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 per...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perceptions and Uses of Forests / Kristiina A. Vogt, Robert I. Gara, Jon M. Honea, Daniel J. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Patricia A. Roads, Anna Fanzeres and Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir
• Global Societies and Forest Legacies Creating Today's Forest Landscapes / Kristiina A. Vogt, Jon M. Honea, Daniel J. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Robert L. Edmonds, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, David G. Briggs and Michael G. Andreu
• Human Dimensions of Forests : Democratization and Globalization of Forest Uses / Kristiina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Jon M. Honea, Robert I. Gara, Daniel J. Vogt, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Anna Fanzeres and Michael G. Andreu
• Ecology and Conservation of Forests / Jon M. Honea and Kristiina A. Vogt
• Human and Natural Disturbances Impacting Forests / Robert L. Edmonds, Kristiina A. Vogt and Toral Patel-Weynand
• Forests and the Carbon Cycle / Daniel J. Vogt, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Darlene Zabowski and Toral Patel-Weynand
• Emerging Issues in Forests / Kristiina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Gretchen K. Muller, Daniel J. Vogt, Jon M. Honea, Robert L. Edmonds, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir and Michael G. Andreu
• It's a Small World After All / Daniel J. Vogt and Patricia A. Roads.