Deforestation and Agriculture: Causes and Consequences in the Mayan Collapse", by L. Ochoa. Biotica, 5(3), pp. 145-155, 1381. (in Spanish). "Possible Climatic Impact of Tropical Deforestation", by G. L. Potter, et al. Nature, 258(5537), pp. 697-698, December 25, 1975. "Present Status and Future Prospects of Tropical Moist Forests", by Norman Myers. Environmental Conservation, 7(2), pp. 101-114, Sunmer 1980. -5- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER "Pressures on the World's Forests Keep Mounting". Conservation Foundation Letter, pp. 1-8, August 1981. "Raven Warns of Rapid Tropical Deforestation". Bioscience, 31(9), pp. 633, 1981. "Recovery of a Deforested Ecosystem", by G. E. Likens, et al. Science, 199(4328), pp. 492-496, 1978. "Repercussions of Deforestation on Precipitation in Western Karnataka, India", by V. M. Meherhomji. Archiv fur Meteorologie Geophysik und Biaklimatologie Serie B, 28(4), pp. 385-400, 1980. "Seme Crucial Issues of our Time", by Nicholas G. Guppy. Environmental Conservation, 7(1), pp. 3-8, Spring 1980. "State of the World's Tropical Forests", by Alan Grainger. Eoologist, 10(1), pp. 6-54, January 1980. "Take the Profits and Run", by Gary S. Hartshorn. Garden, Envirofiche 6(1), pp. 25-31, January-February 1982. 82-02485 "Temporary Hydrologic Changes after Deforestation for Pioneer Hemesteading", by H. Ryckborst. Journal of Hydrology, 53(1-2), pp. 117-133, 1981. "Threats to the Terrestrial Resources of the Caribbean", by A. Melville Gajraj. Ambio, 10(6), pp. 307-311, 1981. "Tropical Deforestation: Fight for Survival", by R. Pardo. American Forests, 86(10), pp. 8, 55. October 1980. "Tropical Forest, A Rich But Fragile Resource", by Frank Golley and Malcolm Had ley. UNESCO Courier, 4, pp. 13-17, April 1981. -6- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER "Tropical Forests in the Caribbean", by A. Lugo, R. Schmidt, ** and S. Brown. Ambio, 10(6), pp. 318-324, 1981. "Tropical Lands: Popular Misconceptions", by Ariel E. Lugo and Sandra Brown. Mazingira, 5(2), pp. 10-19, 1981. ** "Tropical Moist Forests: Going, Going...?", by Norman Myers. ** Intercom, 8(9), pp. 4-6, September 1980. "Tropical Tree Legumes: A Front Line Against Deforestation", by N. Vietmeyer. Ceres, 12(5), pp. 38-41, Septffliber-October 1979. "Value of Tropical Moist Forest Ecosystems and the Environmental Consequences of their Removal", by Duncan Poore. Unasylva, 28(112), pp. 127-143, 1976. "World Less Green", by Thomas E. Lovejoy. Defenders, 56(2), Envirofiche pp. 2-5, April 1981. 81-05214 "World Rainforest Destruction—The Social Factors", by ** Val Plumwood and Richard Routley. Ecologist, 12(1), pp. 4-21, January-February 1982. -7- ------- BOOKS AND REPORTS EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER Actions Needed to Conserve Tropical Moist Forests, by Thcmas Stoel, et al. Washington, D.C.: Natural Resources Defense Council report, 1981. 160 pp. Conservation and Wise Utilization of Tropical Forests—A Directory of Information Sources. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme—INFOTERRA, February 1980. 146 pp. Conservation Biology (Chapter 17; Conservation of Tropical Rain Envirofiche Forest), by T. C. Whitmore. Sunderland, Massachusetts: 81-04487 Sinauer Associates, 1980. Chapter 17—pp. 303-318. Conversion of Tropical Moist Forests, by Norman Myers. SD 418.3T76MD Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1980. 205 pp. Development Assistance in Forestry: An A.I.D. Policy Background Paper, by Emny Simnons. Washington, D.C.: Agency for International Development, 1980. 50 pp. Environmental and Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries—A Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: Agency for International Development, February 1979. 184 pp. Environmental Quality: Eleventh Annual Report of the Council HC110.E5E28 on Environnental Quality. Washington, D.C.: Council on Environmental Quality, December 1980. 497 pp. (Deforestation information—pp. 7-11). Environmental Quality: Tenth Annua! Report of the Council HC110.E5E28 on Environmental Quality. Washington, D.C.: Council on Environmental Quality, 1979. 816 pp. (Deforestation information—pp. 607-616). -8- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER Environmental Quality: Ninth Annual Report of the Council HC110.E5E28 on Environmental Quality. Washington, D.C.: Council on Environmental Quality, 1978. 599 pp. (Loss of Productive Land: Deforestation and Desertification—pp. 458-468). Environment: The Global Connection, Sunroary Report. Envirofiche Washington, D.C.: EPA/Et Al Environment—The Global 82-00325 Connection Conference Proceedings, October 1980. 65 pp. Erosion, Deforestation and the Loss of Productivity, by C. A. Pryor. New York, New York: Rockefeller Foundation, 1980. 