Our forests currently face many crises, ranging from barren land in many developing countries, to die-back trees in polluted parts of Europe, to the less tangible consequences of forest decline for planetary stability. The issues require urgent attention. Our Forests, Our Future answers this need. Coverage advocates radical reform of policies, calls for new political leadership, more personal involvement from men and women throughout the world, and more science.
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"This is a fine book, which reviews the present status and future outlook of forests comprehensively, with stacks of ecological and economic statistics and broad-scope analyses." Nature
"The World Comission on Forests and Sustainable Development, a diverse, international group, provides an effective call-to-action for saving the world's forests based on feedback from stakeholders the world over. The individual authors did an excellent job of summarizing the current state of the world's forests and emphasizing the important interrelationships and conflicts among economic, ecological, political, and social functions of forests." Choice
"...provides broad geographic and topical coverage of the issue of the sustainability of the forest from the perspective of different stakeholders...In its coverage of issues and problems, the book is quite thorough and comprehensive." Science Books & Films
"This well-documented, crisis-oriented report will be widely used by foresters, researchers and students." Current Books on Gardening & Botany
"The World Comission on Forests and Sustainable Development, a diverse, international group, provides an effective call-to-action for saving the world's forests based on feedback from stakeholders the world over. The individual authors did an excellent job of summarizing the current state of the world's forests and emphasizing the important interrelationships and conflicts among economic, ecological, political, and social functions of forests." Choice
"...provides broad geographic and topical coverage of the issue of the sustainability of the forest from the perspective of different stakeholders...In its coverage of issues and problems, the book is quite thorough and comprehensive." Science Books & Films
"This well-documented, crisis-oriented report will be widely used by foresters, researchers and students." Current Books on Gardening & Botany
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Our forests are in crisis, ranging from unsustainable felling in many developing countries to die-back of trees in polluted parts of the industrialised world. This book calls for radical policy reform, new political leadership, more civil involvement, and more scientific study to help ensure the future of our planet's forests.
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The rich green mantle of forests that once covered nearly half of the earth's land surface is being replaced by a chequered landscape of cities, highways, agricultural fields, pastures, degraded woodlands, forest plantations and land degraded by salinisation and erosion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following major actions, global ecological services, intact forest ecosystems, forest crisis, forest capital, forests under threat, sustaining forests, remaining primary forests, new green revolution, forest convention, sustainable forest management, forest decline, frontier forests, joint forest management, capital index, civil society organisations, managing forests, forest scientists, forest sector, forest issues, community forestry, forest functions, timber corporations, environmental functions, governance failure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Our Forests, Latin America, North America, Forest Security Council, World Bank, Earth Council, Kyoto Protocol, British Columbia, Russian Federation, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, South America, Brazilian Amazon, Ecosystem Management, Framework Convention, Southeast Asia, Amazon Basin, European Union, Intergovernmental Forum, Intergovernmental Panel, East Kalimantan, Forest Stewardship Council, International Tropical Timber Organization, Barnett Commission, Central America New!
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The rich green mantle of forests that once covered nearly half of the earth's land surface is being replaced by a chequered landscape of cities, highways, agricultural fields, pastures, degraded woodlands, forest plantations and land degraded by salinisation and erosion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following major actions, global ecological services, intact forest ecosystems, forest crisis, forest capital, forests under threat, sustaining forests, remaining primary forests, new green revolution, forest convention, sustainable forest management, forest decline, frontier forests, joint forest management, capital index, civil society organisations, managing forests, forest scientists, forest sector, forest issues, community forestry, forest functions, timber corporations, environmental functions, governance failure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Our Forests, Latin America, North America, Forest Security Council, World Bank, Earth Council, Kyoto Protocol, British Columbia, Russian Federation, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, South America, Brazilian Amazon, Ecosystem Management, Framework Convention, Southeast Asia, Amazon Basin, European Union, Intergovernmental Forum, Intergovernmental Panel, East Kalimantan, Forest Stewardship Council, International Tropical Timber Organization, Barnett Commission, Central America New!
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- State of the World 2003 by The Worldwatch Institute on page 36, and page 40
- Forests in a Full World by George M. Woodwell on page 27, and page 164
- Letters from the Antipodes by Michel Butor in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Animal Reproduction: Invited Papers (Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research, Vol. 3) by H.W. Hawk in Front Matter, and page 114
- Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System: Will the Warming Feed the Warming? by George M. Woodwell in Back Matter
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- Perverse Subsidies: How Tax Dollars Can Undercut the Environment and the Economy by Norman Myers in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment, Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene) by James Gustave Speth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment by James Gustave Speth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit: Journeys to the Brink of Hope by Roger D. Stone on page 16
- Tropical Forests, International Jungle: The Underside of Global Ecopolitics by Marie-Claude Smouts in Back Matter
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