01383naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000230006024500650008326000090014830000140015752007380017165000180090965000130092765000220094065000110096265000170097370000160099077301710100613278722002-11-22       1991    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aCASTRO MORALES, L.  aScientific research and management of the caroni river basin  c1991  ap.437-440  aRain forest management forms but one component of the management plan for the Caroni River Basin, the river with the largest hydroelectric potential in Venezuela. Water quality, hydrological regime and sedimentation rates are three of the principal issues that need to be taken account in considering environmental dimensions of dam construction. River basin mangement is an integral part of the operation of a large-scale hydroelectric project. In the case of the Caroni, current and potential uses of the river basin include gold and diamond mining, agriculture, attle ranching, lumber extraction, subsistence hunting and tourism - all activities that either are, or could be, in conflict with the protection of the catchment area.  aConservação  aEcologia  aFloresta Tropical  aManejo  aSilvicultura1 aGORZULA, S.  tIn: GOMEZ-POMPA, A.; WHITMORE, T.C.; HADLEY, M. Rain forest regeneration and management. Paris: UNESCO/Parthenon Publishing, 1991. (Man and the biophere seriesgv.6).