Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Publication Year:
2014
Publication Place
Washington, DC.
Physical Description:
55p. : ill. (col.), tables, graphs ; 29cm.
Call Number
338.122 STE
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
39848
Legacy PEIN ID:
79894
General Notes
2 copies
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Forests - Pacific & Caribbean Islands - USA
Housing development threats - Forests - Pacific & Caribbean - America
Abstract
This report provides an overview of expected housing density changes and related impacts to private forests on America's islands in the Pacific and Caribbean, specifically Hawaii, Guam, America Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin islands. We discuss the vulnerability of island forests to conservation for housing development, introduction and spread of invasive species and risk of uncharacteristic wildlife, among other concerns.Island forests are subject to pressures that are similar to those on the mainland, including conversion of forest to housing, agriculture and industry; introduction and spread of invasive species; and risk of uncharacteristic wildlife. But islands by their nature, with relatively small pr constrained land areas and fresh water limitations, can be more vulnerable than mainland areas to such impacts.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Publication Year:
2014
Publication Place
Washington, DC.
Physical Description:
55p. : ill. (col.), tables, graphs ; 29cm.
Call Number
338.122 STE
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
39848
Legacy PEIN ID:
79894
General Notes
2 copies
Record Created: 22-Apr-2015
Record Modified: 20-Jan-2022