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Forest Landscape Restoration
Integrating Natural and Social Sciences
Av John Stanturf, David Lamb m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1643 kr
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Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, …
Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration
Av John Stanturf, Palle Madsen m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
1643 kr
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While restoration ecology has traditionally aimed to re-create some putative more ‘natural’ ecological state, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged over the last decade as an approach aimed more at restoring natural functions, while focusing on meeting human needs.With a view to exploring …
Forest Landscape Restoration
Integrating Natural and Social Sciences
Av John Stanturf, David Lamb m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1643 kr
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Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, …
Forest Policies and Social Change in England
Av Sylvie Nail
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Forestry has been witness to some dramatic changes in recent years, with several Western countries now moving away from the traditional model of regarding forests merely as sources of wood. Rather these countries are increasingly recognizing their forests as multi-purpose resources with roles which …
World Forests, Society and Environment
Inbunden, 1999
2188 kr
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This volume addresses global and regional issues concerning the world's forests, societies and the environment from an independent and non-governmental point of view. A main message is that co-operation on a global scale is not only commendable, but essential if solutions to the problems facing the …
World Forests, Society and Environment
Häftad, 1999
2188 kr
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This text addresses late 20th-century global and regional issues concerning the world's forests, societies and the environment from an independent and non-governmental point of view. A main message is that co-operation on a global scale is not only commendable, but essential if solutions to the …
World Forests from Deforestation to Transition?
Av Matti Palo, Heidi Vanhanen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1098 kr
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This book reports one part of the findings tive, due to vested national and internation- of the research project The Forests in the al interests. South and North - Transition from Defor- This book presents a set of new research estation to Sustainable Forest Policies in findings emerging from our …
World Forests from Deforestation to Transition?
Av Matti Palo, Matti Palo m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
1098 kr
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This book reports one part of the findings tive, due to vested national and internation- of the research project The Forests in the al interests. South and North - Transition from Defor- This book presents a set of new research estation to Sustainable Forest Policies in findings emerging from our …
World Forests, Markets and Policies
Av Matti Palo, J. Uusivuori m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
2188 kr
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This book offers information and insights into the potential of market and policy instruments in improving the state of the world's forests. It advocates the use of the concept of optimal mix of markets and policies as an approach to view the appropriate and operational roles of market and …
World Forests, Markets and Policies
Av Matti Palo, J. Uusivuori m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
2188 kr
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In the 1990s the world community has arrived at a particularly in developing countries and in econo historical turning point. Global issues- the decline mies in transition. These three organizations have of biological diversity, climate change, the fate of different backgrounds and focuses, but …
Evolution of Competitive Strategies in Global Forestry Industries
Comparative Perspectives
Av Juha-Antti Lamberg, Juha Näsi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1692 kr
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An analysis of the evolution of competitive strategies within the forestry industry is presented in this book. The argument is that the chosen context serves as an illustrative setting for a discussion related to global corporate evolution. Therefore, this analytical and rigorous book contributes …
Extreme Conflict and Tropical Forests
Av Wil De Jong, Deanna Donovan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1098 kr
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There are many compelling reasons for policymakers to pay more attention to forested regions and invest more resources there. Forests provide valuable products and en- ronmental services and several hundred million extremely poor people live near them. Perhaps the most compelling reason of all, …
Forest Policies and Social Change in England
Av Sylvie Nail
Inbunden, 2008
1643 kr
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Forestry has been witness to some dramatic changes in recent years, with several Western countries now moving away from the traditional model of regarding forests merely as sources of wood. Rather these countries are increasingly recognizing their forests as multi-purpose resources with roles which …
Technological Transformation in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry 1800–2018
Comparative Perspectives
Av Timo Särkkä, Miquel Gutiérrez-Poch m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1970 kr
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This contributed volume provides 11 illustrative case studies of technological transformation in the global pulp and paper industry from the inception of mechanical papermaking in early nineteenth century Europe until its recent developments in today’s business environment with rapidly changing …
Services in Family Forestry
Av Teppo Hujala, Anne Toppinen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1752 kr
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This book transfers the newest service research concepts, such as value co-creation, to family forestry context. The book is aimed at as learning material for higher-education students in Western economies, and as a handbook for forest scientists worldwide. It has a strong theoretical base, but …
Services in Family Forestry
Av Teppo Hujala, Anne Toppinen m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
1261 kr
