Balancing act : environmental issues in forestry / / Hamish Kimmins
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| Autore: |
Kimmins J. P
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| Titolo: |
Balancing act : environmental issues in forestry / / Hamish Kimmins
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| Pubblicazione: | Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1997 |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 333.75/16 |
| Soggetto topico: | Forest ecology |
| Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro; Contents; Illustrations, Figures, and Tables; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 Words, Pictures, and Reality; 2 The Peter Pan Principle in Renewable Resource Conflicts; 3 Causes and Time Scales of Environmental Change; 4 A Brief Primer on Ecology and Forest Ecosystems ; 5 A Brief Primer on Forestry; 6 Clearcutting: Ecosystem Destruction or Environmentally Sound Timber Harvesting? ; 7 Slashburning: Responsible Land Management or Playing with Fire? ; 8 Chemicals in Forest Management: Responsible Use or Environmental Abuse? ; 9 Are Old-Growth Forests Forever? |
| 10 Where Have All the Species Gone? The Question of Loss of Biological Diversity 11 From 'Old Forestry' to 'New Forestry,' and Thence to 'Ecosystem Management' ; 12 Forestry and Climate Change; 13 Acid Rain: Is It as Bad for Forests as It Is for Lakes? ; 14 'Brazil North': Is Forestry in British Columbia Comparable to Deforestation in the Tropics? ; 15 'Future Shock' in Forecasting Forest Growth, Ecosystem Conditions, and Timber Yields: How Cloudy Is Our Crystal Ball? ; 16 Ecosystem Health and Integrity: Does Forestry 'Destroy' Ecosystems, and Can They Be 'Unhealthy'? | |
| 17 Respect for Nature: The Ecological Foundation for Sustainable Forest Management 18 Certification: A Market-Driven Mechanism to Promote Sustainable Forest Management ; 19 Sustainable Development and Forestry: Can We Use and Sustain Our Forests? ; Epilogue: Reality, Pictures, and Words; Bibliography; Index | |
| Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): | BALANCING ACT |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Balancing act |
| ISBN: | 9786613225566 |
| 9780774805742 | |
| 0774805749 | |
| 9781283225564 | |
| 1283225565 | |
| 9780774854191 | |
| 0774854197 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957647103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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