Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa - Softcover

Sunderland, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184246180X ISBN 13: 9781842461808

Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2007

Synopsis

Africa’s rattans are the basis for many rural crafts and economies and urban based industries, and have the potential to become a major crop on the world markets as a non-timber forest crop. Written for the worker in the field, whether scientist, forester or farmer, Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa is a simple easy to use guide to all 22 species found in Africa, their ecology and distribution, and their sustainable management.

Species descriptions are based largely on leaf and stem characteristics – not flowers and fruits – and are extensively illustrated with more than 120 colour photographs, meticulous line drawings and distribution maps.

Colloquial, vernacular and common names are included, with notes on local uses, trade and conservation status. And to aid the botanist collecting specimens, some very practical advice on handling plants for the herbaria is included.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry Sunderland is a graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Universities of Oxford and London. He was based in Africa for 15 years working for a wide range of international research and development organisations and has recently moved to Indonesia as a Senior Scientist for the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), where his main focus is research on the synergies and trade-offs between conservation and development in developing countries. Terry has published extensively on forest products and wider conservation and development issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184246180X
• ISBN 13: 9781842461808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66