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World Forests, Society, and Environment by Matti Palo, Jussi Uusivuori (auth.), Matti Palo, Jussi Uusivuori (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is World Forests, Society, and Environment about?
This book addresses current global and regional issues concerning the world's forests, societies and the environment from an independent and non-governmental point of view. A main message is that cooperation on a global scale is not only commendable, but essential if solutions to the problems facing the world's forests are to be found. To achieve this, modern science needs to find a clearer picture of relationships between forests, human activity and the environment and of the consequences of environmental change for the ability of societies to survive. Part I, __Editorial Perspectives__, is analyzing the ongoing globalization processes of forests, societies and the environment. Part II, __Society and Environment__, reviews worldwide trends with significance for the future of forests and forestry. While the trends are influenced by forest sector issues, that sector is influenced to a much larger extent by external factors - such as demography, urbanization, or technological development. Part III, __Importance of Forests__, looks at the value of the goods and services of forests; tangible and intangible; market and non-market; and concludes that failure to recognize their full value
Who reads World Forests, Society, and Environment?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Matti Palo, Jussi Uusivuori (auth.), Matti Palo, Jussi Uusivuori (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780792353010
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Nature, Management, Agriculture
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