Achieving the Sustainable Management of Forests / / by Alastair Fraser
| Achieving the Sustainable Management of Forests / / by Alastair Fraser |
| Autore | Fraser Alastair |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 pages) |
| Disciplina | 634.92 |
| Collana | Sustainable Development Goals Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Forest management Environmental management Biodiversity Climatic changes Environmental geography Sustainable Development Forestry Management Environmental Management Climate Change Management and Policy Environmental Geography |
| ISBN | 3-030-15839-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. The definition and meaning of sustainable forest management -- Chapter3. The reasons for the lack of sustainably managed forests at present -- Chapter4. Policy and the political will -- Chapter5. Institutions and policy instruments required to ensure forests are managed sustainably -- Chapter6. Land rights issues and rural poverty -- Chapter7. The sustainability of biodiversity -- Chapter8. Environmental sustainability and climate change -- Chapter9. Sustainability of the supply of timber and non timber forest products -- Chapter10. Illegal logging -- Chapter11. The economics of timber and NTFPs -- Chapter12. Valuation of ecosystem services -- Chapter13. Costs of forest management and regeneration -- Chapter14. International and global issues -- Chapter15. Verification of sustainability -- Chapter16. Awareness raising among politicians and the public in general -- Chapter 17. Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910767580603321 |
Fraser Alastair
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anthropogenic Tropical Forests : Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier / / edited by Noboru Ishikawa, Ryoji Soda
| Anthropogenic Tropical Forests : Human–Nature Interfaces on the Plantation Frontier / / edited by Noboru Ishikawa, Ryoji Soda |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XLIII, 639 p. 316 illus., 177 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 710 |
| Collana | Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
City planning Forest management Soil science Soil conservation Physical geography Economics - Sociological aspects Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Forestry Management Soil Science & Conservation Earth System Sciences Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology |
| ISBN | 981-13-7513-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Commodification of Nature on the Plantation Frontier -- 2. Geomorphological Landscapes of Borneo and Riverine Society of the Kemena Catchment, Sarawak -- 3. Land-use Types along the Kemena River–Tubau–Lower Jelalong Region, Sarawak -- 4. Trend Analysis of Rainfall Characteristics in the Kemena and Tatau River Basins, Sarawak -- 5. Multiethnic Society of Northwest Borneo: An Ethnographic Analysis -- 6. Commodified Frontier: Jungle Produce Trade and Kemena Basin Society in History -- 7. The History of Local Communities: Migration, Kin Relations and Ethnicity -- 8. Diversity of Medium- to Large-sized Ground-dwelling Mammals and Terrestrial Birds in Sarawak -- 9. Species Composition and Use of Natural Salt Licks by Wildlife Inside a Production Forest Environment in Central Sarawak.-10. Above-Ground Biomass and Tree Species Diversity in Anap Sustainable Development Unit, Sarawak -- 11. Influence of Herbicide Use in Oil Palm Plantations on Stream Water Chemistry in Sarawak -- 12. Spatial Variations in Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon in the Kemena and Tatau Rivers, Sarawak -- 13. Stream Fish Biodiversity and the Effects of Plantations in the Bintulu Region, Sarawak -- 14. The Effects of Landscape and Livelihood Transitions on Hunting Activity in Sarawak -- 15. From River to Road? Changing Living Patterns and Land Use of Inland Indigenous Peoples -- 16. The Impact of RSPO Certification on Oil Palm Smallholdings in Sarawak -- 17. The Autonomy and Sustainability of Small-scale Oil Palm Farming in Sarawak -- 18. The Bird’s Nest Commodity Chain between Sarawak and China -- 19. The Feeding Ecology of Edible Nest Swiftlets in a Modified Landscape in Sarawak -- 20. Swiftlet Farming: New Commodity Chains and Techniques -- 21. Current Status and Distribution of Communally Reserved Forests in a Human-modified Landscape in Bintulu, Sarawak -- 22. Transitions in the Utilisation and Trade of Rattan in Sarawak: Past to Present, Local to Global -- 23. Oil Palm Plantations and Bezoar Stones: An Ethnographic Sketch of Human–Nature Interactions in Sarawak -- 24. Estate and Smallholding Oil Palm Production in Sarawak: A Comparison of Profitability and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 25. Tropical Timber Trading from Southeast Asia to Japan -- 26. Certifying Borneo’s Forest Landscape: Implementation Process of Forest Certification in Sarawak -- 27. Changing Patterns of Sarawak’s Exports, c.1870–2013 -- 28. Into a New Epoch: Capitalist Nature in the Plantationocene. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910366632003321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biocultural Diversity in Europe / / edited by Mauro Agnoletti, Francesca Emanueli
| Biocultural Diversity in Europe / / edited by Mauro Agnoletti, Francesca Emanueli |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (532 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | Environmental History |
| Soggetto topico |
Landscape ecology
Sustainable development Forest management Landscape Ecology Sustainable Development Forestry Management |
| ISBN | 3-319-26315-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Traditional Mediterranean Polycultural Landscape as Cultural Heritage: Its Origin and Historical Importance, Its Agro-silvo-pastoral Complexity and the Necessity for its Identification and Inventory -- 2. Connections Between Natural and Cultural Diversity in the Landscape of the Małopolski Vistula Gorge and the Nałęczów Plateau (Eastern Poland) -- 3. The Garfagnana Model for Exploiting Agrarian and Cultural Biodiversity: The White Garfagnina Sheep Breed, A Case Study of Sustainable Local Development -- 4. Resilient Agrarian Landscapes in Face of Changes: The Coevolutive Approach to Understand the Links Between Communities and Environmental Characters -- 5. Wooded Grasslands as Part of the European Agricultural Heritage. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254123603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bioenergy from Wood : Sustainable Production in the Tropics / / edited by Thomas Seifert
| Bioenergy from Wood : Sustainable Production in the Tropics / / edited by Thomas Seifert |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.794 |
| Collana | Managing Forest Ecosystems |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest management
Renewable energy resources Forests and forestry Materials science Forestry Management Renewable and Green Energy Forestry Materials Science, general |
| ISBN | 94-007-7448-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Bioenergy from wood in the tropics -- 2. Localisation of biomass potentials -- 3. Modelling and simulation of tree biomass -- 4. Managing Southern African woodlands for biomass production: The potential challenges and opportunities -- 5. Biomass production in intensively managed forests -- 6. Biomass Harvesting and logistics -- 7. Biomass conversion to bioenergy products -- 8. Biomass Quality -- 9 Socio-economic aspects of rural bio-energy production -- 10. Ecological impacts of biomass production at stand and landscape levels -- 11. Determination of the environmental implications of bio-energy production using a life-cycle assessment approach. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298306903321 |
| Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biology, Productivity and Bioenergy of Timber-Yielding Plants : An Experimental Technology / / by Maginot Ngangyo Heya, Ratikanta Maiti, Rahim Foroughbakhch Pournavab, Artemio Carrillo-Parra
| Biology, Productivity and Bioenergy of Timber-Yielding Plants : An Experimental Technology / / by Maginot Ngangyo Heya, Ratikanta Maiti, Rahim Foroughbakhch Pournavab, Artemio Carrillo-Parra |
| Autore | Ngangyo Heya Maginot |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 144 p. 70 illus., 65 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 582.16 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Plant Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Plant physiology
Forest management Forest products Plant ecology Plant breeding Trees Plant Physiology Forestry Management Wood Science & Technology Plant Ecology Plant Breeding/Biotechnology Tree Biology |
| ISBN | 3-319-61798-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253950803321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biosafety of Forest Transgenic Trees : Improving the Scientific Basis for Safe Tree Development and Implementation of EU Policy Directives / / edited by Cristina Vettori, Fernando Gallardo, Hely Häggman, Vassiliki Kazana, Fabio Migliacci, Gilles Pilate, Matthias Fladung
| Biosafety of Forest Transgenic Trees : Improving the Scientific Basis for Safe Tree Development and Implementation of EU Policy Directives / / edited by Cristina Vettori, Fernando Gallardo, Hely Häggman, Vassiliki Kazana, Fabio Migliacci, Gilles Pilate, Matthias Fladung |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.956 |
| Collana | Forestry Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Trees
Plant breeding Forest management Environmental monitoring Environmental sociology Tree Biology Plant Breeding/Biotechnology Forestry Management Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Environmental Sociology |
