Author: Elizabeth HerbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Forest Management by West Coast Water Utilities
Author: Elizabeth HerbertForest Management by West Coast Water Utilities
Author: Elizabeth HerbertA guide to forest–water management
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251348510
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive. Forests and trees are integral to the global water cycle and therefore vital for water security – they regulate water quantity, quality, and timing and provide protective functions against (for example) soil and coastal erosion, flooding, and avalanches. Forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our freshwater, delivering water to over half the world’s population. The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water ecosystem services. Intact native forests and well-managed planted forests can be a relatively cheap approach to water management while generating multiple co-benefits. Water security is a significant global challenge, but this paper argues that water-centered forests can provide nature-based solutions to ensuring global water resilience.
Measuring and Assessing the Effectiveness of Alternate Forest Management Practices on Water Quality
Author: Water & the Forest Service
Author: Managing California's Water
Author: Ellen HanakPublisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN: 1582131414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Forest management and the impact on water resources
Author: García Chevesich, PabloPublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231002163
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Trees have been around for more than 370 million years, and today there are about 80 thousand species of them, occupying 3.5 billion hectares worldwide, including 250 million ha of commercial plantations. While forests can provide tremendous environmental, social, and economic benefits to nations, they also affect the hydrologic cycle in different ways. As the demand for water grows and local precipitation patterns change due to global warming, plantation forestry has encountered an increasing number of water-related conflicts worldwide. This document provides a country-by-country summary of the current state of knowledge on the relationship between forest management and water resources. Based on available research publications, the Editor-in-Chief of this document contacted local scientists from countries where the impact of forest management on water resources is an issue, inviting them to submit a chapter.
USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW.
Author: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
General Technical Report PSW.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Research and Cumulative Watershed Effects
Author: Leslie M. ReidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description