Sustainable Forest Management

Sustainable Forest Management

Author: Julio J. Diez

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 953510621X

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Sustainable forest management (SFM) is not a new concept. However, its popularity has increased in the last few decades because of public concern about the dramatic decrease in forest resources. The implementation of SFM is generally achieved using criteria and indicators (C


Forest Health Monitoring: National Status, Trends, and Analysis 2015

Forest Health Monitoring: National Status, Trends, and Analysis 2015

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Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780160934322

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The annual national report of the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) Program of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, presents forest health status and trends from a national or multi-State regional perspective using a variety of sources, introduces new techniques for analyzing forest health data, and summarizes results of recently completed Evaluation Monitoring projects funded through the FHM national program.


Environmental Policy is Social Policy – Social Policy is Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy is Social Policy – Social Policy is Environmental Policy

Author: Isidor Wallimann

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1461467233

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​ ​This book argues that social and environmental policy should be synthetically treated as one and the same field, that both are but two aspects of the same coin – if sustainability is the goal. Such a paradigm shift is indicated, important, and timely to effectively move towards sustainability. This book is the first to take this approach and to give examples for it. Not to synthetically merge the two fields has been and will continue to be highly insufficient, inefficient and contradictory for policy and public administration aiming for a transformation towards a sustainable world. In general, social problems are dealt with in one “policy corner” and environmental problems in another. Rarely is social policy (at large) concerned with its impact on the environment or its connection with and relevance to environmental policy. Equally, environmental problems are generally not seen in conjunction with social policy, even though much environmental policy directly relates to health, nutrition, migration and other issues addressed by social policy. This book intends to correct the pattern to separate these very significant and large policy fields. Using examples from diverse academic and applied fields, it is shown how environmental policy can (and should) be thought of as social policy – and how social policy can (and should) simultaneously be seen as environmental policy. Tremendous benefits are to be expected.


Environmental Governance and Common Pool Resources

Environmental Governance and Common Pool Resources

Author: Michael Faure

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1351688812

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This book analyses the drivers of specific common pool resource problems, particularly in fisheries and forestry, examining the way in which private and public regulation have intervened to fight the common pool resource problem by contributing to the establishment and maintenance of property rights. It focuses on the various forms of regulation that have been put in place to protect fisheries and forestry over the past decades – both from a theoretical as well as from a policy perspective – comparing the concrete interaction of legal and policy instruments in eight separate jurisdictions.


Cartons, Crates and Corrugated Board, Second Edition

Cartons, Crates and Corrugated Board, Second Edition

Author: Diana Twede

Publisher: DEStech Publications, Inc

Published: 2014-12-22

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 1605951358

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New expanded second edition with key technical, regulatory and marketing developments from the past 10 years in the packaging industryCovers the materials, processes, and design of virtually all paper and fiberboard packaging for end-products, displays, storage and distributionNew information on European and global standards, selection criteria for paperboard, as well as emerging sustainability initiativesExplains recent tests, measurements and costs with ready-to-use calculations Ten years ago, the first edition of Cartons, Crates and Corrugated Board quickly became the standard reference book for wood- and paper-based packaging. Endorsed by TAPPI and other professional societies and used as a textbook worldwide, the book has now been extensively revised and updated by a team formed by the original authors and two additional authors. While preserving the critical performance and design data of the previous edition, this second expanded edition offers new information on the technologies, tests and regulations impacting the paper and corrugated industries worldwide, with a special focus on Europe and Japan. New information has been added on tests and novel designs for folded cartons, as well as expanded discussions of paperboard selection for specific applications, emerging barrier packaging, food contact and migration, and the dynamics and opportunities of corrugated in distribution systems. Recent developments on recycling and sustainability are also highlighted.


Rangeland Sustainability

Rangeland Sustainability

Author: Kristie Maczko

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-05-18

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1000580970

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This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions. It takes a fresh look at the information available on current and emerging issues across rangelands, and presents collaborative research for future progress. Authors offer a framework for evaluating rangeland sustainability, the best available data to use, as well as an interactive tool for use at a variety of geographical scales. Readers with limited knowledge of rangelands, as well as professional rangeland ecologists and land managers, will gain an understanding of the best tools available today to assess sustainability across rangeland ecosystems in the U.S.


Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management

Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management

Author: Eugenio Martinez-Falero

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 1000218783

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Forest management has evolved from a mercantilist view to a multi-functional one that integrates economic, social, and ecological aspects. However, the issue of sustainability is not yet resolved. Quantitative Techniques in Participatory Forest Management brings together global research in three areas of application: inventory of the forest variables that determine the main environmental indices, description and design of new environmental indices, and the application of sustainability indices for regional implementations. All these quantitative techniques create the basis for the development of scientific methodologies of participatory sustainable forest management.