Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century
Editors: Fenning, Trevor (Ed.)
Free Preview- This book tackles the enormously important and complex issues facing the world’s forests today, posed by climate change, conservation objectives, sustainable development needs, and the growing demand for affordable energy, along with analyses of the difficulties and opportunities that these present
- Contains contributions from numerous internationally recognised experts in these fields
- These articles are explicitly intended to be accessible to a wide range of users from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, who may need to gain a rapid understanding of the key issues and opportunities facing the world’s forests over the coming century, as well as for the rich contribution that forests themselves can make for dealing with these issues
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This book addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by the world’s forests posed by climate change, conservation objectives, and sustainable development needs including bioenergy, outlining the research and other efforts that are needed to understand these issues, along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them. It contains sections on sustainable forestry & conservation; forest resources worldwide; forests, forestry and climate change; the economics of forestry; tree breeding & commercial forestry; biotechnological approaches; genomic studies with forest trees; bio-energy, lignin & wood; and forest science, including ecological studies. The chapters are contributed by prominent organisations or individuals with an established record of achievement in these areas, and present their ideas on these topics with the aim of providing a ready source of information and guidance on these topics for politicians, policy makers and scientists for many years to come.
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From the book reviews:
“This work can serve as a textbook for a capstone class for forestry majors and is also a useful reference for graduate students, active forest science researchers, and forest management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)
- Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-19
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A Burning Issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems
Pages 23-35
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Silviculture of Planted Forests Managed for Multi-functional Objectives: Lessons from Chinese and British Experiences
Pages 37-54
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Forests for All? Considering the Conservation Implications of Human-Species Interactions in the Context of Multifunctional Forestry
Pages 55-69
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Human Engagement with Forest Environments: Implications for Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing
Pages 71-92
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century
- Editors
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- Trevor Fenning
- Series Title
- Forestry Sciences
- Series Volume
- 81
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- Distribution Rights
- Distribution rights for India: Delhi Book Store, New Delhi, India
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-7076-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-7076-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-7075-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-0221-6
- Series ISSN
- 0924-5480
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 838
- Number of Illustrations
- 32 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
- Topics
