Tropical forests
CIRAD's skills and expertise
This file contains 20 factsheets covering various aspects of CIRAD's expertise in terms of forests, from natural forests to planted trees. They cover issues ranging from rational logging to the conservation and surveillance of these valuable ecosystems, on which the future of biodiversity and our climate largely depends.
Natural forests
- Measuring the state of tropical forests - Satellite observations
- Phyto-afri - An on-line forest atlas
- Understanding trees so as to manage the environment better
- Dynamics of the Congo Basin's forests - Harmonizing and federating long-term monitoring designs
- Managing logged tropical forests - Some decision support tools
Plantations and agroforestry
- Sustainable planted forest management - Criteria and indicators
- Characterizing the services provided by planted forests - Functional ecology
- Improving agroforestry systems in the humid tropics - The example of cocoa and coffee
- Genetic improvement of forest species - Creating varieties tailored to partners' requirements
- Domestication of trees with multiple uses - Low-cost vegetative propagation techniques
Cultivated areas
- The return of trees to cultivated tropical zones - Assisted natural regeneration
- Multi-functional landscape mosaics - Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services into rural areas
- Sustainable charcoal production in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Improved tree fallow
- Tropical new forests - Promoting novel ecosystems
Forest product promotion
- Forests as an energy source - Supply chains and processes that serve development
- Developing use of tropical woods - Characterizing the diversity of wood species
- Improving the lifespan of wood products - Natural durability and low-impact preservative treatments
- Non-invasive characterization of wood properties - Developing vibratory analysis methods
- Bushmeat in central Africa - A forest product to be promoted
Literature
Update date: 22/02/2012