Tropical Resources

The Bulletin of the Yale Tropical Resources Institute

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The 2007 issue is available in print and online

TROPICAL RESOURCES, 2007 volume 26

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Table of Contents
Front matter
Mangrove Ecosystems of Southwest Madagascar: An Ecological Human Impact, and Subsistence Value Assessment, Radhika Dave, MESc 2006
Reconstructing the Political Boundary in the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area, Krupa Patel, MESc 2006
Payment for Hydrological Environmental Service in Costa Rica: The Procuencas Case Study, Alvaro Redondo-Brenes, MFS 2005 and Kristen Welsh MESc 2006
From Research to Reality: Exploring the Tensions between Environmentalism's Moral Religion and Rural Agricultural Poverty in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Catherine Schloegel, MESc 2006
The Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Structure and Composition of Rain Forest Vegetation, Tendro Ramaharitra, MFS 2005
Bird Composition in Living Fences: Potential of Living Fences to Connect the Fragmented Landscape in Esparza, Costa Rica, Wendy Francesconi, MESc 2006
Conflicts in the Human–Elephant Border: Studying the Possible Causes in the Bia Conservation Areain Ghana, Gonzalo Griebenow, MEM 2006
Modeling Soil Erosion Risk in Los Maribios Volcanic Chain, Nicaragua, Richard Chávez, MF 2003
Questioning the Road: Local Perceptions and Trends along the Bakili Muluzi Highway, Malawi, Caroline Simmonds, MEM 2006
Assessing Access to Potable Water in Rural Communities in Costa Rica, Kristen Welsh, MESc 2006
Mitigation or Manipulation? ”Side Effects“ of Dam Mitigation Measures on Indigenous Communities, Ikuko Matsumoto, MESc 2006
Pulp Fact and Friction: An Indonesian Pulp and Paper Company’s Sustainable Forest Management Programs and NGO Interactions, Linda Kramme, MF 2006
Opportunity in the Land of Conflict: Mining, Peasants, and Changing Attitudes in Northern Peru, Oscar Franco, MEM 2006
Announcing the TRI 2006-2007 Fellows

 

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Front matter
Methodology in a Time of Crackdown, Alder Keleman, MEM 2005
Contesting Copper: Documentary Film, Research, and Mining in Ecuador’s Intag Region, David Kneas, MESc 2005
Payment for Environmental Services in Costa Rica: Carbon Sequestration Estimates of Native Tree Plantations, Alvaro Redondo-Brenes, MFS 2005
Water-Use Efficiency in Hawaiian Trees: An Eco-physiological Approach and Methodology, Sharifa Gulamhussein, MFS 2005
Institutional Barriers to Information Access for Development in South Africa and Beyond: A Practical Guide to Dysfunctional Relationships, Brett Galimidi, MEM 2005
Whale Shark “Ecotourism” in the Philippines and Belize: Evaluating Conservation and Community Benefits, Angela Quiros, MEM 2005
Modeling from Below: The Social Dynamics of Land Use Change in the Buffer Zone of Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru, Rafael Eduardo Bernardi de León, MEM 2005
Organic Aquaculture in Ecuador: A More Sustainable Solution?, Laura Cuoco, MESc 2005
Evaluating Capacity Building and Participatory Development in Community Timber Operations of the Petén, Gualemtala, Lisa H. Patel, MESc 2005
Perspectives from the Field: Local People, International Organizations, and the Politics of Mangrove Conservation in Kenya, Amina Soud, MESc 2005
Oil and Chicha: Indigenous Movements and Survival in the Ecuadoran Amazon, Rebecca Reider, MESc 2005
Integrating Forest Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Local Forest-Based Enterprises: A Case Study of the Woodcarving Industry, Ghana, Dora Nsuwa Cudjoe, MEM 2005
Innovated Tradition: Transformation of Palakaw Fishing among the Amis of Faatan, Taiwan, Po-Yi Hung, MESc 2005
Personal Reflections on the IUCN and the World Conservation Congress, Lauren Baker, MEM 2005
Announcing the TRI 2005-2006 Fellows

TROPICAL RESOURCES, 2004 volume 23

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TROPICAL RESOURCES, 2003 volume 22

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TROPICAL RESOURCES, 2002 volume 21

Download PDF files of individual chapters or components of the 2002 issue:

• Front Cover, Introduction by TRI Director Lisa M Curran, Mission Statement and Table of Contents (708K)
• The Unseen, Unheard and Misunderstood: What Can we Learn from a Social History of Property Relations? By Nathaniel Delafield, PhD 1999 (364K)
• Preliminary Assessment of a Community-Based Ecotourism Project in Northwestern Yunnan, China, YinLang Zhang, MEM 2001 (2MB)
• Understory Vegetation Characteristics along Teak (Tectona grandis) Plantation/Natural Forest Ecotones in Costa Rica, Jeff Luoma, MF, 2002 (1.7MB)
• Sea Turtles in Liberia: A Baseline Survey, Aliya Ercelawn, MES 2001 (1.1 MB)
• Promoting Regeneration withing a Rainforest Plantation: The Effect of Tree Species and Tree Structure on Vegetation Recruitment Patterns, Libby Jones, MESc 2002 (2.3MB)
• Community Management of Natural Resources in a de factoDecentralizing Indonesia: A Case Study from East Kalimantan, Steve Rhee, MESc, PhD Candidate (1.3 MB)
• Fuelwood Consumption, Woodland Regeneration and Forest Management: A Case Study in Rural Mali, West Africa, Jeffery A. Morton, MEM 2001 (1.5MB)
• On the Margins of Forest and Market: A Case Study of Medicinal Use in Four Communities Near Sinharaja, a Sri Lankan Rainforest, Kristen Ohlson, MESc 2001 and Uromi Goodale, PhD Candidate (896K)

• Interview with Mark Wishnie, Theodore Lanzano, MEM 2003 Candidate and back cover (752K)

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