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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Ecoforestry
Author: Ecoforestry
Author: Duncan M. TaylorPublisher: Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
North American forestry practices until now have been based on an industrial model now widely perceived to be unsustainable and obsolete. Ecoforestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable, Forest Use focuses on the new paradigm -- the philosophy, goals, policies, and practices of ecologically and economically sustainable forest use.Encyclopedic in scope, Ecoforestry collects in a single volume some of the most renowned authors and practitioners in the field who challenge the industrial forestry, model, then outline the ingredients of a radically alternative approach to forest stewardship. Topics covered include ecoforestry principles and practices; forest ecosystem components and restoration; ethnobotany; fire and ecosystem management; community forestry; wood and forest products certification; the deep ecology movement; and current ecoforestry practitioners and techniques.
International Journal of Ecoforestry
Author: Good Forestry
Author: Alan WittbeckerPublisher: 3 Muses Books, SynGeo ArchiGraph
ISBN: 0911385215
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
These essays describe the art, science, philosophy, and practice of ecological forestry, using examples drawn from the projects of the Ecoforestry Institute.
Environmental Ethics and Forestry
Author: Peter C. ListPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781566397858
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
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.
Sustainability
Author: Community Forestry
Author: Ryan C. L. BullockPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521137586
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
An incisive examination of community forestry in a pan-national context, highlighting both the possibilities and challenges associated with its implementation.
The Deep Ecology Movement
Author: Alan DrengsonPublisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1556431988
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Deep ecology, a term coined by noted Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, is a worldwide grassroots environmental movement that seeks to redress the shallow and piecemeal approache of technology-based ecology. Its followers share a profund respect for the earth's interrelated natural systems and a sense of urgency about the need to make profound cultural and social changes in order to respore and sustain the long-term health of the planet. This comprehensive introduction to the Deep Ecology movement brings tgether Naess' groundbreaking work with essays by environmental thinkers and activists responding to and expanding on its philosophical and practical aspects. Contributors include George Sessions, Gary Snyder, Alan Drengson, Dll Devall, Freya Matthews, Warwick Fox, David Rothenberg, Michael E. Zimmerman, Patsy Hallen, Dolores LaChapelle, Pat Fleming, Joanna Macy, John Rodman, and Andrew Mclaughlin. The Authrs offer diverse viewpoints- from ecofeminist, scientific, and purely philosophical approaches to Christian, Buddhist, and Gandhian-based principles. Their essays show how social, technological, psychological, philosophical, and institutional issues are aall fundamentally related to our attitudes and values toward the natural world.
The Wealth of Forests
Author: Chris TollefsonPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774806826
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
These are turbulent, unpredictable, yet opportune times for Canadian forestry. Never before have competing demands on Canada’s forest resources been so great. At the same time, we are finally being forced to confront the sustainable limit of these resources. Now, the improbable has happened: government, industry, First Nationa, and NGOs appear to be part of an emerging consensus that industrial forestry in Canada must change. The Wealth of Forests is a pioneering attempt to grapple with the policy implications of the transition to sustainable forestry. While much has been written on the theory and practice of sustainable forestry and on the relative merits of regulatory versus market approaches to environmental protection, these literatures have nnot as yet been bridged. Using illustrations based on recent developments in British Columbia forest policy, this collection provides that bridge by analyzing the potential and limits of market, regulatory, and other policy instruments as means of achieving sustainability. Featuring new work by many of Canada’s leading forest policy scholars, this interdisciplinary collection is devoted to translating the concept of sustainability into practice in key areas of forest policy, including tenure, timber pricing, forest practices, land-use zoning, and eco-certification. The Wealth of Forests also considers how domestic and international legal regimes might constrain the adoption of policies that could bring us close to the elusive goal of sustainable forestry.
Environmental Problem Solving
Author: Alan MillerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461214408
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Human influences create both environmental problems and barriers to effective policy aimed at addressing those problems. In effect, environmental managers manage people as much as they manage the environment. Therefore, they must gain an understanding of the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of environmental problems that they are attempting to resolve. In Environmental Problem Solving, Alan Miller reappraises conventional analyses of environmental problems using lessons from the psychosocial disciplines. He combines the disciplines of ecology, political sociology and psychology to produce a more adaptive approach to problem-solving that is specifically geared toward the environmetal field. Numerous case studies demonstrate the practical application of theory in a way that is useful to technical and scientific professionals as well as to policy makers and planners. Alan Miller is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick.