Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
Author: Robert John Raison
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2001
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9780851998923

There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices, but a lack of knowledge about how to facilitate this, and how to measure sustainability. This book reviews current thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations. Information is applicable to boreal, temperate and tropical biomes. The contents have been developed from papers presented at a IUFRO conference held in Australia, in order to develop a state-of the art report on this subject.

Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest

Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest
Author: Philip Joseph Burton
Publisher: NRC Research Press
Total Pages: 1056
Release: 2003
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780660187624

Presenting a summary of the development in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for some of the world's northern forests. It includes a selection of chapters based on the research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada. It includes a number of case histories.

Sustainable Forestry

Sustainable Forestry
Author: Keith M. Reynolds
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 551
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1845931742

This book reviews the current state-of-the-art within each of the four major themes: science and policy; inventory and monitoring; statistics and modelling; and information and knowledge management, in the context of sustainable forestry. It fosters dialogue across thematic areas concerning both strategic and operational approaches to integrate research on sustainable forestry. It also enhances and encourages international collaboration towards sustainable forestry practice worldwide.

Managing for Healthy Ecosystems

Managing for Healthy Ecosystems
Author: David J. Rapport
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1548
Release: 2002-10-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420032135

One of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as: Evolving methods f

Legal, Institutional, and Economic Indicators of Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management

Legal, Institutional, and Economic Indicators of Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2005
Genre: Forest conservation
ISBN:

"This review looks at the Nation's legal, institutional, and economic capacity to promote forest conservation and sustainable resource management. It focuses on 20 indicators of Criterion Seven of the so-called Montreal Process and involves an extensive search and synthesis of information from a variety of sources. It identifies ways to fill information gaps and improve the usefulness of several indicators. It concludes that there is substantial information about the application of such capacities, although that application is widely dispersed among agencies and private interests; which in turn has led to differing interpretations of the indicators. Individual chapters identify a need to further develop the conceptual foundation on which many of the indicators are predicated. While many uncertainties in the type and accuracy of information are brought to light, the review clearly indicates that legal, institutional, and economic capacities to promote sustainability are large and widely available in both the public and private sectors."--P. vi.