Forests Forever: Their Ecology, Restoration and Protection
Book Excerpt:
Forests Forever provides a panoramic overview of critical issues in forest ecology, policy, and management, bringing together trenchant ideas from ecology, politics, sociology, economics and other fields. The book also provides a critical appraisal of the Bush administration's forestry policies, while describing positive developments in forest protection in the U.S. and abroad. The book tells how to live with forests without further damaging or destroying them, and how we can begin to repair the damage done. It proposes that forests be managed according to enduring ecological principles rather than short-term economic imperatives, and explains how the forest ecosystems operate and why they are so important for biodiversity. The book exposes what has gone wrong with the management of forests in America, what has gone right, and what can be done to change priorities.
Topics/Categories:
Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Forest Protection, Forest Restoration
Genre:
General Nature, Natural Science, Nature
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