This book is a collection of current research work on the economic and social impacts of, and policy responses to, global change mainly in the sout...

Agroforestry is an approach to alternative land use based on deliberate integration of trees with crops and livestock production systems. It combin...

This book examines the economic implications for sustainable forest management of globalisation and related structural changes in the forest sector...

Combining personal experience with concrete fact, A K Hellum's "Listening to Trees" tells the story of a man's lifelong journey to salvage today's ...

Natural resource policy and management in the United States often are characterized by limited budgets and multiple, and sometimes competing, socie...

Mangrove forests along the vast expanses of Indonesia's 95,180 kilometres of shoreline have long attracted man's curiosity for some time. These uni...

This book explores the National Forest System with a focus on congressionally designated special management areas and road-less area initiatives. C...

Forest ecology includes within its scope the components and functions of forest ecosystems -- a community of organisms interacting with each other ...

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at l...

Forest ecosystems cover around 31% of the total land area of the Earth. They represent important biodiversity and genetic resources; provide materi...

This book makes a significant academic contribution because the study enriches the theories of social capital, governance and participatory forestr...

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the types, threats and management of pine forests. Topics discussed i...

This book is organised into three main parts: plantation forestry in context; plantation silviculture and management and plantation forestry econom...

Rainforests represent one of Earth's most precious natural resources. With swaths of forested land spanning the globe, rainforests house over half ...

For over a century, Experimental Forests and Ranges (EFRs) have provided critical science on the ecosystems and management activities of the Nation...

Widespread concern about global climate change has led to agreements to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and, under certain circumstances, ...

This monograph especially emphasises the importance of the scope, by which forest fires, from year to year endanger the environment, including casu...

This book explores the U.S. forest service plans for responding to climate change. The mission of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agricultur...

In recent decades, managing the nation's public and private forests and rangelands has become increasingly complex, requiring a sound understanding...

"Shore's mind is awake, always, to the lyrical potential of an ordinary moment and the consolations of memory and old friendships, awake to the sat...

It has been estimated that more than 30% of the global land surface is subject to a considerable frequency of vegetation fires (Chuvieco et al., 20...