The Future of the World's Forests Ideas vs Ideologies /

• Main Authors: Douglas, Jim (Author), Simula, Markku (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: World Forests, 7
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Political science.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Development economics.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Development Economics.; Environmental Management.; Political Science.

At the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit), solemn resolutions were made both to protect the world’s biodiversity and to co-operate on managing natural forests in a sustainable and ecologically responsible way. If anything, given recent developments...

Table of Contents:

• Issues and Questions
• Disappearing Rainforests: New Solutions
• Global Forests: Debate and Dysfunction
• The State of Global Forest Resources
• The Dynamics of Forest Loss
• Are Trade and Forests Survival Compatible?
• Deforestation: Causes and Symptoms
• Sustainability and Valuation of the Forests
• Sustainability Versus Ideology in the Forests
• Financing Forests Sustainability from Ecosystem Values
• Final Thoughts.