Forestry in a global context /

• Other Authors: Sands, Roger, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Forests and forestry.; Forestry Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Wood Utilization and Engineered Wood Products.; Chemical and Biological Processing of Wood.; Non-wood Forest Products.; Energy.; Meteorology and Climate.; Bioenergy.; Biofuels.; Climate.; Climate change.; Ecosystem services.; Forest management.; Forest plantations.; Forest policy.; Forest resources.; Forestry.; Forests.; History.; Human activity.; Non-wood forest products.; Paper.; Social forestry.; Sustainability.; Tropical forests.; Wood products.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book with eleven chapters explores forestry in a global context. The book contains discussion on the following topics: history of human interaction with forests; forests of the world; environmental value of forests; wood and paper products; bioenergy, innovative biomaterials, non-wood forest products; forest dynamics in the tropics; sustainable forest management; forestry and climate change; plantations for wood production with environmental care; social forestry; and international forest policy.