Author: Michigan State University. Cooperative Extension ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agroforestry extension
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Reaching the Potential of Private Forests in the United States Through Education
Author: Michigan State University. Cooperative Extension ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agroforestry extension
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Climate Change Education
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030930542X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The forested land in the United States is an asset that is owned and managed not only by federal, state, and local governments, but also by families and other private groups, including timber investment management organizations and real estate investment trusts. The more than 10 million family forestland owners manage the largest percentage of forestland acreage (35 percent) and the majority of the privately owned forestland (62 percent). The Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for the stewardship of all of the nation's forests, has long worked with private owners of forestland on forest management and preservation. At a time when all forestland is facing intensified threats because of the long-term effects of global climate change, the Forest Service recognizes that family forestland owners play a key role in protecting forestland. It is working to identify optimal ways to engage this diverse group and support them in mitigating threats to the biologically diverse land they own or manage. Climate Change Education: Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change is the summary of a workshop, convened by the National Research Council's Board on Science Education and Board on Environmental Change and Society as part of its Climate Change Education Roundtable series, to explore approaches to the challenges that face state foresters, extension agents, private forestry consultants, and others involved with private family forestland owners on how to take climate change into consideration when making decisions about their forests. The workshop focused on how findings from the behavioral, social, and educational sciences can be used to help prepare for the impacts of climate change. The workshop participants discussed the threats to forests posed by climate change and human actions; private forestland owners' values, knowledge, and dispositions about forest management, climate change, and related threats; and strategies for improving communication between forestland owners and service providers about forest management in the face of climate change.
Agroforestry Systems
Author: Jane Potter GatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Quick Bibliography Series
Author: Targeting Educational Programs to Stimulate Investments in Private Forestland
Author: Arthur Scott ReedAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1994
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
Book Description
Research Paper NE
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Forest Resources Policy
Author: Paul V. EllefsonPublisher: McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Intended for use as a text in forest policy and for reference purposes for students of forestry, range management and other fields of natural-resource management, this book focuses on renewable forest resources and on the political processes dealing with the development, implementation and review of policies and programs.
National Program of Research for Forests and Associated Rangelands
Author: United States. Science and Education AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest policy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Forests on the Edge
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Forest policy
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The private working land base of America's forests is being converted to developed uses, with implications for the condition and management of affected private forests and the watersheds in which they occur. The Forests on the Edge project seeks to improve understanding of the processes and thresholds associated with increases in housing density in private forests and likely effects on the contributions of those forests to timber, wildlife, and water resources. This report, the first in a series, displays and describes housing density projections on private forests, by watershed, across the conterminous United States. An interdisciplinary team used geographic information system (GIS) techniques to identify fourth-level watersheds containing private forests that are projected to experience increased housing density by 2030. Results indicate that some 44.2 million acres (over 11 percent) of private forests--particularly in the East, where most private forests occur--are likely to see dramatic increases in housing development in the next three decades, with consequent impacts on ecological, economic, and social services. Although conversion of forest land to other uses over time is inevitable, local jurisdictions and states can target efforts to prevent or reduce conversion of the most valuable forest lands to keep private working forests resilient and productive.