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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub., 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 590 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 333.75
• Soggetto topico: Forests and forestry; Sustainable development; Mountain ecology
• Altri autori: PriceMartin F ButtN (Nathalie)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Forests in sustainable mountain development
• ISBN: 1-280-81193-5; 9786610811939; 0-85199-934-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815183203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IUFRO research series ; ; 5.