Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management / / editors, R. John Raison, Alan G. Brown, David W. Flinn

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA : , : CABI Pub., , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (476 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 333.75
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable forestry; Forest management
• Altri autori: RaisonR. John (Robert John) BrownA. G <1931-> (Alan Gordon) FlinnDavid W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Application of Criteria and Indicators to Support Sustainable Forest Management: Some Key Issues; 3 Policy Inflation, Capacity Constraints: Can Criteria and Indicators Bridge the Gap?; 4 Between Voodoo Science and Adaptive Management: the Role and Research Needs for Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management; 5 'Whose Forest is this, Anyway?' Criteria and Indicators on Access to Resources; 6 Representing the Future: A Framework for Evaluating the Utility of Indicators in the Search for Sustainable Forest Management ; 7 SFM Indicators as Tools in Political and Economic Contexts: Actual and Potential Roles8 Legal Frameworks in Criteria and Indicator Approaches; 9 Collaborative Action and Technology Transfer as Means of Strengthening the Implementation of National-level Criteria and Indicators; 10 Inventory and Forecasting Productive Capacity for Natural Forests; 11 Indicators for Sustained Productive Capacity of New Zealand and Australian Plantation Forests; 12 Indicators to Guide Management for Multiple Forest Use; 13 Impacts of Environmental Stress on Forest Health: the Need for More Accurate Indicators ; 14 Guiding Concepts for the Application of Indicators to Interpret Change in Soil Properties and Processes in Forests 15 Catchment and Process Studies in Forest Hydrology: Implications for Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management; 16 The Role of Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle; 17 Ecosystem-level Forest Biodiversity and Sustainability Assessments for Forest Management; 18 Assessing the Success of Off-reserve Forest Management in Contributing to Biodiversity Conservation; 19 Spatial Patterns and Fragmentation: Indicators for Conserving Biodiversity in Forest Landscapes; 20 An Approach to Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management at the Sub-national Level in European Forestry; 21 Conclusions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices. This book reviews thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations.
• Titolo autorizzato: Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
• ISBN: 1-280-81167-6; 9786610811670; 0-85199-892-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780315703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IUFRO research series ; ; 7.