LEADER 05269nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910145745403321 005 20170815112335.0 010 $a1-281-32088-9 010 $a9786611320881 010 $a0-470-75707-8 010 $a0-470-75683-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412482 035 $a(EBL)351544 035 $a(OCoLC)808684299 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000157102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147385 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138848 035 $a(PQKB)10051759 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351544 035 $a(PPN)152314482 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412482 100 $a20000202d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe forests handbook$hVolume 2$iApplying forest science for sustainable management$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Julian Evans 210 $aOxford ;$aMalden, MA, USA $cBlackwell Science$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (402 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-632-04823-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe Forests Handbook: Applying Forest Science for Sustainable Management; Contents; List of contributors; Preface to Volume 1; Preface to Volume 2; Acknowledgements; 1 The History and Impact of Forest Management; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Environmentalist pseudo-histories; 1.1.2 Forestry profession pseudo-history; 1.1.3 Definition of forest management; 1.1.4 Forest management typology; 1.2 Studying forest management history; 1.2.1 Evidence for woodland management in prehistoric Britain; 1.2.2 Recent advances in forest history; 1.2.3 Problems in finding and interpreting the evidence 327 $a1.3 The history of forest cover1.3.1 Early human influence on forest cover: fire and hunting; 1.3.2 Before farming: producing food by keeping forests in check?; 1.4 From forest use to forest management; 1.4.1 Forest and tree use in prehistory; 1.4.2 Why manage forests? Why not?; 1.4.3 When does use become management?; 1.5 Forest management by non-professionals; 1.5.1 Introduction; 1.5.2 Neolithic forest management in Central Europe; 1.5.3 Sacred groves in classical Eurasia; 1.5.4 Beyond mere subsistence: the value of forests in early medieval Britain and late medieval Normandy 327 $a1.5.5 Intensive forest management by farmers in late nineteenth century China1.5.6 Beating the foresters at their own game: Shorea javanica forests planted by farmers in Sumatra; 1.6 Forest management by professionals; 1.6.1 Repressive roots: protecting the king's forests against the people in medieval England; 1.6.2 The deep roots of modern silviculture; 1.6.3 Oberwolfach: from Femelwald to chessboard forestry and back; 1.6.4 Operation successful patient died: the Malayan Uniform System; 1.6.5 Seeing the broadleaved trees for the conifer forest: participatory forest restoration in Nepal 327 $a1.7 The impact of forest management on forests1.7.1 Biodiversity loss through discontinuing forest management practices; 1.8 Conclusions: leaving the margins of history; 1.8.1 The forestry profession: getting better with age?; 1.8.2 Devising forest policies that work; 1.8.3 Forestry development aid: learning to overcome Euro-professionalism; 1.8.4 Let a thousand forests flourish; Part 1: Sustaining Forest Influences; 2 Forest Reserves Parks and Wilderness: An Australian Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Worldwide status of parks and reserves; 2.2.1 A global perspective 327 $a2.2.2 Australian national parks and conservation reserves2.3 A short history of forestry in Australia; 2.4 Comprehensive regional forest assessments; 2.4.1 Regional forest assessments and agreements; 2.4.2 Outcomes of the Tasmanian Forest Assessment Process; 2.5 Wilderness and forest management; 2.6 Wilderness assessment and identification; 2.6.1 Wilderness assessment in the comprehensive forest: assessment process; 2.6.2 Assessment criteria; 2.7 A new approach to wilderness assessment; 2.7.1 The Brogo Wilderness Assessment Programme; 2.8 Summary; 3 Forests as Protection from Natural Hazards 327 $a3.1 What is a protection forest? 330 $aThe 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. Volume One presents an overview of the world's forests 606 $aForests and forestry 606 $aAgriculture 615 0$aForests and forestry. 615 0$aAgriculture. 676 $a333.75 676 $a634.9 701 $aEvans$b Julian$f1946-$0916500 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910145745403321 996 $aThe forests handbook$92054494 997 $aUNINA