Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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A global view of responsible forestry managementSustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy examines emerging issues and key strategies for sustaining wood production while maintaining other forest resources. Internationally recognized forestry experts explore a broad range of topics on sustainable forestry at the local and global levels in the United States and around the world. Issues discussed include the development of conservation reserves in Australia; the silviculture of Scottish forests; barriers and opportunities for management in Central America; monitoring sustainable forest management in the Pacific Rim region; tropical Eucalypt plantations; and recent research projects in Europe. Achieving a constant flow of forest goods and services to meet the world’s needs takes socially and environmentally acceptable solutions. Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy offers a diverse set of learned viewpoints integrating production issues within sustainable forest management. Influences on decision making are discussed, such as pricing, replanting, and subsidies. Future challenges are examined in detail, pollution and climate change. This valuable resource is extensively referenced and includes useful tables and figures. Topics in Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy include:sustainable forestry from different scales ranging from local to international wood production and sustainable forest management in the United States development of conservation reserves and changes in forest management policies in Australia sustainability of European forests using examples from a variety of recent research projects barriers and opportunities for sustainable forestry in Central America silviculture and Scottish forestry at a time of change monitoring sustainable forest management in the

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-07-05
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:657 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:307
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9781560221654

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Deal, Robert L; White, Rachel; Benson, Gary

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Preface Integrating Wood Production within Sustainable Forest Management Integrating Concerns About Wood Production and Sustainable Forest Management in the United States (Richard W. Haynes) Integrating Wood Production Within Sustainable Forest Management: An Australian Viewpoint (Ian Ferguson) Silviculture of Scottish Forests at a Time of Change (W. L. Mason) Changes in Wood Product Proportions in the Douglas-Fir Region with Respect to Size, Age, and Time (Robert A. Monserud and Xiaoping Zhou) Measuring Sustainable Forest Management in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Esteban Carabelli, Hugh Bigsby, Ross Cullen, and Pablo Peri) Increasing and Sustaining Productivity of Tropical Eucalypt Plantations Over Multiple Rotations (K. V. Sankaran, D. S. Mendham, K. C. Chacko, R. C. Pandalai, T. S. Grove, and A. M. O’Connell) Structural and Biometric Characterization of Nothofagus betuloides Production Forests in the Magellan Region, Chile (Gustavo Cruz Madariaga, Raúl Caprile Navarro, Álvaro Promis Baeza, and Gustavo Cabello Verrugio) EMERGING ISSUES FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT A Working Definition of Sustainable Forestry and Means of Achieving It at Different Spatial Scales (Chadwick Dearing Oliver and Robert L. Deal) Environmental Change and the Sustainability of European Forests (Peter Freer-Smith) Barriers to Sustainable Forestry in Central America and Promising Initiatives to Overcome Them (Glenn E. Galloway and Dietmar Stoian) A United States View on Changes in Land Use and Land Values Affecting Sustainable Forest Management (Ralph J. Alig) Landowner-Driven Sustainable Forest Management and Value-Added Processing: A Case Study in Massachusetts, USA (David T. Damery) Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management in the Pacific Rim Region (Gordon M. Hickey and Craig R. Nitschke) A E

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