Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy - Hardcover

Deal, Robert L; White, Rachel; Benson, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560221658 ISBN 13: 9781560221654

Publisher: CRC Press, 2007

Synopsis

A global view of responsible forestry management

Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy examines emerging issues and key strategies for sustaining wood production while maintaining other forest resources. Internationally recognized forestry experts explore a broad range of topics on sustainable forestry at the local and global levels in the United States and around the world. Issues discussed include the development of conservation reserves in Australia; the silviculture of Scottish forests; barriers and opportunities for management in Central America; monitoring sustainable forest management in the Pacific Rim region; tropical Eucalypt plantations; and recent research projects in Europe.

Achieving a constant flow of forest goods and services to meet the world’s needs takes socially and environmentally acceptable solutions. Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy offers a diverse set of learned viewpoints integrating production issues within sustainable forest management. Influences on decision making are discussed, such as pricing, replanting, and subsidies. Future challenges are examined in detail, pollution and climate change. This valuable resource is extensively referenced and includes useful tables and figures.

Topics in Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy include:

• sustainable forestry from different scales ranging from local to international
• wood production and sustainable forest management in the United States
• development of conservation reserves and changes in forest management policies in Australia
• sustainability of European forests using examples from a variety of recent research projects
• barriers and opportunities for sustainable forestry in Central America
• silviculture and Scottish forestry at a time of change
• monitoring sustainable forest management in the Pacific Rim region
• increasing and sustaining productivity of tropical Eucalypt plantations over multiple rotations
  
  

Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy is a valuable, timely resource for forestry researchers, forest landowners and managers, forest policy specialists, educators, and students of sustainable forest management.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert L. Deal, PhD, is a research silviculturist and team leader for the Sustainable Wood Production Initiative (SWPI), Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. He has 25 years of professional forestry and research experience working throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. As team leader of the SWPI, he manages a research team of PNW scientists and university cooperators who conduct research on economic, ecological, and social issues related to sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest. His research interests include stand development, regeneration, and silvicultural systems, including alternatives to clearcutting, and practices to enhance compatible forest management. Dr. Deal has spent much of his career conducting research in Sitka spruce/western hemlock forests of southeast Alaska and is internationally recognized for his expertise in this forest type. His current research focuses on emerging issues for sustainable forest management and synthesizing information on the barriers and opportunities for sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Deal is Editor for the Western Journal of Applied Forestry.

Rachel White, is a science writer and editor for the Focused Science Delivery Program in the Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. Formerly a field biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, she is the author of Shapers of the Great Debate on Conservation, and was a contributing author on American Environmental Leaders, and a contributing author and editorial assistant on Birds of Oregon.

Gary L. Benson, PhD, is a Staff Ecologist on the Science Delivery Team, Focused Science Delivery Program, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. He has 32 years of professional ecology and forestry research experience working throughout the PNW and California. His areas of interest include landscape ecology, wildlife ecology, climate change, and long-term climate dynamics. He has spent parts of his career developing remote sensing applications for natural resources in Oregon and developing ecological guides for the Sierran National Forests in Northern California. He has worked on modeling and describing wildlife habitat needs in Northern California, as well as vegetative habitat needs for northern Spotted Owl in the PNW. Dr. Benson has worked in research and application programs involving ecosystem management in the PNW, as well as research oversight of the Northwest Forest Plan for the PNW Research Station.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1560221658
• ISBN 13: 9781560221654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307