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This book transfers the newest service research concepts, such as value co-creation, to family forestry context. The book is aimed at as learning material for higher-education students in Western economies, and as a handbook for forest scientists worldwide. It has a strong theoretical base, but …
Non-Wood Forest Products of Asia
Knowledge, Conservation and Livelihood
Av A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid, Niaz Ahmed Khan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1861 kr
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This book highlights the importance of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) and their crucial role in sustaining the livelihood of rural and indigenous communities in Asia. The authors depict how the preservation of forests and the associated major non-wood resources may provide an important avenue to …
Non-Wood Forest Products of Asia
Knowledge, Conservation and Livelihood
Av A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid, Niaz Ahmed Khan m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1861 kr
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This book highlights the importance of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) and their crucial role in sustaining the livelihood of rural and indigenous communities in Asia. The authors depict how the preservation of forests and the associated major non-wood resources may provide an important avenue to …
Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh
Policy and community development perspectives
Av Mohammad Shaheed Hossain Chowdhury
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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This book dealt with a number of issues under the broad subject matter of protected area focusing on the policy of collaborative management as a means to augment the forest conservation activities and enhance community development in Bangladesh. Studies covered in the book emerged with the success …
Forest Context and Policies in Portugal
Present and Future Challenges
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the Portuguese forests and forestry sector, including its history, its total economic value, current threats and opportunities and future challenges, namely the need to incorporate more planning and technology in forest management practices. The …
Brazilian Amazon
Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest
Inbunden, 2015
1010 kr
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The aim of this book is to analyse the current development scenario in the Amazon, using Terra Preta de Índio as a case study. To do so it is necessary to go back in time, both in the national and international sphere, through the second half of the last century to analyse its trajectory. It will …
Forest Context and Policies in Portugal
Present and Future Challenges
Häftad, 2016
1098 kr
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This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the Portuguese forests and forestry sector, including its history, its total economic value, current threats and opportunities and future challenges, namely the need to incorporate more planning and technology in forest management practices. The …
Brazilian Amazon
Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest
Häftad, 2016
1010 kr
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The aim of this book is to analyse the current development scenario in the Amazon, using Terra Preta de Índio as a case study. To do so it is necessary to go back in time, both in the national and international sphere, through the second half of the last century to analyse its trajectory. It will …
Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh
Policy and community development perspectives
Av Mohammad Shaheed Hossain Chowdhury
Häftad, 2016
1098 kr
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This book dealt with a number of issues under the broad subject matter of protected area focusing on the policy of collaborative management as a means to augment the forest conservation activities and enhance community development in Bangladesh. Studies covered in the book emerged with the success …
Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh
Av Tapan Kumar Nath, Mohammed Jashimuddin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1098 kr
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The book is immensely beneficial to the readers to have a clear understanding of various CBFM practices prevailing in Bangladesh.Providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of success stories concerning several CBFM practices in different forest areas of Bangladesh, together with their …
Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh
Av Tapan Kumar Nath, Mohammed Jashimuddin m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1067 kr
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The book is immensely beneficial to the readers to have a clear understanding of various CBFM practices prevailing in Bangladesh.Providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of success stories concerning several CBFM practices in different forest areas of Bangladesh, together with their …
Technological Transformation in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry 1800–2018
Comparative Perspectives
Av Timo Särkkä, Miquel Gutiérrez-Poch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2188 kr
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This contributed volume provides 11 illustrative case studies of technological transformation in the global pulp and paper industry from the inception of mechanical papermaking in early nineteenth century Europe until its recent developments in today’s business environment with rapidly changing …
Private or Socialistic Forestry?
Forest Transition in Finland vs. Deforestation in the Tropics
Inbunden, 2012
2188 kr
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While deforestation continues at an alarming rate around the world, discussions on the range of underlying causes continue. The premise is that studying successful transitions from deforestation to sustainable forestry ex post in Finland can provide novel insights into how deforestation in the …
Future of the World's Forests
Ideas vs Ideologies
Inbunden, 2010
1643 kr
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At the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit), solemn resolutions were made both to protect the world’s biodiversity and to co-operate on managing natural forests in a sustainable and ecologically responsible way. If anything, given recent developments …
Regreening the Bare Hills
Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region
Av David Lamb
Inbunden, 2010
2188 kr
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In Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region, David Lamb explores how reforestation might be carried out both to conserve biological diversity and to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor. While both issues have attracted considerable attention in recent …
