Over the past fifty years, the tropical forests of Asia have undergone a dramatic transformation from vast areas of virtually untouched wilderness to largely human-dominated production forests (or worse yet, simply degraded and unproductive forest). In many places, this transformation has occurred in just the last twenty years or less and shows little sign of slowing down.
What effect with this overwhelming human activity have on these forests? While these forests have existed for tens of millions of years, it is important to avoid the assumption that these forests have existed in harmonious balance and stable environmental condition prior to the rise of intensive human conversion. Global climate change, particularly through the Quaternary Period, has certainly caused dramatic historical events that transformed the tropical landscape of Asia. These forests have survived such events.
Through the development of effective conservation strategy, based upon the analysis of GIS data and flexible, objective decision-making models, we hope to sustain the resilient nature processes of these forests through this tumultous period of human history.
Sulawesi Ecoregional Conservation Assessment [click]
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