10 pp. Forestry Activities and Deforestation Prcblgns in Developing Envirofiche Countries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Forest Service, 81-06672 Report AG/IAB-1080-10-78, July 1980. 194 pp. Global 2000 Report to the President: Entering the Twenty-First CB161.U55 Century. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State and Council on Envirormental Quality, 1980. Volume 2, 766 pp. (Deforestation information—pp. 117- 135, 280, and 318-333). Interactions of Energy and Climate, Wilfrid Bach, Juigen Pankrath QC980.I56 and Jill Williams, editors. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Rei.de! Publishing Company, 1980. (Chapter on Impacts Due to Deforestation—pp. 305-316). Land Clearance: Alternative Techniques for Removing Trees and Bushes, by Agriculture Panel of the Intermediate Technology Development Group. London, England: Intermediate Technology Publication, 1981. 65 pp. Losing Ground—Environmental Stress and World Food Prospects, S601.E24 by Erik P. Eckholm. New York, New York: W. W. Norton, 1976. 223 pp. Man and the Humid Tropics. Paris, France: UNESCO—Prograrane on Man and the Biosphere, 1980. 16 pp. -9- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER Man and the Mediterranean Forest: A History of Resource Depletion, by J. V. Thirgood. New York, New York: Academic Press, 1981. 194 pp. Planting for the Future: Forestry for Hunan Needs, by Erik Eckholm. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, February 1979. 64 pp. (Worldwatch Paper 26). Proceedings of the U.S. Strategy Conference on Tropical PB82-165911 Deforestation (held in Washington, D.C. on June 12-14, 1978). Washington, D.C.: Agency far Internatioml Development, 1978. 85 pp. Reforestation of Public and Private Lands. Washington, D.C.: Envirofiche U.S. House of Representatives—House Ccnmittee on 80-04550 Agriculture, 96th Congress, 1st Session, Serial No. 96-CC, July 19, 1979. 135 pp. Rekindling World's Canmitment to Environmental Protection, Envirofiche by Mostafa K. Tolba. Nairobi. Kenva: United Nations 82-04289 Environment Programne, April 1982. 8 pp. Six Steps to a Sustainable Society, by Lester R. Brcwn and Pamela Shaw. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, March 1982. 63 pp. (Worldwatch Paper 48). State of the Global Environment: A Decade After Stocklhan. Nairobi, Kenya: UNIPUB—United Nations Environment Programtbe, 1982. State of the World Environment 1980 (2.—Climatic Changes, Deforestation, Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programne, 1980. 26 pp. Tropical Deforestation, by Bill Long, et al. Washington, D.C.: Envirofiche U.S. Department of State, 1978. 81 pp. 79-02518 (U.S. Strategy on Tropical Deforestation Conference Proceedings, Washington, D.C. June 12-14, 1978). -10- ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER Tropical Deforestation: Hearings Before the Subcarmittee on International Organizations of the Caimittee on Foreign Affairs. Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives, 96th Congress, 2nd Session, May 7, June 19, and September 18, 1980, 1981. 446 pp. Tropical Forest Ecosystems, by UNESCO, UNEP and FAD. Paris, France: UNESCO,. 1978. 683 pp. Wood: An Ancient Fuel with a New Future, by Nigel Smith. Washington, D.C.: WorldWatch Institute, January 1981. 48 pp. (Worldwatch Paper 42). Wbrld's Tropical Forests: A Policy, Strategy, and Program for the United States—A Report to the President, by U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State, May 1980. 53 pp. (State Dept. Publication No. 9117). -11- ------- CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER "Conversion Rates in Tropical Moist Forests: Review of a Envirofiche Recent Survey", by Norman Myers. 82-01156 Presented at: Yale University Tropical Forests Utilization and Conservation International Symposium, New Haven, Connecticut, April 15-16, 1980. 19 pp. "Deforestation and CO2", by A. D. Hinckley. NTIS—CCNF-800482 Presented at: Bio-Energy World Congress and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 1980. "Deforestation—Death to the Panama Canal", by Frank Wadsworth. PB82-165937 Presented at: U.S. Strategy Conference on Tropical Deforestation, Washington, D.C., June 12-14, 1978. "Deforestation Problems of the Humid Tropics", by Ghillean PB82-166034 Prance. Presented at: U.S. Strategy Conference on Tropical Deforestation, Washington, D.C., June 12-14, 1978. "Deforestation Problems of the Semi-Arid Regions", by Leonard PB82-166042 Berry and Paul Bente. Presented at: U.S. Strategy Conference on Tropical Deforestation, Washington, D.C., June 12-14, 1978. "Impacts Due to Deforestation", by A. Baungartner and Envirofiche M. Kirchner. 