Plantations Privatization Poverty and Power
Plantations Privatization Poverty and Power

Author: Michael Garforth

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1136559655

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Private sector delivery of state services is increasingly common worldwide, and state forest plantation management is no exception. Increasingly governments are transferring rights and responsibilities to the private sector for state-owned plantations. Some claim that this is the road to achieving sustainable forest management, greater contributions to local livelihoods and poverty reduction, others disagree. This book examines the evidence and explores the many issues raised by these changing relationships between the state, the private sector and local livelihoods. Experiences from around the world are described through seven case studies from Australia, China, Chile, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom, and key lessons and clear guidance are provided on how governments can best achieve a balance between private and public involvement while continuing to deliver the key social goods and services expected by all citizens.

Sustainable Management of Pinus Radiata Plantations
Sustainable Management of Pinus Radiata Plantations

Author: Donald J. Mead

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789251076347

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"Pinus radiata (radiata pine) is a versatile, fast-growing, medium-density softwood, suitable for a wide range of end-uses. Its silviculture is highly developed, and is built on a rm foundation of over a century of research, observation and practice. Radiata pine is often considered a model for growers of other plantation species. This book explores current knowledge of, and experience with radiata pine forest plantation management and examines its long-term sustainability. Radiata pine management needs to integrate the biological aspects of tree-growing, with socio-economics, management objectives, practical considerations and other constraints and opportunities. Although stands of radiata pine may appear to be simple, they are actually quite complex ecosystems because they contain large, long-lived trees that change dramatically over time and interact in changing ways with the environment and with other organisms. The focus of this book is on the principles and practices of growing radiata pine sustainably. It also looks ahead to emerging challenges facing radiata pine plantation management, such as the effects of climate change, new diseases and other threats, and meeting changing product needs and societal demands."--Page 4 of cover.

Sustainable Production of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products
Sustainable Production of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products

Author: International Union of Forestry Research Organizations. Division 5. Conference

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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This proceedings is a collection of 18 papers and extended abstracts based on talks presented at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) All Division 5 Conference, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, March 1115, 2003. This conference emphasized the many ways that forest products research can contribute to sustainable choices in forest management. The two IUFRO Research Groups represented in this proceedings are the Sustainable Production of Forest Products Research Group (5.12) and the Non-wood Forest Products Research Group (5.11). The papers address many aspects of wood and non-wood forest products including: forest management; product development; economic development implications; local, national, and international protocols; assessments; and research strategies.

Fast-wood Forestry: Myths and Realities
Fast-wood Forestry: Myths and Realities

Author: Christian Cossalter

Publisher: CIFOR

Published: 2003-08-26

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9793361638

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A brief history of plantations. Environmental issues. Plantations and biodiversity. Water matters. Plantations and the soil. Pests: plantations' achilles' heel? Genetically modified trees: opportunity or treath? Plantations and global warming. Social issues. Employement: a contested balance sheet. Land tenure and conflict. Economic issues. Spiralling demand. Incentives and subsidies. Economies of scale. Costing the earth.

Sustainable Production of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products
Sustainable Production of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products

Author: Ellen Mary Donoghue

Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1437913342

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A collection of 18 papers and extended abstracts based on talks presented at the Internat. Union of Forest Res. Org. (IUFRO) Conference held in March 2003. This conference emphasized the many ways that forest products research can contribute to sustainable choices in forest management. The two Research Groups represented here are the Sustainable Production of Forest Products Research Group and the Non-Wood Forest Products Research Group. The papers address many aspects of wood and non-wood forest products including: forest management; product development; economic development implications; local, national, and international protocols; assessments; and research strategies. Charts and tables.

Forest Policy for Private Forestry
Forest Policy for Private Forestry

Author: Lawrence Dale Teeter

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2002-12-06

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780851997759

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Annotation. There is currently great concern about the sustainability of forestry and the contribution of private forestry towards this aim. The need to better understand the impact of different policy choices on private forestry has never been more important. This book includes a selection of peer-reviewed papers from a conference held in Atlanta in March 2001.