Forests, Business and Sustainability

Rajat Panwar is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Forest Resources Management and Wood Science in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is also Editor of the journal Bioproducts Business.  Robert Kozak is Professor and Head of the Department of Wood Science in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.  Eric Hansen is Professor of Forest Products Marketing in the Department of Wood Science and Engineering at the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, USA.

"Forests have a multitude of resources (timber, non-timber plants, wildlife, water retention/erosion control, carbon sequestration, amelioration of climate, recreation, and inspiration); yet, at times, these may be incompatible. The key goals of this book are to help the reader gain the ability to understand forest ecology and a wider awareness of many forest values. The work offers detailed sections on forest biomes, forest dynamics, flora and fauna, forest biodiversity, energy and nutrient cycling, conservation and management, forests and climate change, and human interaction in forests (including agriculture, indigenous knowledge, recreation, hunting, and urban forests). Overall, the 44 chapters, written by 86 scholars, provide reliable information on forest ecological requirements, as well as on management needs. In the introduction, the editors write, “This handbook aims to act as a state-of-the-art summary of our current knowledge of forest ecology.” As such, it succeeds. This title will be of interest to laypersons as an introduction to forest ecology. For the graduate student, it provides extensive coverage of current research and excellent bibliographies.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students."C. G. Heister, Yale University, CHOICE (November 2016)

• 1. Many Paths to Sustainability, but Where Are We Going? Rajat Panwar, Eric Hansen and Robert Kozak 2. The Spectrum of Forest Usage: From Livelihood Support to Large-scale Commercialization Kathryn Fernholz and Jim Bowyer 3. The Regulatory and Policy Interventions for Achieving Sustainability Constance L. McDermott 4. Achieving Sustainability through Market Mechanisms Benjamin Cashore, Chris Elliott, Erica Pohnan, Michael Stone and Sébastien Jodoin 5. On Corporate Responsibility Anne Toppinen, Katja Lähtinen and Jani Holopainen 6. Opportunities and Challenges in Community Forest Tenure Reform Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque, Jenny Springer, Andy White and D. Bryson Ogden 7. Enabling Investment for Locally Controlled Forestry Duncan Macqueen and Peter deMarsh 8. Decentralization and Community-based Approaches Reem Hajjar and Augusta Molnar 9. Promises and Perils of Plantation Forestry Jacki Schirmer, Romain Pirard and Peter Kanowski 10. The Emerging Bio-economy and the Forest Sector Anders Roos and Matti Stendahl