Forestry and Biodiversity

Forestry and Biodiversity
Title Forestry and Biodiversity PDF eBook
Author Fred L. Bunnell
Publisher UBC Press
Pages 373
Release 2010-01-01
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 0774858737

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As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. Forestry and Biodiversity advocates adaptive management � a structured approach to learning by doing � to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It draws on the theory and principles of conservation biology and forest ecology and illustrates them, and the challenges they pose, through a practical, real-world study of commercial forestry in a coastal temperate rainforest. This book will be of interest to those who plan, or hope to influence, forest practices and the future of the environment.

Conserving Forest Biodiversity

Conserving Forest Biodiversity
Title Conserving Forest Biodiversity PDF eBook
Author David B. Lindenmayer
Publisher Island Press
Pages 368
Release 2013-04-10
Genre Science
ISBN 1597268534

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While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the "matrix"—are equally important to preserving global biodiversity and maintaining forest health. In Conserving Forest Biodiversity, leading forest scientists David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin argue that the conservation of forest biodiversity requires a comprehensive and multiscaled approach that includes both reserve and nonreserve areas. They lay the foundations for such a strategy, bringing together the latest scientific information on landscape ecology, forestry, conservation biology, and related disciplines as they examine: the importance of the matrix in key areas of ecology such as metapopulation dynamics, habitat fragmentation, and landscape connectivity general principles for matrix management using natural disturbance regimes to guide human disturbance landscape-level and stand-level elements of matrix management the role of adaptive management and monitoring social dimensions and tensions in implementing matrix-based forest management In addition, they present five case studies that illustrate aspects and elements of applied matrix management in forests. The case studies cover a wide variety of conservation planning and management issues from North America, South America, and Australia, ranging from relatively intact forest ecosystems to an intensively managed plantation. Conserving Forest Biodiversity presents strategies for enhancing matrix management that can play a vital role in the development of more effective approaches to maintaining forest biodiversity. It examines the key issues and gives practical guidelines for sustained forest management, highlighting the critical role of the matrix for scientists, managers, decisionmakers, and other stakeholders involved in efforts to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem processes in forest landscapes.

Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
Title Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use PDF eBook
Author Graham Bennett
Publisher IUCN
Pages 66
Release 2004
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 283170765X

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IUCN's 5th World Parks Congress (2003) concluded that parks should not exist as unique islands, but need to be planned and managed as an integral part of the broader landscape. Ecological networks provide an operational model for conserving biodiversity that is based on ecological principles and allow a degree of human use of the landscape. This publication illustrates the development of several ecological networks around the world, demonstrating their benefits both for conservation and sustainable development.

Monitoring Forest Biodiversity

Monitoring Forest Biodiversity
Title Monitoring Forest Biodiversity PDF eBook
Author Toby Gardner
Publisher Routledge
Pages 390
Release 2012-01-09
Genre Nature
ISBN 0415507154

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First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation

The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation
Title The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation PDF eBook
Author K. N. Ninan
Publisher Earthscan
Pages 289
Release 2012
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1849772975

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Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is possibly the most powerful tool for halting the loss of biodiversity while maintaining incomes and livelihoods. Yet rarely have such approaches been applied to tropical forest ?hotspots?, which house the vast majority of the planets plant and animal species. This ground-breaking work is the most comprehensive and detailed examination of the economics of environmental valuation and biodiversity conservation to date. Focusing on the Western Ghats of India, one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world, this volume looks at a cross-section of local communities living within or near sanctuaries and reserve forests such as coffee growers, indigenous people and farmers-cum-pastoralists to assess the use and non-use values that people derive from tropical forests. It also looks at the extent of their dependence on forests for various goods and services, and examines their perceptions and attitudes towards biodiversity conservation and wildlife protection. The book concludes with an assessment of the institutional alternatives and policies for promoting biodiversity conservation through economic valuation methods. Related titles Economics for Collaborative Environmental Management (2005) 1-84407-095-6

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals
Title Sustainable Development Goals PDF eBook
Author Pia Katila
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 653
Release 2019-12-12
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1108486991

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A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

Towards Forest Sustainability

Towards Forest Sustainability
Title Towards Forest Sustainability PDF eBook
Author David Lindenmayer
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 242
Release 2003-05-19
Genre Science
ISBN 0643100059

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Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world’s leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The authors describe the changes that have taken place in forest management – highlighting what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons that have been learned. This unique set of essays documents the drivers of the change in the logging industry and the resulting outcomes. It provides real-world insights from an international perspective into government policy, industry concerns, and conservation and biodiversity issues.