Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan El Nino, Drought, Fire, and Human Impacts

Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation. Located on the island of Borneo, East Kalimantan also was subjected to prolonged droughts and extensive wildfires in 1982-83 and 1997-98 that were linked to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The changes in the rainforest ecosystem in East Kalimantan during this 15-year cycle of severe ENSO events are the subject of this book. With an eye toward development of rehabilitation techniques for sustainable forest management, the authors examine possible interactive effects of drought, fire, and human impacts on the flora and fauna of the area.Guhardja, Edi is the author of 'Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan El Nino, Drought, Fire, and Human Impacts' with ISBN 9784431702726 and ISBN 4431702725.