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Forest Context and Policies in Portugal

Present and Future Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Fernando Reboredo

    1. Department of Earth Sciences,Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal

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  • Offers a full integration of the issues related to forest and landscape dynamics with economic analyses
  • Also the relationships between forest, society and environment are enhanced and discussed
  • Emphasis on the current multi-functional role of Portuguese forest and its intrinsic value, foreseeing the future in a context of a sustainable forest management
  • A comprehensive state of the art, raising important questions about future forest policies in the European Union context and the ongoing climate changes
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Forests (WFSE, volume 19)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Evolution of Forest Cover in Portugal: From the Miocene to the Present

    • Fernando Reboredo, João Pais
    Pages 1-37

  3. The Portuguese Forest Based Chains: Sector Analyses

    • Graça Louro, Maria Monteiro, Luís Constantino, Francisco Rego
    Pages 39-65

  4. Drought Effects on Portuguese Forest Cover

    • Fernanda Pessoa, Fernando Lidon, Fernando Reboredo
    Pages 67-96

  5. Forest Fires in Portugal: Dynamics, Causes and Policies

    • Paulo Mateus, Paulo M. Fernandes
    Pages 97-115

  6. Pests and Diseases in Portuguese Forestry: Current and New Threats

    • Manuela Branco, Helena Bragança, Edmundo Sousa, Alan JL Phillips
    Pages 117-154

  7. Forest Planning in Portugal

    • João Pinho
    Pages 155-183

  8. Spatial Characterization of Maritime Pine Productivity in Portugal

    • Cristina Santos, José A. Almeida
    Pages 185-217

  9. Forest Policies in a Changing International Context

    • Francisco Rego, Luis Constantino, Graça Louro
    Pages 219-233

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 235-239
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About this book

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 methodological approach of analysing the forestry sector in terms of its total economic value, and the use of this new perspective to correctly perceive the forest sector and to base development strategies is unique. Also, the use of new methods and technologies in the Portuguese forestry sector will be an opportunity to share these experiences with a wider international audience. For example, fire incidence during the summer has almost no parallel in the Western World, implying that Portuguese forest landscapes function as a “natural lab of wildfires” from which much can be learned globally. Thus, the outcomes of the fire management policies adopted might represent important lessons for Mediterranean basin countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth Sciences,Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal

    Fernando Reboredo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Forest Context and Policies in Portugal

  • Book Subtitle: Present and Future Challenges

  • Editors: Fernando Reboredo

  • Series Title: World Forests

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08455-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08454-1Published: 12 September 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34550-5Published: 24 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08455-8Published: 28 August 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0785-8388

  • Series E-ISSN: 1566-0427

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 239

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Forestry Management, Environmental Management, Plant Ecology

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