| ISBN | 94-017-7531-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Genetic engineering – contribution to forest tree breeding efforts -- New transformation technologies for trees -- Lessons from 25 years of GM tree field trials in Europe and prospects for the future -- Lessons from two decades of field trials with genetically modified trees in the USA: Biology and regulatory compliance -- Specific environmental considerations for GM trees and guidance on their risk assessment and monitoring -- Field trials with GM trees: A step-by-step approach -- Soil effects of genetically-modified trees (GMTs) -- Potential Environmental Impact of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Trees -- Potential impacts of GM trees on the environment and on plant “omics”: questionnaire-based responses -- Approaches and tools for a socio-economic assessment of GM forest tree crops: Factors for consideration in Cost-Benefit Analyses -- Public knowledge and perceptions of safety issues towards the use of genetically modified forest trees: A cross-country pilot survey -- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS’ POTENTIAL PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS TRANSGENIC DERIVED FOREST PRODUCTS: THE GREEK CASE -- Socio-economic considerations for decision making on GM tree cultivation -- Value communication in the field of agri-food -- The COST Action FP0905 experience on the Web: Web 2.0 and scientific dissemination. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253874303321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Brazilian Amazon : Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest / / by Joana Bezerra
| The Brazilian Amazon : Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest / / by Joana Bezerra |
| Autore | Bezerra Joana |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.98107 |
| Collana | World Forests |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest management
Environmental law Environmental policy Forestry Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice |
| ISBN | 3-319-23030-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Foreword 1; The Amazon, a Most Enticing Subject; Foreword 2; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Photographs; Abbreviations; Abstract; 1 Introduction; Introduction; References; 2 Terra Preta de Índio and Amazonian History; Introduction; Terra Preta do Índio; History of the Terra Preta Research; Perceptions of Amazonians Soils; From 1980 Onwards; The Past, the Present and Terra Preta; Agriculture and Soil; Amazonia as a Pristine Forest; Amazonian Legacies and Their Importance; Where to from Now; References; 3 The Amazon and Brazilian Development Policies; Introduction
Humans, Nature and the AmazonDifferent Perspectives Towards the Amazon; The Amazon and Brazil; Governance; The Amazon Before the Military Coup; The Military Regime; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The Return to Democracy; Decentralisation; The 1990s; International Interests; Unresolved Issues; Land Reform; Property Rights; Terra Preta de Índio; The Amazon and Government Policy---What Lies Ahead?; References; 4 The Amazon and the International Political Arena; Introduction; The International Environment Agenda and Brazil; From the Colonial Period Until 1912 From 1912 Until the Military Coup of 1964The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; The 2000s; Environmental Governance; Globalisation; Governance; Climate Regime; What About Terra Preta de Índio?; References; 5 The Sustainability Paradigm and the Future of the Amazon; Introduction; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development and Terra Preta de Índio; Climate Change and the Amazon Rainforest; Ecosystem Services and REDD; Unresolved Issues; What to Expect; References; 6 Terra Preta de Índio and the Future of the Amazon; Introduction; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298260603321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century / / edited by Trevor Fenning
| Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century / / edited by Trevor Fenning |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (823 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.75 |
| Collana | Forestry Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Forests and forestry
Climatic changes Conservation biology Ecology Forest management Trees Forestry Climate Change Conservation Biology/Ecology Forestry Management Tree Biology |
| ISBN | 94-007-7076-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Introduction -- PART 1. Sustainable Forestry & Conservation Objectives -- 1. A Burning Issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems -- 2. Silviculture of planted forests managed for multi-functional objectives: lessons from Chinese and British experiences -- 3. Forests for all? Considering the conservation implications of human-species interactions in the context of multifunctional forestry -- 4. Human engagement with forest environments – implications for physical and mental health and wellbeing -- 5. Sustainable Forest Management in China: Achievements in the Past and Challenges Ahead -- 6. The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic Examination of People’s Perspective -- PART 2. Forest Resources Worldwide -- 7. Global trends and outlook for forest resources -- 8. Save the Forests : Use more wood -- PART 3. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change -- 9. Forests in the global carbon cycle -- 10. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change -- 11. Insect invasions and climate change in forest ecosystems -- PART 4. The Economics of Forestry -- 12. How cost-effective is forestry for climate change mitigation? -- 13. Additionality of climate change mitigation activities -- 14. Different Economic Approaches to Forest Management -- PART 5. Tree Breeding & Commercial Forestry -- 15. A Roadmap to Eucalyptus Breeding for Clonal Forestry -- 16. Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-varietal Forestry -- 17. Modern Advances in Tree Breeding -- 18. A reality check in population management -- 19. Seed orchards and aspects on supporting tree breeding -- PART 6. Biotechnological approaches -- 20. Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GM trees -- 21. Scientific research related to genetically modified trees -- 22. Forest Biotechnology Futures -- 23. Research and Application of Transgenic Poplar in China -- PART 7. Genomic studies with forest trees -- 24. Genome resequencing in Populus: Revealing large-scale genome variation and implications on specialized-trait genomics -- 25. Comparative and evolutionary genomics of forest trees -- PART 8. Bio-energy, lignin and wood -- 26. Willows as a potential source of renewable fuels and diverse products -- 27. Woodfuel production in the UK - unlocking the existing resource and growing for the future -- 28. Bioenergy opportunities from forests in New Zealand -- 29. Creating the wood supply of the future -- PART 9. Forest Science, including ecological studies -- 30. Planning for the future: Community genetics applications for forest biodiversity and policy -- 31. The long reach of biogenic emissions in the atmosphere -- 32. Ecological aspects of host-insect interactions on the example of Quercus robur and Tortrix viridana -- 33. Forests have survived climate changes and epidemics in the past. Will they continue to adapt and survive? At what cost? -- 34. Horse chestnut bleeding canker – a 21st Century tree pathogen -- 35. The use of small footprint airborne LiDAR for the estimation of individual tree parameters in Sitka spruce stands. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298307103321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China’s Grain for Green Program : A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World / / by Claudio O. Delang, Zhen Yuan
| China’s Grain for Green Program : A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World / / by Claudio O. Delang, Zhen Yuan |
| Autore | Delang Claudio O |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina |
333.7
333.72 338.927 577 634.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Nature conservation Biotic communities Sustainable development Forest management Environmental Management Nature Conservation Ecosystems Sustainable Development Forestry Management |
| ISBN | 3-319-11505-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part 1: Why the Grain for Green program? -- Chapter 1 Management of forest resources from 1949 to 1998 -- Chapter 2 China’s reforestation and rural development programs -- Part 2: Overview of the Grain for Green program -- Chapter 3 Program timeline -- Chapter 4 Farmers’ compensation -- Chapter 5 Land selection -- Chapter 6 Plant selection -- Chapter 7 Household selection, participation and attitudes -- Chapter 8 Planning and implementation -- Part 3: The impact of the Grain for Green program -- Chapter 9 Ecological and environmental impact -- Chapter 10 Impact on grain market and price -- Chapter 11 Participants’ income levels -- Chapter 12 Labor force redistribution -- Chapter 13 Sustainability of the Grain for Green program -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299436703321 |
Delang Claudio O
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Climate Change Adaptation and Forest Dependent Communities : An Analytical Perspective of Different Agro-Climatic Regions of West Bengal, India / / by Jyotish Prakash Basu
| Climate Change Adaptation and Forest Dependent Communities : An Analytical Perspective of Different Agro-Climatic Regions of West Bengal, India / / by Jyotish Prakash Basu |
| Autore | Basu Jyotish Prakash |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 85 p. 16 illus., 6 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 551.6 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental law
Environmental policy Climatic changes Environmental economics Forest management Agriculture - Economic aspects Environmental sociology Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Climate Change Management and Policy Environmental Economics Forestry Management Agricultural Economics Environmental Sociology |
| ISBN | 3-319-52325-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254022003321 |
Basu Jyotish Prakash
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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