Participatory Monitoring in Tropical Forest Management

Participatory Monitoring in Tropical Forest Management
Author: Kristen Evans
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Community forestry
ISBN: 9791412634

How to use this review; Methods; Concepts; Lessons learned; Impacts of participatory monitoring; Conclusions: looking back, looking ahead; Matrix table of case studies, methods and tools.

River Dynamics and Integrated River Management

River Dynamics and Integrated River Management
Author: Zhao-Yin Wang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 855
Release: 2014-09-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 364225652X

"River Dynamics and Integrated River Management” provides comprehensive information on rivers for integrated management, including natural processes, stresses resulting from human activities, and restoration of various parts of the river basin, including the watershed, mountain streams, alluvial rivers, estuaries, and natural and man-made lakes. Essential concepts, traditional and modern, such as river patterns, step-pool systems, vegetation-erosion charts, habitat diversity, and flushing times of bays, are clearly defined physically and explained with figures and pictures. Detailed mathematics and rigorous analyses are avoided so as to facilitate a holistic view of the subject of integrated river management. Researchers can easily familiarize themselves with the science of river management in its widest sense with the impressive pictures and examples in this book. Dr. Zhaoyin Wang is a professor at the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee is a Chair Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China. Dr. Charles S. Melching is a Professor at the College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Forest Landscape Restoration

Forest Landscape Restoration
Author: Stephanie Mansourian
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1351620339

Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is a planned process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded landscapes. The aim of this book is to explore options to better integrate the diverse dimensions - spatial, disciplinary, sectoral, and scientific - of implementing FLR. It demonstrates the value of an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to help implement FLR focusing specifically on four issues: understanding the drivers of forest loss and degradation in the context of interdisciplinary responses for FLR; learning from related integrated approaches; governance issues related to FLR as an integrated process; and the management, creation and use of different sources of knowledge in FLR implementation. The emphasis is on recognising the need to take human and institutional factors into consideration, as well as the more obvious biophysical factors. A key aim is to advance and accelerate the practice of FLR, given its importance, particularly in a world facing increasing environmental challenges, notably from climate change. The first section of the book presents the issue from an analytical and problem-orientated viewpoint, while later sections focus on solutions. It will interest researchers and professionals in forestry, ecology, geography, environmental governance and landscape studies.

Fisheries Management

Fisheries Management
Author: Robert T. Lackey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1980
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

The objective of this book is to present a broad discussion of fisheries management for use by students as a textbook and by professionals as a reference.

Integrated Public Lands Management

Integrated Public Lands Management
Author: John B. Loomis
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2002-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0231505582

Integrated Public Lands Management is the only book that deals with the management procedures of all the primary public land management agencies—National Forests, Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and the Bureau of Land Management—in one volume. This book fills the need for a unified treatment of the analytical procedures used by federal land management agencies in planning and managing their diverse lands. The second edition charts the progress these agencies have made toward the management of their lands as ecosystems. It includes new U.S. Forest Service regulations, expanded coverage of Geographic Information Systems, and new legislation on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Wildlife Refuges.

Forest and Stream Management in the Oregon Coast Range

Forest and Stream Management in the Oregon Coast Range
Author: Stephen D. Hobbs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2002
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

This major volume presents a wealth of fundamental and applied research on managing Coast Range forest and stream ecosystems. Written primarily for managers and resource specialists, the book will also appeal to policymakers, resource scientists, forest landowners, the conservation community, and students interested in forestry, fisheries, and wildlife sciences.