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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 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...
Wood Quality and its Biological Basisby John Barnett; George Jeronimidis
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2009; US$ 229.95Wood is the most versatile raw material available to man. It is burned as fuel, shaped into utensils, used as a structural engineering material, converted into fibres for paper production, and put to newer uses as a source of industrial chemicals. Its quality results largely from the chemical and physical structure of the cell walls of its component fibres, which can be modified in nature as the tree responds to physical environmental stresses. Internal stresses can accumulate, which are released catastrophically when the tree is felled, often rendering the timber useless. The quality of timber as an engineering material also depends on the structure of the wood and the way in which it has developed in the living tree. Tree improvement... more...
Forest Sampling Desk Referenceby Evert W. Johnson
CRC Press 2000; US$ 199.95A 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...
Economics, Sustainability, and Natural Resourcesby Shashi Kant; R. Albert Berry
Springer 2005; US$ 219.00Forest 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...
Cut and Runby Rob Glastra
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 regulations ? the rules already exist. If countries are to manage their forest sustainably they must implement existing laws effectively, and they must do so now! Cut and Run offers readers valuable insight on how this might be done. more...
The international timber tradeby Tim Peck
Woodhead Publishing Limited 2001; US$ 255.00Wood and wood products are essential to large areas of the world economy, yet until now there has been no single definitive reference source to which those new to or requiring a strategic overview of the industry could turn for a comprehensive picture of the market chain from forest to consumer. The international timber trade remedies this, providing a detailed overview of the entire timber and timber products business in an authoritative and accessible style. Written by a leading expert, The international timber trade is essential reading for a wide range of interested groups including managers in the timber industry and trade, the financial community with interests in the sector, academics and students in forestry management and related studies,... more...
The Measurement of Roundwoodby M.A. Fonseca
CAB International 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...
Corkby Helena Pereira
Elsevier 2007; US$ 137.00This comprehensive book describes cork as a natural product, as an industrial raw-materials, and as a wine bottle closure. From its formation in the outer bark of the cork oak tree to the properties that are of relevance to its use, cork is presented and explained including its physical and mechanical properties. The industrial processing of cork from post-harvest procedures to the production of cork agglomerates and composites is described. Intended as a reference book, this is the ideal compilation of scientific knowledge on state-of-the-art cork production and use Key Features: *Presents comprehensive coverage from cork formation to post-harvest procedures *Explains the physical properties, mechanical properties and quality of cork *Addresses... more...
A-Rafting on the Mississipby Charles Edward Russell
University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 57.00During the nineteenth century, pine logs were lashed together to form easily floatable rafts that traveled from Minnesota and Wisconsin down the Mississippi River to build the farms and towns of the lower Midwest. These huge log rafts were steered down the river by steamboat pilots whose skill and intimate knowledge of the river?s many hazards were legendary. Charles Edward Russell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the history and river lore of seventy years of lumber rafting. more...









