| Title | Deforestation and the Multiple Functions of Tropical Watersheds. |
| Publication Type | Policy Brief |
| Authors | van Noordwijk, M.; Bruijnzeel, S. |
| ContactAuthor | van Noordwijk, M. |
| Secondary Title | ASB PolicyBriefs 08 |
| Publisher | ASB Partnership |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Number | 08 |
| Pagination | 4 |
| Publication Language | English |
| Abstract | Old-growth Tropical Forests provide several major watershed functions essential to human survival and local livelihoods. They hold soil in place and help maintain the productivity of the land. They also regulate the quantity and timing of water timing of
water flows, control sediment loads and so protect water quality. Cutting down tropical forests undermines these valued functions. |
| Keywords | ASB |
| URL | http://www.asb.cgiar.org/pdfwebdocs/PolicyBrief_08_On-Tropical-Forests-and-Water.pdf |
| Citation Key | 668 |
