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History of forestry. Forest conditions

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  • Woodlandsby David Lindenmayer; Mason Crane; Damian Michael; Esther Beaton

    CSIRO Publishing 2005; US$ 35.95

    Discover the often-overlooked beauty of Australia's woodlands and native plants and animals they support. more...

  • Project Vesta: Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forestby JS Gould; WL McCaw; NP Cheney; PF Ellis; IK Knight; AL Sullivan

    CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 25.95

    Details the comprehensive research project to investigate the behaviour and spread of high-intensity bushfires in dry eucalypt forests. more...

  • Woodland Habitatsby Mark Frater; Helen J. Read

    Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 79.95

    Exploring the history and ecology of British woodlands, this text explains why they are such a valuable resource. It offers a practical guide to issues including: ecology of woodland habitats and organisms; conservation and management; and coppicing, pasture woodland and commercial forestry. more...

  • Development of forest resources in the European part of the Russian Federationby A.I. Pisarenko

    BRILL 2001; US$ 100.00

    The aim of this study is to describe the distribution and development of forest resources in the European part of Russia. Due to the availability of basic information, this study concentrates on lands under the authority of the Federal Forest Service of Russia. more...

  • Forest related perspectives for regional development in Europeby P. Hyttinen

    BRILL 2002; US$ 88.00

    Most of the less-favoured regions in Europe feature large areas of forestland. The FORWARD (Forest Resources for Work Opportunities and Regional Development) project was initiated to generate employment and income based on forest resources. This report presents the findings of the project. more...

  • Recreational and Environmental Markets for Forest Enterprisesby U. Mantau; M. Merlo; W. Sekot; B. Welcker

    CAB International 2001; US$ 170.00

    The 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...

  • Forest Policy for Private Forestryby L.D. Teeter; B. Cashore; D. Zhang

    CAB International 2002; US$ 145.00

    There is a great concern about the sustainability of forestry and the contribution of private forestry towards this aim. It is therefore important to develop effective policies to support or shape private forestry. This book includes a selection of revised papers from a conference on the subject. more...

  • Valuing Mediterranean Forestsby M. Merlo; L. Croitoru

    CAB International 2005; US$ 140.00

    This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic value of Mediterranean forests, including not only the more obvious benefits (e.g. timber), but also the less commonly-measured public goods (e.g. tourism and conservation) that these forests provide. more...

  • Tropical Forests, International Jungleby Marie-Claude Smouts

    Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 105.00

    Beginning with how the issue entered the world stage in the 1980s despite alarms over it in the 1950s, this text explores the complexities of what tropical forests are, and the role they play in environmentalism and almost every facet of natural and social life for those living there and beyond. more...

  • Great Lakes Forestby Susan L. Flader

    University of Minnesota Press 1979; US$ 35.00

    The 18 papers in this book were written in an effort to understand the relation between social and environmental change in the Great Lakes forest, a region that includes northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and adjacent parts of Ontario. Contributors from the biological and social sciences, the humanities, and the management professions view the forest as a dynamic ecosystem that includes people, with their attitudes and institutions, as well as forest vegetation, waters, and wildlife. This multidisciplinary approach provides fresh and provocative insights into the history of the region. An introductory chapter by Susan Flader explores the concept of the dynamic ecosystem, contrasting it with earlier notions of human-environmental relations... more...