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IUFRO The Advocate for Forest Science.
Edited by M Price and N Butt, Mountain Regions & Conservation Programme, Environmental Change, Institute, University of Oxford, UK; Publication Date: August 2000, Number of Pages: 624 Pages, Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 0851994466
Price: £75.00 (US$140.00) (IUFRO member organizations are entitled to a 25% discount provided that with their order they point out that they are members of IUFRO.)
Available from CABI-Publishing
The book addresses current issues and initiatives, and defines research needs. Key global issues are addressed in general articles, while specific regional topics are described and highlighted within each chapter in shorter case studies. Case studies are drawn from all continents, examples including Mexico, Central Europe, Cameroon, Tanzania, Chile, Korea, New Zealand and many others. Contributions have been included from nearly 100 world experts, making this volume the definitive, state-of the art review of its subject.
The roles of local knowledge and global policies in managing small-scale rural forests are discussed, and reports from Eurodendro 2008 and a conference on advances in forest entomology are published.
– World Series Vol. 20-II – This second volume of the book provides information about the rehabilitation of degraded forests in the region of Northeast Asia.
– World Series Vol. 21 – Extended abstracts from the international conference on "Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge", in Kunming,...
This issue highlights an IUFRO seminar on Forests and Human Health and the progress of the IUFRO-led global assessment regarding adaptation of forests to climate change.
...shows the progress IUFRO is making in the pursuit of the strategic goals and demonstrates how timely and relevant IUFRO research agendas are.