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Author: Peter H. Freer-Smith Publisher: CABI ISBN: 1845932951 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 279
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Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face - both in terms of its potential impact on our societies and the earth, and the scale of international co-operation that is needed to confront it. Emerging as a component of the international dialogue on the environment and climate, the role of forests in influencing earth systems will need to be assessed. Drawing together perspectives from researchers and policy makers, this book explores how forests will interact with the physical and natural world, and with human society as the climate changes. Also considered is how the world's forests can be managed to contribute to the mitigation of climate change and to maximize the full range of economic and non-market benefits. Providing an examination of the science, a detailed consideration of the science policy interface and the international frameworks and conventions, this book is valuable reading for all those interested in sustainable forest management, climate change and the associated environmental sciences.
Author: Peter H. Freer-Smith Publisher: CABI ISBN: 1845932951 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 279
Book Description
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face - both in terms of its potential impact on our societies and the earth, and the scale of international co-operation that is needed to confront it. Emerging as a component of the international dialogue on the environment and climate, the role of forests in influencing earth systems will need to be assessed. Drawing together perspectives from researchers and policy makers, this book explores how forests will interact with the physical and natural world, and with human society as the climate changes. Also considered is how the world's forests can be managed to contribute to the mitigation of climate change and to maximize the full range of economic and non-market benefits. Providing an examination of the science, a detailed consideration of the science policy interface and the international frameworks and conventions, this book is valuable reading for all those interested in sustainable forest management, climate change and the associated environmental sciences.
Author: Frances Seymour Publisher: Brookings Institution Press ISBN: 1933286865 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 389
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Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.
Author: Arnab Banerjee Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1000007243 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 397
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This book looks at using forestry and several other innovative measures to facilitate environmental sustainability, covering an important selection of research that focuses on scientific applications and trends. Chapters discuss such diverse topics as using agroforestry for resource management, employing legumes in agroforestry, livestock management for climate change mitigation, introducing higher plants for air pollution mitigation in urban industrial areas, the uses and benefits of sludge, technological assessment of sewage treatment plants, and much more. This book will be a helpful and informative reference for those in the disciplines of forestry, agriculture, ecology, and environmental science and will also be a pathway to addressing new concepts for a sustainable world.
Author: Constance McDermott Publisher: Earthscan ISBN: 1849774927 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 393
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This book provides a uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and precisely-tuned policy solutions.
Author: J P Hamish Kimmins Publisher: UBC Press ISBN: 9780774842853 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 342
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In the past decade, there has been much debate over the environmental impact of forestry. People are justifiably concerned about what is happening to the local and global forest environments, but they are also confused by the polarized rhetoric that has characterized both sides of the debate. In Balancing Act, Hamish Kimmins calls for a balanced, more objective approach to forestry issues in order to bridge the gap between the most extreme opponents in the debate. He suggests that we need to begin with a common understanding of what forestry is about and how forest ecosystems work. He outlines the scientific and ecological aspects of the major environmental issues facing British Columbia and the world today, arguing that we need to disentangle the scientific from the value-based social aspects of these questions. He also contends that much of the current debate about forests and their management ignores the time dimension of ecosystems, and he calls for a more dynamic view of current environmental issues in forestry -- one that accounts for change. The first few chapters provide an outline of the basic principles of forestry and ecology, and subsequent chapters discuss the major environmental issues facing forestry in the 1990s. These include clearcutting, slashburning, management chemicals, old growth, biological diversity, 'new forestry, ' climate change, acid rain, the comparison between temperate and tropical forestry, and long-term decisions in forestry. Balancing Act is essential reading for those who are searching for an objective, accurate, and readable evaluation of the issues at the heart of the forestry/environment debate. By emphasizing that forests are not static but change over time, Kimmins adds an important, often ignored, dimension to the discussion. Only by understanding all the intricacies of the ecosystems can we learn to manage our forests in a sustainable fashion.
