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The Forests Handbook, Volume 2 : Applying Forest Science for Sustainable Management by Julian Evans; Wiley InterScience is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The future of the world's forests is at the forefront of environmental debate. Rising concerns over the effects of deforestation and climate change are highlighting the need both to conserve and manage existing forests and woodland through sustainable forestry practices. The Forests Handbook, written by an international team of both scientists and practitioners, presents an integrated approach to forests and forestry, applying our present understanding of forest science to management practices, as a basis for achieving sustainability. <p>Volume One presents an overview of the world's forests; their locations and what they are like, the science of how they operate as complex ecosystems and how they interact with their environment. Volume Two applies this science to reality; it focuses on forestry interventions and their impact, the principles governing how to protect forests and on how we can better harness the enormous benefits forests offer. Case studies are drawn from several different countries and are used to illustrate the key points.</p> <p>Development specialists, forest managers and those involved with land and land-use will find this handbook a valuable and comprehensive o

Who reads The Forests Handbook, Volume 2 : Applying Forest Science for Sustainable Management?

Author

Julian Evans; Wiley InterScience

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780632048182

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Economics, Science