Air Pollution and the Forests of Developing and Rapidly Industrialising Countries

Air Pollution and the Forests of Developing and Rapidly Industrialising Countries

Edited by J L Innes, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Canada; H Abu Hassan, Institute of Foresters, Malaysia

Pub Date: August 2000
Hardback
264 pages

Readership
Postgraduates and researchers in forestry, pollution studies and environmental science.
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Main Description
This book examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrialising countries and regions. Its geographical coverage includes South and Central America, Africa, and Asia, including Siberia, China and Korea. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development within these regions and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Attention is drawn to the very serious problems associated with poor air quality in cities such as Mexico City and Chongqing, China. Air pollution in these areas is amongst the worst in the world. Several chapters examine the importance of forest fires as a source of air pollution, with particular reference being made to the Southeast Asian fires in recent years. The available information about the effects of this pollution on the surrounding forests is reviewed, and recommendations are made for a better understanding of the impacts. A final chapter reviews the recent developments in air pollution control policies in the different regions covered by the book.

Main Contents
• Foreword
• Air Pollution and Forestry in Rapidly Industrializing Countries: an Introduction, J L Innes and A H Haron
• General Problems Associated with Air Quality in Developing Countries, A Abdul Rahim, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
• Air Pollution Problems in the Forested Areas of Mexico and Central America, L I de Bauer, Instituto de Recoursos Naturales, Montecillo, Mexico, T Hernandez-Tejeda, Instituto Nacional de Invesigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias, Mexico and J M Skelly, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
• Regional Impacts, Consequences and Policy Options in Relation to Air Pollution in Latin America, R Herrera, Universidad Simσn Bolνvar, Caracas, Venezuela and N Chacσn, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaiones Cientνficas, Caracas, Venezuela
• Forest Problems in Africa, A M van Tienhoven, CSIR Environmentek, Pretoria, South Africa, K A Olbrich, Nelspruit, South Africa and T F Fameso, Forestry Management, Evaluation and Co-ordinating Unit, Abuja, Nigeria
• Forestry Problems Related to Air Pollution in Central Asia, D I Odintsov, Federal Forest Service of Russia, Moscow, Russia
• Forestry Problems and Air Pollution in China and Korea, He Shang, INRA, Champenoux, France, Young-Kul Kim, Forestry Research Institute, Seoul, Korea and Deying Xu, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
• Forestry Problems in South-east Asia, Dahlan binTaha and Mohd. Puat bin Dahalan, Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Research on Air Pollution Impacts on Indian Forests, M Agrawal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and S B Agrawal, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, India
• The Importance of Woodfuels as a Source of Pollution in Developing and Rapidly Industrializing Countries, J L Innes, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, Vancouver, Canada
• Forest Fires and Atmospheric Pollution, R Atmawidjaja and D F Richards, Universitas Pakuan, Bogor, Indonesia
• Development of the Regional Policy Process for Air Pollution in Asia, Africa and Latin America, W K Hicks, J C I Kuylenstierna and V Mathur, Stockholm Environment Institute at York, University of York, York, UK, V Burijson and S Mazzucchelli, Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, M Lyngararasan and S Shrestha, UNEP Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and Pacific, Pathumthani, Thailand and A M van Tienhoven, CSIR Environmentek, Pretoria, South Africa
• Conclusions, A H Haron and J L Innes