Forestry in a global context / Roger Sands.

By:

Sands, Roger [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0851990894
9780851990897

Subject(s):

Forests and forestry

DDC classification:

634.9 22

LOC classification:

SD131 .S26 2005

Contents:

Ch. 1. A history of human interaction with forests -- Ch. 2. Forests of the world -- Ch. 3. The environmental value of forests -- Ch. 4. Forest products -- Ch. 5. Deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics -- Ch. 6. Sustainable forest management -- Ch. 7. Forest plantations -- Ch. 8. Social forestry.

Review: "This book is an introductory text which sets world forestry in the context of social, environmental, historical, economic and conservation issues. It focuses on the world's forests and how people have related to them and how they have been used since the time of hunter-gatherers until today. It looks at the development of forests, grassland and humans from the Devonian through to the Age of Agriculture, the factors determining the distribution of forests, the classification of forest types, the value and benefits of the forest, the products of the forest and their associated trade. It also concentrates on current patterns of deforestation and reforestation, sustainable forest management, the role of plantations and the current issues in forestry and the future. This book will be of significant interest to students of forestry and related disciplines such as geography, plant science and socioeconomics."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book is an introductory text which sets world forestry in the context of social, environmental, historical, economic and conservation issues. It focuses on the world's forests and how people have related to them and how they have been used since the time of hunter-gatherers until today. It looks at the development of forests, grassland and humans from the Devonian through to the Age of Agriculture, the factors determining the distribution of forests, the classification of forest types, the value and benefits of the forest, the products of the forest and their associated trade. It also concentrates on current patterns of deforestation and reforestation, sustainable forest management, the role of plantations and the current issues in forestry and the future. This book will be of significant interest to students of forestry and related disciplines such as geography, plant science and socioeconomics."--BOOK JACKET.

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