Forestry and environmental change : socioeconomic and political dimensions : report no. 5 of the IUFRO Task Force on environmental change /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, in association with The International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), 2005.
• Series: IUFRO research series ; 11.
• Subjects: Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects.; Forests and forestry > Social aspects.; Forest management.; Forestry Economics, (New March 2000); Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Meteorology and Climate.; Pollution and Degradation.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Capital.; Certification.; Climatic change.; Deforestation.; Forestry.; Forests.; Multiple use.; Nature reserves.; Socioeconomics.; Sustainability.; Tropical forests.; Zoning.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, which contains 14 chapters, considers the interactions between forestry and environmental (climatic) change, from social and economic perspectives. Topics discussed include: deforestation in temperate and tropical forests, the application of forest zoning as an alternative to multiple use forestry, capital management, establishment of large-scale reserves in temperate and boreal forests, and social revolutions in forest management. This book will be of significant interest to those studying forestry, climate change and natural resource economics.