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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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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
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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.
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SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Again Silent Spring", by Robert Deis. Defenders, 56(2),
pp. 6-10, April 1981.
EPA HEADQUARTERS
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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.

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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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BOOKS AND REPORTS
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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).
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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"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
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"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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Moscow K-9 USSR
Telex: 7249 VHOTI SU
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