Excerpt from Forests and Forestry of Northern Russia and Lands Beyond In this there are brought under consideration the exten sive destruction of forests which has taken place in Europe and elsewhere, with notices of disastrous consequences which have followed - diminished supply of timber and firewood, droughts, oods, landslips, and sand-drifts - and notices of the appliances of Modern Forest Science success fully to counteract these evils by conservation, planting, and improved exploitation, under scientific administration and management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."