Saving the Tropical Forests is a source book on the causes and effects of tropical deforestation.

Judith Gradwohl is Director of the Office of Environmental Awareness, at the Smithsonian Institution, and author of several books.

Russell Greenberg, Director of Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 1981, and was a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the National Zoo (Smithsonian) until 1991 when he became Director of Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Greenburg conducts research on the ecology of birds in the tropics. His research interests include: habitat selection, the ecology and evolution of migration, interspecific interaction and use of man-modified tropical habitats.

• CONTENTS 
• Preface: Beyond Destruction, Success
• Robinson, Michael H.
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Part I: 
• The Specter of Deforestation
• Part II: 
• The Case Studies
• Chapter 1: 
• FOREST RESERVES
• The Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve: Conservation of Forest and Sea, Mexico [1]
• The Community Baboon Reserve: An Approach to the Conservation of Private Lands, Belize [2]
• Land Titling and Forest Protection around the Gandoca/Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica [3]
• La Amistad Biosphere Reserve, Costa Rica [4]
• The Kuna Yala Biosphere “Comarca”: An Indigenous Application of the Conservation Concept, Panama [5]
• A Bi-National Approach to the Protection of Indian Lands, Colombia and Ecuador [6]
• The Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve, Ecuador [7]
• Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru [8]
• Protection and Development in and about Khao Yai Park, Thailand [9]
• Protecting Wildlife and Watersheds at Dumoga Bone, Indonesia [10]
• A Community-Managed Buffer Zone for a Nature Reserve, Indonesia [11]
• Korup National Park, Cameroon [12]
• Chapter 2: 
• SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
• Lessons from Mayan Agriculture, Central America [13]
• An Intensive Agricultural System for Forests with Karsted Limestone Areas, Mexico [14]
• Converting from Beef to Dairy Cattle, Costa Rica [15]
• Iguana Ranching: A Model for Reforestation, Panama [16]
• Resource Management by the Kayapó, Brazil [17]
• Japanese Farming in the Amazon Basin, Brazil [18]
• Long-term Cultivation of Swidden-Fallows by Bora Indians, Peru [19]
• Market-oriented Agroforestry in the Amazon, Peru [20]
• Javanese Home Gardens, Indonesia [21]
• An Extension Service for Shifting Agriculturalists, New Guinea [22]
• Chapter 3: 
• NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT
• A Sustainable Silvicultural System for Forests, Suriname [23]
• Harvesting the Flood Plain Forests, Brazil [24]
• Extractive Reserves: A Sustainable Development Alternative for Amazonia, Brazil [25]
• Natural Forest Regeneration and Paper Production, Colombia [26]
• Public and Private Cooperation in Protecting and Managing a Tropical Watershed, Colombia [27]
• Sustained-Yield Management of Natural Forests in the Palcazu Development Project, Peru [28]
• The Conservation of Oku Mountain Forests for Wildlife, Watershed, Medicinal Plants and Honey, Cameroon [29]
• Chapter 4: 
• TROPICAL FOREST RESTORATION
• Agroforestry and Outreach Project, Haiti [30]
• Growing Forest from Habitat Fragments in Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rica [31]
• Reforestation of Amazonian Bauxite Mines Using Native Species, Brazil [32]
• Rehabilitation of Damaged Ecosystems in the Amazon Basin, Brazil [33]
• Plan Bosque: Incentives for Planting and Tending Trees, Ecuador [34]
• Xiaoliang Water and Soil Conservation, China [35]
• The Forest Villages, Thailand [36]
• Soil Conservation on Steep Tropical Slopes, Philippines [37]
• Village Forest Project, Uganda [38]
• Notes
• Suggested Reading
• Index