Forests and Floods. Drowning in fiction or thriving on facts?

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 January 2005

Document Type:: Book
Theme:: Climate and Environment
Authors:: Food and Agriculture Organisation, Centre for Agroforestry Research

Abstract

This booklet aims to separate fact from fi ction on issues related to forests and water and to dispel some of the commonly held misconceptions about the role of forests in flood mitigation.

Citation

Forests and Floods. Drowning in fiction or thriving on facts?, RAP Publication 2005/03. Forest Perspectives 2. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome, Centre for Agroforestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, ISBN 979-3361-64-6, 40 pp.