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Cayenne 2009 - Knowledge-Based Management of Tropical Rainforest
Rainforests play a major role in the supply of goods and ecosystem services for countries and people. They require all the more care since they contain exceptional richness as regards biodiversity, since their functioning is complex and since they remain vulnerable to disturbances of all kinds, in particular those issued from climate change. Preservation and development of rainforests require an increased knowledge of their diversity and functioning in connection with their management. The International Conference held in Cayenne, November 22-27, aimed to discuss those several important issues affecting tropical rain forests in order to provide a global vision that is the necessary precursor to any rational action, and to provide much-needed context for scientific approaches that are more limited in scope.
Videos of oral communications :
Session 1. Valuing both resources and forests
As a result of numerous logistical problems, this first session unfortunately could not be filmed.
Please accept our apologies.
SESSION 2 Forests and climate changes
SESSION 3 Biodiversity: unrecognized wealth
SESSION 4 Land use changes and deforestation
SESSION 5 Plantations roles and status
SESSION 6 Forests for local development