Protecting Watershed Areas - S Ashton, P Mark

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Protecting Watershed Areas: Case of the Panama Canal provides foresters, hydrologists, and park managers with a case study of the Panama Canal watershed area to help you make the most of your efforts in protecting ecological areas. Through this unique book, you will discover how the Carter-Torrijos treaty that will return the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama on December 31, 1999 will affect the 2.6 million inhabitants of that area as well as this complex ecosystem. This valuable book includes a focus on both technical and biological observations in the field as well as library research to help you make the most of book learning and field research in your endeavors to protect forest reserves and other protected areas.

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ContentsForeword (Mirei E. Endara)

• Preface (Mark S. Ashton, Jennifer L. O?Hara, and Robert D. Hauff)
• An Introduction: The Panama Canal Watershed Area (Jennifer L. O?Hara)
• Small Farmer Migration and the Agroforestry Alternative in the Panama Canal Watershed (Luisa Camara-Cabrales)
• Saccharum Spontaneum (Gramineae) in Panama: The Physiology and Ecology of Invasion (Bruce W. Hammond)
• A Case Study Assessment of Agroforestry: The Panama Canal Watershed (Robert D. Hauff)
• The Potential for Carbon Sequestration Projects as a Mechanism for Conserving Forests in the Panama Canal Watershed (Nadine Block)
• Rehabilitation of Former U.S. Military Lands Bordering the Panama Canal (Claire M. Corcoran)
• Sedimentation in the Panama Canal Watershed (Maya Loewenberg)
• Will the Goals Be Met? An Examination of AIR?s General and Regional Plans with Respect to Protected Areas Within the Inter-Oceanic Region, Panama (Sara N. Whitney)
• Balancing Conservation and Economics: The Development of an Ecotourism Plan for Panama (Katherine Lieberknecht, Jennifer Papzian, and Andrea McQuay)
• Mutual Incomprehension or Selective Inattention? Creating Capacity for Public Participation in Natural Resource Management in Panama (Benjamin Gardner)
• Working Toward Effective Policy Processes in Panama Canal Watershed National Parks (Keely B. Maxwell and Christopher J. Williams)
• The Prospects for Integrated Watershed Management in the Panama Canal Watershed (H. Bradley Kahn)
• Field Trips in Natural Resource Professional Education: The Panama Case and Recommendations (Tim W. Clark and Mark S. Ashton)
• Panama Canal Watershed: A Synthesis (Mark S. Ashton and Jennifer L. O?Hara)
• Index
• Reference Notes Included