Forests forever : their ecology, restoration, and protection

Forests forever : their ecology, restoration, and protection /

"An expanded and revised version of Berger's best-selling Understanding Forests, this book offers a clear and readable survey of forest history and management. Berger draws upon diverse sources in law, ecology, economics, politics, and anthropology to argue that ecology, rather than the ma...

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Main Author: Berger, John J., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : San Francisco : [Chicago] : Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago ; in association with Forests Forever Foundation ; Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Center books in natural history (Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago) ; 2nd v.
Subjects:
Forests and forestry > United States.
Forest ecology > United States.
Forest conservation > United States.
Forest restoration > United States.
forest ecology.
forest management.
nature conservation.
forest protection.
forestry policies.
usa.
Forest conservation.
Forest ecology.
Forest restoration.
Forests and forestry.
Ökologie.
Wald
Skogar > Förenta staterna.
Skogsekologi > Förenta staterna.
Skogsvård > Förenta staterna.
Skogsbruk > Förenta staterna.
Skogsplantering > Förenta staterna.
Skogsskötsel > Förenta staterna.
Trees
Forestry
Ecology
United States.
USA.
Nonfiction.
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Summary:"An expanded and revised version of Berger's best-selling Understanding Forests, this book offers a clear and readable survey of forest history and management. Berger draws upon diverse sources in law, ecology, economics, politics, and anthropology to argue that ecology, rather than the marketplace, should be the driving force behind forest management. Historical case studies of forests worldwide support this contention, as does the history of governments' forest policy. Keeping pace with today's issues, Berger critically evaluates government policy over the last seven years, contrasting the destructive policies of the Bush Administration with model programs instituted by the Canadian Boreal Initiative and others. Ultimately, he offers us the guiding principles of sustainable forestry as an answer to the ever-increasing demand for wood products."--NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Item Description:"The book is a completely revised, updated, and expanded version of John J. Berger's Understanding Forests (Sierra Club Books, 1998)"--Page 306.
Physical Description:xxii, 306 pages, 88 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index.
ISBN:9781930066519
1930066511
9781930066526
193006652X

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