Reading to be done before Class: Assignment Read CES pp. 41-60, Read AE Article 9 "Common Ground for Farmers and Forests" pp. 75-78
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: Open and Closed Forests, epiphytes, commensialism, decomposers, Types of tropical forests including: Tropical Moist, Tropical Dry, Tree Plantations, Soil Quality in Tropical Forests, Forest Succession, Extent and causes of deforestation, Shifting cultivation, land conversion, fuelwood gathering, effects of deforestation, history of forest conservation in Costa Rica, debt-for-nature swaps, eco-tourism, sustainable forest products. From the AE reading: agroecology, the potential benefits of tropical rainforests, sustainable agriculture.

• Closed Forests vs. Open Forests
• Rain Forests
• Tropical Dry Forests (alternate)
• Tropical Montane Forests
• Tropical Moist Forests
• Tree Plantations

• Land Conversion Bolivia | Bolivia 2 | Brazil 1 | Brazil 2 | Sumatra
• Shifting Cultivation
• Traditional vs. Large Scale Agriculture in Tropical Forests.
  

• Reforestation Programs
• Preservation
• Debt for nature swaps
• Eco-Tourism