Aplet, G., et al., eds. 1993. Defining Sustainable Forestry. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Proceedings of an international conference convened by the Wilderness Society, American Forests, and the World Resources Institute on ecosystem management in forests.

Barber, C. V., et al. 1994. Breaking the Logjam. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. An analysis of obstacles to forest policy reform in Indonesia and the United States.

Breining, B. 1992. "Back Home on the Range," Nature Conservancy 42, no. 6:11. A herd of 400 bison have been reintroduced to the Nature Conservancy's Niobara Valley Preserve to restore grassland ecosystems.

Bryant, R. L. 1994. "The Rise and Fall of Taungya Forestry," The Ecologist 24, no. 1:21. A description of the taungya system of agroforestry in Burma as a model of sustainable social forestry.

Colchester, M., and L. Lohman. 1993. The Struggle for Land and the Fate of the Forests. Penang, Malaysia: World Rainforest Movement. Case studies from Guatemala, Brazil, Zaire, Thailand, and Indonesia that link land rights and economics with forest destruction.

Cowell, A. 1990. The Decade of Destruction: The Crusade to Save the Amazon Rainforest. New York: Henry Holt and Company. A companion book to a television documentary detailing the forces involved in rainforest destruction. Includes a firsthand account of the killing of Chico Mendez.

Durning, A. T. 1993. Saving the Forests. Worldwatch Paper 117. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute. How can economics, politics, and sustainable development aid forest conservation?

Fearnside, P. M. 1993. "Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: The Effect of Population and Land Tenure," Ambio 22, no. 8:537. A detailed analysis of deforestation rates calculated from LANDSAT data.

Hecht, S., and A. Cockburn. 1991. Fate of the Forest. New York: Harper Collins. Traces European exploitation of the Amazon, starting with the rubber boom of the last century and continuing to the present. Argues that only "socialist ecology" can save the forest.

Lansky, M. 1992. Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What's Left of Our Forests. London: Tilbury House Publishers. Critiques industrial-style forest management and suggests alternative, ecologically sound, socially responsible, economically viable, and sustainable alternatives.

Marshall, G. 1990. "The Political Economy of Logging: A Case Study in Corruption," The Ecologist 20, no. 5:174. Examines logging practices and corruption in Papua, New Guinea.

Patterson, A. 1990. "Debt-for-Nature Swaps and the Need for Alternatives," Environment 32, no. 10:4. An examination of the role of debt reduction in land conservation.

Plotkin, M., and L. Famolare. 1992. Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rainforest Products. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Based on a Conservation International Conference in Panama, this book explores forest management and sustainability.

Repetto, R. 1990. "Deforestation in the Tropics," Scientific American 262, no. 4:36. Discusses policies to encourage forest preservation and to stop destruction of an irreplaceable resource.

Revkin, A. 1991. The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendez and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest. New York: Houghton Mifflin. An excellent account of the complex fight to save the rainforest and of the rise to prominence and martyrdom of Chico Mendez.

Savory, Allan. 1988. Holistic Resource Management. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Outlines a controversial system of intensive grazing to restore dry, degraded rangelands.

Solbrig, O. T., and M. D. Young. 1992. "Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Future for Savannas," Environment 34, no. 3:6. Savannas in many countries support both a rich diversity of life and threatened nomadic cultures. Preservation of both landscape and culture are interrelated.

Watkins, T. H. 1993. "Agenda: The Perils of Option 9," Wilderness 57, no. 203:6. A discussion of old-growth forest management in the Pacific Northwest.

Wuerthner, G. 1991. "How the West Was Eaten," Wilderness 54, no. 192:28. Argues that grazing policies have brought ruin to western grazing lands to support an archaic myth of ranching. See similar article in Sierra 75, no. 5 (September/October 1990):38.