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State of the World's Forests 2005
Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789251051870 |
This is the sixth edition of the biennial report on the current state of global forest resources and recent developments and emerging issues in the forest sector. It includes contributions from key non-governmental organisations and from individuals, as well as articles written by FAO staff. This edition focuses on options for sustainable forestry management to maximise the sector's economic viability, and issues discussed include forest resources, conservation aspects, institutional issues and legal frameworks, international policy developments, the economic benefits of agroforestry, wood energy production, import tariffs and non-tariff measures, and the impact of violent conflicts on forest resources.
The Forest Certification Handbook
Author | : Ruth Nussbaum |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2013-06-17 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 113655405X |
First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning all aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues. Yet since first publication an enormous amount has happened in the field. This new second edition has been entirely rewritten to incorporate the changes over the past decade, and is a complete and up-to-date source of information on all aspects of developing, selecting and operating a forest certification programme that provides both market security and raises standards of forest management.
Forestry in a Global Context
Author | : Roger Sands |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780851990897 |
This book is an introductory text which sets world forestry in the context of social, environmental, historical, economic and conservation issues. It focuses on the world's forests and how people have related to them and how they have been used since the time of hunter-gatherers until today. It looks at the development of forests, grassland and humans from the Devonian through to the Age of Agriculture, the factors determining the distribution of forests, the classification of forest types, the value and benefits of the forest, the products of the forest and their associated trade. It also concentrates on current patterns of deforestation and reforestation, sustainable forest management, the role of plantations and the current issues in forestry and the future.
Report, FAO/ITTO Expert Consultation on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
Author | : FAO/ITTO Expert Consultation on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Forest management |
ISBN | : |
ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance
Author | : Kheng-Lian Koh |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 1406 |
Release | : 2012-11-09 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9814329584 |
News: The 2012 Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law is awarded to Emeritus Professor Koh Kheng-Lian in recognition of her important and pioneering contributions to the development and evolution of environmental law in Singapore and in the whole ASEAN region. Her contributions have been particularly significant in the areas of capacity building and scholarship in the field of ASEAN environmental law. ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance: Selected Documents, in two volumes, contains a judicious compilation of relevant ASEAN environmental instruments. These documents deal with ASEAN's progressive development of environmental law, policy and governance. Volume II covers sectoral areas including natural resources and biodiversity, forestry, agriculture and food, cultural heritage, coastal and marine environment, water resources management, zoonotic diseases and the environment, energy and climate change, environmental disaster management, environmental education, environmental governance and epilogue. ASEAN has grown in stature and has an important role to play in developing global environmental sustainability. Regional organizations such as the European Union and governments of countries like the United States, Australia, China and India are partners in ASEAN's endeavours to develop a green planet. This book will be of interest in an interconnected environmental world. This book is also available as a set with ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance (Volume I).
Towards Equitable Partnerships Between Corporate and Smallholder Partners
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Agricultural development projects |
ISBN | : |
Monitoring Forest Biodiversity
Author | : Toby Gardner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2012-01-09 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0415507154 |
First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics
Author | : M. Bonell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 970 |
Release | : 2009-12-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781139443845 |
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.