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Tree Faller's Manualby ForestWorks
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 24.95Covers risk assessment, theory and techniques for manual tree-felling. more...
Forest Trees of Australiaby DJ Boland; MIH Brooker; GM Chippendale; N Hall; BPM Hyland; RD Johnston; DA Kleinig; MW McDonald; JD Turner
CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 125.00The classic Australian guide ? now fully revised and updated with nearly 300 of Australia?s most important native trees. more...
Grassfiresby Phil Cheney; Andrew Sullivan
CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 35.95The latest information from CSIRO on the behaviour and spread of fires in grasslands. more...
Burning Issuesby Mark Adams; Peter Attiwill
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 49.95The role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, and how to manage fire both for safety and for diversity. more...
Forest Products Biotechnologyby Alan Bruce; John Palfreyman
CRC Press 1997; US$ 170.00This text presents a review of specialist research directed towards efficient and environmentally sensitive use of forests. An introductory chapter explains the structure and anatomy of wood. more...
Rural Politicsby Michael Winter
Routledge 1996; US$ 67.95Rural Politics provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside, both in terms of major land use and economic and social development. more...
Reframing Deforestationby James Fairhead; Melissa Leach
Routledge 1998; US$ 67.95Reframing Deforestation suggests that the scale of destruction wrought by West African farmers during the twentieth century has been vastly exaggerated and global analyses have unfairly stigmatized them. more...
Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forestsby John A. Stanturf; Palle Madsen
CRC Press 2004; US$ 159.95In recent years, restoration of forest ecosystems has gained much interest. Forestry research and management has undergone profound change over the last decade, and restoration has become a policy goal in many countries. Nevertheless, until now there has been no authoritative reference that consolidates the state of the art of forest restoration into one comprehensive volume. Written by internationally recognized authors, Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests summarizes the entire range of restoration protocols at both local and regional scales and documents and compares case studies of forest restoration projects in a geographically diverse range of temperate and boreal zones. more...
The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazonby Lykke E. Andersen; Clive W. J. Granger; Eustaquio J. Reis; Diana Weinhold; Sven Wunder
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 99.00Making use of a uniquely rich data set the authors analyze the ecological and economic impacts of a range of policies and examine whether the economic benefits of land clearing surpass the ecological costs. Their conclusions are surprising. more...
Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asiaby Michael L. Ross; Randall Calvert; Thrainn Eggertsson
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 69.00This book explores the breakdown of the institutions that govern natural resource exports in developing states, using case studies of timber booms in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. These institutions often succumb to 'rent-seizing' - the predatory behavior of politicians who seek to supply rent to others. more...