Achieving the Sustainable Management of Forests

• Main Author: Fraser, Alastair (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Biodiversity.; Climate change.; Environmental geography.; Sustainable Development.; Forestry Management.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Geography.

This book discusses the reality of implementing sustainable forest management measures. Rather than simply offering theoretical descriptions, the book comprehensively details how sustainably managed forests can only be achieved through the cooperation and support of foresters, politicians, business...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1. Introduction
• Chapter2. The definition and meaning of sustainable forest management
• Chapter3. The reasons for the lack of sustainably managed forests at present
• Chapter4. Policy and the political will
• Chapter5. Institutions and policy instruments required to ensure forests are managed sustainably
• Chapter6. Land rights issues and rural poverty
• Chapter7. The sustainability of biodiversity
• Chapter8. Environmental sustainability and climate change
• Chapter9. Sustainability of the supply of timber and non timber forest products
• Chapter10. Illegal logging
• Chapter11. The economics of timber and NTFPs
• Chapter12. Valuation of ecosystem services
• Chapter13. Costs of forest management and regeneration
• Chapter14. International and global issues
• Chapter15. Verification of sustainability
• Chapter16. Awareness raising among politicians and the public in general
• Chapter 17. Conclusions.