Author: Matti Palo Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9401147469 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 425
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This book addresses current global and regional issues concerning the world's forests, societies and the environment from an independent and non-governmental point of view. A main message is that cooperation on a global scale is not only commendable, but essential if solutions to the problems facing the world's forests are to be found. To achieve this, modern science needs to find a clearer picture of relationships between forests, human activity and the environment and of the consequences of environmental change for the ability of societies to survive. Part I, Editorial Perspectives, is analyzing the ongoing globalization processes of forests, societies and the environment. Part II, Society and Environment, reviews worldwide trends with significance for the future of forests and forestry. While the trends are influenced by forest sector issues, that sector is influenced to a much larger extent by external factors - such as demography, urbanization, or technological development. Part III, Importance of Forests, looks at the value of the goods and services of forests; tangible and intangible; market and non-market; and concludes that failure to recognize their full value is one of the crucial impediments to sustainable development. In Part IV, Global Forum, scientists take up global forestry themes - deforestation, trade and the environment, climate change, biodiversity - with the aim of stimulating wider discussion. Part V, Regional Forum, looks at major themes of particular relevance to Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, North America and Europe, such as farm and agroforestry, corruption and concessions, urban forestry and environmental conflicts. Part VI introduces the special theme - forest sectors in transition economies. Teams of scientists from Russia and China focus on the implications of the transition from plan to market economy, illuminating both the very different nature of the forest sector in the two countries and the different transition paths that they have adopted. In the past millennium the entire world has been discovered. In the past half century the contribution of forests to the economy worldwide has been perceived, while only recently have their societal and environmental benefits been globally recognized. Globalization is a demanding process requiring knowledge and information. This book offers knowledge, facts and information – but also values from diverse human and cultural perspectives – about world forests, society and environment to help us towards equity in our use of the global forest, to create a clearer vision on a unasylva.
Author: Peter H. Freer-Smith Publisher: Cabi ISBN: 9781845935962 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face - both in its potential impact on our societies and the Earth, and in the scale of international co-operation that is needed to confront it. Emerging as a component of the international dialogue on the environment and climate, the major role of forests in influencing Earth systems is becoming clear. Drawing together perspectives from researchers and policy makers, this book explores how forests will interact with the physical and natural world and with human society as the climate changes. Also considered is how the world's forests can be managed to contribute to the mitigation of climate change and to maximize their full range of economic and non-market benefits. Providing an examination of the science, a detailed consideration of the science-policy interface and the international frameworks and conventions, this book is valuable reading for policy makers, scientists, students and all those interested in sustainable forest management, climate change and the associated environmental sciences. Related Titles Planted Forests: Uses, Impacts and Sustainability Edited by J. Evans 2009 c. 224 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 564 1 Plant Cold Hardiness: From the Laboratory to the Field Edited by L. Gusta, M. Wisniewski and K. Tanino 2009 c. 320 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 513 9 Socio-economic Research Methods in Forest Management J. Herbohn, S. Harrison, J. Bliss, J. McDaniel, J. Suh, L. Teeter and J. Vanclay 2009 c. 416 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 526 9 Greenhouse Gas Sinks Edited by D. Reay, N. Hewitt, K. Smith & J. Grace 2007 320 pages ISBN 978 1 84593 189 6
Author: Roberto Tognetti Publisher: MDPI ISBN: 3036506489 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 264
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Ecophysiological mechanisms underlie plant responses to environmental conditions and the influence these responses have on ecological patterns and processes. In this Special Issue, with a particular interest in the interactions between climate change, environmental disturbance, and functional ecology, experimental observations are described at a range of spatial scales. A modeling framework is used in an effort to relate mechanistic responses to ecosystem functions and services, and link forest ecophysiology and environmental indicators. This Special Issue collects important advances in studying and monitoring plant–environment interactions, covering biogeographic gradients from Mediterranean woodlands to boreal forests and from Alpine mountains to tropical environments.
Author: Peter C. List Publisher: Temple University Press ISBN: 9781566397858 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 388
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Since the mid-1970s, American forestry has come under increasingly vigorous scrutiny. This reader brings together a variety of thinking in environmental ethics and philosophy as it applies to forestry.
Author: Peter H. Freer-Smith
Author: Peter H. Freer-Smith
Author: Frances Seymour
Author: Arnab Banerjee
Author: Constance McDermott
Author: J P Hamish Kimmins
Author: Matti Palo
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Author: Roberto Tognetti
Author: Peter C. List
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