Forests and society : sustainability and life cycles of forests in human landscapes /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Forests and forestry > Social aspects.; Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable forestry.; History and Biography.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Forest Fires.; Meteorology and Climate.; Pollution and Degradation.; Biological Resources (Plant); Natural Disasters.; Human Health and the Environment.; Plant Ecology.; Insects.; Air pollution.; Carbon cycle.; Climatic change.; Decision making.; Ecological disturbance.; Environmental management.; Environmental protection.; Forest ecology.; Forest fires.; Forest management.; Forest pests.; Forest resources.; Forestry practices.; Forests.; Global warming.; Globalization.; History.; Human activity.; Insect pests.; Introduced species.; Natural disasters.; Nature conservation.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Public health.; Resource utilization.; Sustainability.; Vertebrate pests.; Volcanic activity.; War.; Wildfires.; Wind damage.; Wind effects.; Electronic books.
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 This book, which contains 8 chapters, provides a framework for the general public, forest managers and policy makers to understand what factors need to be included when working towards using and protecting the world's forests so that they can be sustained. Topics covered include: historical perceptions and use of forests; the creation of today's forest landscapes by global societies; decision making related to forests becoming democratic and globalized; changing views about the ecology and conservation of forests; the historical and continuing impacts of human disturbances (i.e., air pollution, climatic change, salt injury, introduced plants, introduced insects, introduced pathogens, forest management activities and wars) on forests; the relevance of natural disturbances (i.e., wildfires, wind, extreme temperature and moisture, volcanic eruptions, pathogens, and insect and vertebrate pests) in maintaining sustainable forests; the relationship of human health to forest management; and the relationship among forests, humans and the carbon cycle. Case studies from Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, China, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and the USA, are also included.