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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815183203321

Titolo

Forests in sustainable mountain development : a state of knowledge report for 2000 / / edited by M.F. Price and N. Butt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub., 2000

ISBN

1-280-81193-5

9786610811939

0-85199-934-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 590 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

IUFRO research series ; ; no. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

PriceMartin F

ButtN (Nathalie)

Disciplina

333.75

Soggetti

Forests and forestry

Sustainable development

Mountain ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Foreword: Linking mountain forests conservation with sustainable human development; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Mountain Forests: Location, Characteristics and Trends; 2 Mountain Communities and Their Forests; 3 Interdependencies between Mountain and Lowland Populations; 4 Perceiving and Assuring the Multiple Functions of Mountain Forests; 5 Multiple Functions from Mountain Forests I. Mountain Forests: Sources of Wood; 6 Multiple Functions from Mountain Forests II. Agroforestry and Non-timber Forest Products

7 Multiple Functions from Mountain Forests III. Diverse Societal Benefits 8 Legislation, Policies and Economic Instruments; 9 Institutions for Mountain Forests; 10 Research, Implementation and Communication; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by international authors, this book presents a comprehensive view of forests in mountain regions, and their sustainable development. It is based on a report prepared by the UUFRO Task Force in Sustainable Mountain Development, for the IUFRO Congress held in August 2000.