82-00679 Presented at: University of Munster Interactions of Energy and Climate Conference, West Germany, March 3-6, 1980. "Nature of the Deforestation Problem—Trends and Policy PB82-165929 Implications", by Gerald Barney. Presented at: U.S. Strategy Conference on Tropical Deforestation, Washington, D.C., June 12-14, 1978. ------- EPA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY IDENTIFIER "Use of Satellite Imagery to Access Forest Deterioration in Envirofiche Eastern Thailand", by B. Klankamsorn. 79-01108 Presented at: 12th International Symposiim on Remote Sensing of Environment, Manila, April 20-26, 1978. "Values of Tropical Moist Forests", by Duncan Poore Envirofiche Presented at: USFS/AID Improved Utilization 78-05403 of Tropical Forests Conference, Madison, May 21-26, 1978. -13- ------- REPRESENTATIVE SOURCES OF INFORMATION (UNITED STATES) Organization AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Address Office of Science and Technology Agency for International Development 320 Twenty-First Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20523 Telephone: 202 632 1850 AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION Executive Vice President American Forestry Association 1319 18th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: 202 467 5810 INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY Ariel E. Lugo Institute of Tropical Forestry U.S. Forest Service—Southern Forest Experiment Station P. 0. Box AZ Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00928 MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE (MAB) U.S. MAB Secretariat U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20520 Telephone: 202 632 2786 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Natioml Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20418 Telephone: 202 334 2000 -14- ------- Organization Address NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL Library Operations Division LIBRARY National Agricultural Library U.S. Department of Agriculture Beltsville, Maryland 20705 Telephone: 301 344 3834 Cable: 710 828 0506 SAHEL DOCUMENTATION CENTER Librarian Sahel Docunentation Center c/o Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Telephone: 517 355 2366 U.S. FOREST SERVICE Information Office U.S. Forest Service U.S. Department of the Interior P. 0. Box 2417 Washington, D.C. 20013 Telephone: 202 447 3760 WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY Director, Environmental Affairs Group Weyerhaeuser Company Taccma, Washington 98401 Telephone: 206 924 2345 Cable: 910 441 2615 WEYCO WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE President WorldWatch Institute 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: 202 452 1999 -15- ------- REPRESENTATIVE SOURCES OF INFORMATION (INTERNATICNAL) Organization ARGENTINA Address Director Subsecretaria de Planeamiento Ambiental Santa Fe 1548 10 Piso 1060 Burnos Aires Argentina POOD AND AOHCULTUBE ~ "0R®NIZATICN (FAO) Chief, Forest Management Branch Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Via Delle Terme di Caracalla Rene 00100 Italy Cable: FOODAGRI ROME FRANCE Director Service des Forets 1 Ter Avenue de Lowendal Paris Seine 75700 France GHANA African Forestry Commission FAO Regional Office P. 0. Bck 1628 Accra Ghana INDIA Director National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi India 110012 Cable: KRISHI PUSA INDONESIA Executive Secretary National Committee on the Environment Jalan Raden Saleh 43 P. 0. Box 250 Jakarta Indonesia -16- ------- Organization Address ISRAEL Ezra Henken Ministry of Agriculture Hakirya Tel-Aviv Israel ISSTIAF International Systm of Scientific and Technical Information-—Agriculture & Forestry Slezska 7 CS-12056 Prague 2 Czechoslovakia IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Avenue du Mont Blanc CH 1196 Gland Switzerland IUFRO International Union of Forestry Research Organization Secretariat Tirolergartan Schontrunn A-1131 Vienna Austria LATIN AMERICAN FORESTRY OONMISSICN Latin American Forestry Corrmission Providencia 871 Casilla Postal 10095 Santiago Chile SRI LANKA Conservator of Forests Forestry Department P. 0. Box 509 Colombo 2 Sri Lanka SWEDEN Swedish Council of Environmental Information Jordsbruksdepartementet Fack S-103 20 Stockholm Sweden Telex: 11461 Loendep S -17- ------- Organization THAILAND Address Chief, Forest Control Division Royal Forest Department Pahol Yothin Road Bangkok Thailand UNESCO—MAB Coordinator UNESCO—MAB Project (Man and the Biosphere) 7 Place de Fontenoy Paris 75700 France Cable: UNESCO PARIS Department of International Economic, Scientific and Technical Organizations State Ccranittee for Science and Technology 11 Gorky Street Moscow K-9 USSR Telex: 7249 VHOTI SU USSR Director -18- ------- |