Forest-driven Futures
Forest-driven Futures

Author: William Chance Nicholson

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13:

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Forests across the world are in a state of remission. Healthy forest ecosystems play a critical role in maintaining stable environmental conditions; if today’s climate change problems are caused by too much carbon dioxide in the air and trees turn carbon dioxide into wood and oxygen, then there must be a solution in planting more trees. This research aims to identify and promote systems for planting trees on an industrial scale and to design an architectural intervention to put these systems in place. Technological advancements are proving that intelligent forest management can benefit the economy and the ecology at the same time. A ‘restoration economy’ is emerging, a holistic business approach that can solve many problems simultaneously. Artificial intelligence and automation are showing promise in greatly improving efficiencies in planning, planting, and harvesting. Innovative forestry businesses are finding ways to turn carbon dioxide into cash. These developments hold great potential for reversing environmental degradation, but they are still in their infancy and are generally inaccessible to the majority of forest owners. The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Forestry will help to teach the values of sustainable forest management to a diverse set of stakeholders in order to provide a healthy future for our children and the planet.

Forest Futures
Forest Futures

Author: Karen Arabas

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780742531352

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The 15 original essays written by leading scientists, policy analysts, public lands managers, and advocates addresses four related issues regarding the future of our nation's forests: ideas and practices of sustainable forestry; science and policymaking; threatened and endangered species protection on forested lands; and the future of public forest lands management in the Pacific Northwest. Though the focus of the essays is regional, the co-editors' introduction and conclusion will make connections between the Northwest forests as a case study and scientific and policy dilemmas generally.

Future Forests
Future Forests

Author: Steven G. McNulty

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2023-10-27

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0323904319

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Future Forests: Adaptation to Climate Change provides background on forests as natural and social systems, the current distribution and dynamics based on major biomes that set the stage for their role of forests in global systems, the nature of climate change organized by biomes, and detailed descriptions of mitigation and adaptation strategies. This book forms presents a foundational summary of the feedback between the effect of climate change on forests and the converse effects of forests on climate, leading to conclusions on how forest management needs to be dictated by climate change.The book will be ideal for readers in the fields of climate change science, forest science and conservation biology, helping them develop a thorough understanding on the broad perspective of climate change on forests, the response of forests to these changes, and other climate-forest interaction potentials. Organizes information on climate change and the effect of/on forests at a general level before presenting biome-related specifics Discusses the differences among major biomes (tropical, boreal, temperate) and the systems in which forest management (and hence potential mitigation and adaptation) occurs Goes beyond simply describing problems, elaborating on potential solutions that can be implemented for climate change mitigation

Forecasting Forest Futures
Forecasting Forest Futures

Author: Kim Scoullar

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010-09-23

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1136532145

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Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values. This book describes the hybrid approach to modelling forest ecosystems and their possible response to natural and management-induced disturbance. The book describes the FORECAST family of ecosystem management models at three different spatial scales (tree, stand and landscape), and compares them with alternative models at these three spatial scales. The book will help forest managers to understand what to expect from ecosystem-based forest models; serve as a tool for use in teaching about sustainability, scenario analysis and value trade-offs in natural resources management; and assist policy makers, managers and researches working in assessment of sustainable forest management and ecosystem management. Several real-life examples of using the FORECAST family of models in forest management and other applications are presented from countries including Canada, China, Spain and the USA, to illustrate the concepts described in the text. The book also demonstrates how these models can be extended for scenario and value trade-off analysis through visualization and educational or management games.

The Southern Forest Futures Project
The Southern Forest Futures Project

Author: David N. Wear

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-01-03

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781505876840

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This report summarizes the findings of the Southern Forest Futures Project, also referred to in these pages as the Futures Project. The Southern Forest Futures Project is an effort to anticipate the future and analyze what the interaction of future changes might mean for the forests of the South and the services the forests provide in the region's 13 States (fig. 1). We explore a labyrinth of driving factors, forest outcomes, and human implications to sketch how the landscape of the South might change.

Forests for the Future
Forests for the Future

Author: Paul Wolvekamp

Publisher: Zed Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781856497572

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Aimed at policy-makers and practitioners, this work looks at how local and indigenous communities can maintain the balance between their societies and their forest environments when faced with increasing external pressures, rising populations and growing demands for basic needs and cash. While efforts by governments or coporations to restore and manage forest environments are often non-existent or ineffective, there frequently exists, within communities who depend on forests, a wealth of knowledge about rational land use and environmental protection.

Outlook for Piedmont Forests
Outlook for Piedmont Forests

Author: United States Department of Agriculture

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781508626688

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This report describes a set of likely forest futures and the management implications associated with each for the Piedmont, one of five subregions of the U.S. South. Its findings are based on the findings of the Southern Forest Futures Project, a multi-agency effort to anticipate the future and to analyze what the interaction of future changes might mean for forests and the benefits they provide in the 13 Southern States. The Futures Project investigators examined a labyrinth of driving factors, forest outcomes, and human implications to describe how the landscape of the South might change. Their findings, which are detailed in a 17 chapter technical report (Wear and Greis 2013) and synthesized in a compact summary report (Wear and Greis 2012), consist of analyses of specific forecasts and natural resource issues.

The Future Use of Nordic Forests
The Future Use of Nordic Forests

Author: Erik Westholm

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-02-16

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 3319142186

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Diverse as they are in their histories and in the organization of their forest sectors, most Nordic countries have this in common: their economies and cultures are substantially based on the utilization of various forest resources. This book explores Nordic forest futures and presents research results that form part of a scientific foundation for considering how to balance the functions of forests. It is particularly concerned with global trends that may affect the future use of boreal forests. Chapters investigate inter-alia the growing world population and the expected economic growth in countries with huge populations, and assess the resulting pressure on all land-based resources. Authors examine the urgent need for solutions to the energy crisis, consider worrying climate scenarios and provide a global outlook on bioenergy futures. Readers will discover how these developments will and must influence long-term strategic decisions on the future use of Nordic forests. The challenges and possible responses for future forest governance and forestry issues emerge, as the chapters go on to consider the multiple pressures in particular on the Swedish Forestry Model, among other themes. “By bringing together a distinguished group of internationally renowned scientists representing a diverse set of disciplines covering political science, geography, rural development, forest economics, history, and geo-sciences, this book constitutes an exceptionally profound and thoughtful futures study.” – Alexander Buck, Executive Director, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

Forecasting Forest Futures
Forecasting Forest Futures

Author: J. P. Kimmins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1844079228

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First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.