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Economics, Sustainability, and Natural Resources
Springer 2006; US$ 199.99Forest resources are the ideal starting point for the economic analysis of sustainability. This book provides a critique of neoclassical economic approaches and their limitations with respect to sustainability. It discusses key economic aspects of sustainable forest management, including complexity, ethical issues, non-convexities, and more. more...
Forest Certification in Sustainable Development
CRC Press 2000; US$ 139.95This text highlights the history, importance and rewards of forest certification. It discusses the issues involved in mainstream forestry, and what can be done to create sustainable forestry. The authors present the certification process as practised by the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood. more...
Forest Sampling Desk Reference
CRC Press 2000; US$ 239.95A treatment of systematic forest sampling. It explains the uses and limitations of individual sampling designs in forest inventory operations. The text contains detailed derivations of commonly-used statistical methods in forestry, and provides examples that highlight the statistical methods. more...
Cut and Run
International Development Research Centre 1999; US$ 25.00Illegal logging and trade in timber is a major cause of forest degradation in the world today. Not only does it threaten biodiversity-rich old growth forests, it also endangers the livelihoods of the traditional communities that are dependent upon them. But controlling this global problem is not a simple matter of enacting new laws and enforcing new... more...
The Measurement of Roundwood
CABI 2005; US$ 100.00The ability to measure roundwood quantity and quality, and predict product yields is of great importance to forest industries. However, roundwood metrics is a topic that is often difficult to understand due to counterintuitive trends, inconsistencies and variability in a number of factors. more...
Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management, IUFRO Research Series, No. 7
CABI 2001; US$ 170.00There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices. This book reviews thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations. more...
Methods and Approaches in Foresty History, IUFRO Research Series, No. 3
CABI 2000; US$ 130.00A companion to ''Forest History: International Studies on Socioeconomic and Forest Ecosystem Change'' which includes over 20 papers from the same conference. It focuses on different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history. more...
Recreational and Environmental Markets for Forest Enterprises
CABI 2001; US$ 170.00The work is based on an EU-funded project, conducted from four university or research centres. Many case studies and surveys are presented providing practical solutions to market forest goods and services. These empirical data are then related to economic models concerning public goods. more...
Protocol for Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants
Springer 2006; US$ 84.99This book contains 46 chapters, divided into 4 sections : A) 12 chapters on conifers, B) 14 chapters on fruits, C) 14 chapters on angiosperms, and D) 6 chapters on histology, bioencapsulation, protoplasts, cryopreservation, double staining and thin cell layer sectioning. The book provides stepwise protocols for somatic embryogenesis of a range of selected... more...
Tree Transgenesis
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 219.99Tree improvement is necessary to meet the growing demand for the renewable resource wood. Many novel possibilities to obtain improved species are offered by biotechnology, and the time is ripe for a critical evaluation of the chances and challenges of tree transgenesis. This book provides concise information on the related topics. more...









