Book Description
A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
Author : Pia Katila
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108486991
A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
Author : V. Alaric Sample
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
"This book contains presentations from two colloquia that were conducted in 2005 in recognition of the centennial of the U.S. Forest Service. Collectively, they explore the history of forest management and practice in the United States and Europe in relation to current and future challenges to sustainable forest management"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Pete Bettinger
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 012809706X
Forest Management and Planning, Second Edition, addresses contemporary forest management planning issues, providing a concise, focused resource for those in forest management. The book is intermixed with chapters that concentrate on quantitative subjects, such as economics and linear programming, and qualitative chapters that provide discussions of important aspects of natural resource management, such as sustainability. Expanded coverage includes a case study of a closed canopy, uneven-aged forest, new forest plans from South America and Oceania, and a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation. - Helps students and early career forest managers understand the problems facing professionals in the field today - Designed to support land managers as they make complex decisions on the ecological, economic, and social impacts of forest and natural resources - Presents updated, real-life examples that are illustrated both mathematically and graphically - Includes a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation - Incorporates the newest research and forest certification standards - Offers access to a companion website with updated solutions, geographic databases, and illustrations
Author : Jürgen Blase
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,33 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : 9781786762498
Although global rates of deforestation have started to decrease, they remain alarmingly high in many tropical countries. In light of this challenge, the growing importance of sustainable forest management (SFM) has been highlighted as a means for improving sustainability across the sector. Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests summarises and reviews the rich body of research on tropical forests and how this research can be utilised to make sustainable management of tropical forests a standard implementable strategy for the future. The book features expert discussions on the economic, political and environmental contexts needed for SFM to operate successfully, including coverage of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With its distinguished editors and international array of expert authors, Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests will be a standard reference for researchers in tropical forest science, international and national organisations responsible for protection and responsible stewardship of tropical forests, as well as the commercial sector harvesting and using tropical forest products.
Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1933286865
Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.
Author : Steven E. Franklin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 12,87 MB
Release : 2001-06-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 1420032852
As remote sensing data and methods have become increasingly complex and varied - and increasingly reliable - so have their uses in forest management. New algorithms have been developed in virtually every aspect of image analysis, from classification to enhancements to estimating parameters. Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management reviews t
Author : Walter Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,41 MB
Release : 2000-09-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1420032704
From recycled products to organic food, the movement to be "environmentally friendly" is now expanding into the forestry field. Recognizing this impact, Home Depot has committed to giving preference to selling "certified wood," proven to come from forests that meet certain biological and social sustainablility standards. Retailers and vendors can o
Author : Philip Joseph Burton
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 13,46 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780660187624
Presenting a summary of the development in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for some of the world's northern forests. It includes a selection of chapters based on the research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada. It includes a number of case histories.
Author : Neil Judd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136551891
"Provides a guide to the practicalities of implementing international standards for sustainable forest management. This highly practical handbook is aimed at forest managers"-- Provided by publisher.
Author : Robert John Raison
Publisher : CABI
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780851998923
There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices, but a lack of knowledge about how to facilitate this, and how to measure sustainability. This book reviews current thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations. Information is applicable to boreal, temperate and tropical biomes. The contents have been developed from papers presented at a IUFRO conference held in Australia, in order to develop a state-of the art report on this subject.