Author: Angelo RitaPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832510914
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Forests under pressure: The need for interdisciplinary approaches to address forest vulnerability to tree mortality in response to drought
Author: Angelo RitaPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832510914
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
World Heritage forests
Author: International Union for Conservation of NaturePublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231004808
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
People, Forests, and Change
Author: Deanna H. OlsonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610917677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Forests throughout the world are undergoing rapid, far-reaching change as a result of natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The challenge is to manage these forests in ways that avoid formulaic approaches to complex issues. This book takes on the challenge of balancing local economies, wood products, and biodiversity by proposing diverse new approaches to forest management using new research from the moist coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. --
Management of Nutrition in Forests under Stress
Author: H.W. ZöttlPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401132526
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
Proceedings of the International Symposium, held in Freiburg, Germany, September 18-21, 1989
Insects and Diseases of Mediterranean Forest Systems
Author: Timothy D. PainePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319247441
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Insect and disease issues are often specific to the Mediterranean forest systems rather than shared with the temperate forests. In addition to the specific native insects and diseases, the forests are subject to the invasion of exotic species. The forests are also at risk from high degrees of human activity, including changing patterns of forest fires, land management activities, intensive plantation forestry using introduced timber species from other Mediterranean climate zones, and atmospheric deposition. Combined with elements of global climate change that may disproportionately affect Mediterranean climate systems, this creates a number of significant management issues that are unique to the Mediterranean forests. It is our goal that the information contained in this volume will contribute to understanding the unique aspects of Mediterranean forest systems and to protecting these critical resources.
Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World
Author: Dominick A. DellaSalaPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597266760
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Temperate rainforests are biogeographically unique. Compared to their tropical counterparts, temperate rainforests are rarer and are found disproportionately along coastlines. Because most temperate rainforests are marked by the intersection of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems, these rich ecotones are among the most productive regions on Earth. Globally, temperate rainforests store vast amounts of carbon, provide habitat for scores of rare and endemic species with ancient affinities, and sustain complex food-web dynamics. In spite of their global significance, however, protection levels for these ecosystems are far too low to sustain temperate rainforests under a rapidly changing global climate and ever expanding human footprint. Therefore, a global synthesis is needed to provide the latest ecological science and call attention to the conservation needs of temperate and boreal rainforests. A concerted effort to internationalize the plight of the world’s temperate and boreal rainforests is underway around the globe; this book offers an essential (and heretofore missing) tool for that effort. DellaSala and his contributors tell a compelling story of the importance of temperate and boreal rainforests that includes some surprises (e.g., South Africa, Iran, Turkey, Japan, Russia). This volume provides a comprehensive reference from which to build a collective vision of their future.
Managing Northern Europe's Forests
Author: K. Jan OosthoekPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785336010
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Northern Europe was, by many accounts, the birthplace of much of modern forestry practice, and for hundreds of years the region’s woodlands have played an outsize role in international relations, economic growth, and the development of national identity. Across eleven chapters, the contributors to this volume survey the histories of state forestry policy in Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, and Great Britain from the early modern period to the present. Each explores the complex interrelationships of state-building, resource management, knowledge transfer, and trade over a period characterized by ongoing modernization and evolving environmental awareness.
Sustainable Development Goals
Author: Pia KatilaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108486991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Kyrgyzstan's Walnut-fruit Forests
Author: Jürgen BlaserPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831703879
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A collection of papers, many translated from Russian, that were originally presented at a seminar held in 1995 to increase international awareness about Kyrgyzstan's unique walnut-fruit forests. Subject matter includes the historical and present-day utilization and management of these forests, their ecological diversity and importance for biodiversity conservation, and measures adopted for the genetic improvement of walnut, Juglans regia, and other commercially important species.
The Implications of Climate and Sea-Level Change for Bangladesh
Author: R.A. WarrickPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400902417
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Although the "greenhouse effect" and "global climate change" have been the subjects of scientific scrutiny for many decades, only recently have they received widespread public attention. Two major events helped generate this attention. First, in 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its findings on the science, impacts and policy implications of climate change. The findings of the IPCC, prepared and reviewed extensively by the world's leading experts in the field, confirmed that the increasing atmospheric concentrations of "greenhouse" gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and the chlorofluorocarbons, could cause the world to warm and sea level to rise. Second, in 1992 the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) inRio de Janeiro focussed the attention of the world's national governments, as well as organisations and individuals outside the governments, on the threat of global climate change. The Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), signed by nations at UNCED, reflects both the concern about the effects of climate change and the urgent need for action to prevent or reduce its potential impacts, particularly with respect to the vulnerable developing countries of the world. Bangladesh ratified the FCCC on 15 April 1994. The countries that have signed and ratified the FCCC are obligated to report to the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on a number of inter related issues.