Forest Quality - Assessing Forests At a Landscape Scale

Informationen zum Autor Nigel Dudley is an ecologist and consultant working on issues relating to forest conservation, protected areas and broad scale approaches to conservation, co-editor with Sue Stolton of Partnerships for Protection (1999) and co-author with Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud of Bad Harvest (1995). Rodolphe Schlaepfer is Emeritus Professor for Ecosystem Management, Institute for Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne and a consultant and former Director of the Forest and Snow Research Institute, Zurich, Switzerland. William Jackson is a forester and Director, Global Programme at IUCN and former Head of IUCN's Forest Conservation Programme. Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, who has a background in forestry, is Head of Business and Industry Relations at WWF International and a founding director of One Planet Living (OPL), an initiative which is creating a worldwide network of sustainable communities. Sue Stolton works as an environmental consultant specializing in issues relating to protected areas and the assessment of conservation actions. Zusammenfassung Discusses forest quality as a useful fresh concept in forest conservation and management. This book uses three main assessment criteria: authenticity; environmental benefits; and, social and economic benefits. It describes a methodology and protocol for collecting and analysing data, and outlines the approach required with these indicators. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Measuring Forest Quality * What is Forest Quality? * Why Assess Forest Quality at a Landscape Scale? * Who Should Assess Forest Quality? * How to Assess Forest Quality at a Landscape Scale * Part 2: Criteria of Forest Quality * Forest Authenticity and Prioritizing Conservation * Environmental Benefits of Forest Quality * Social and Economic Benefits of Forest Quality * Part 3: Case Studies * Part 4: Appendices - Broader Issues and Sources of Information * References * Index ...

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• Authors: Nigel Dudley, Nigel Schlaepfer Dudley, Dudley Nigel, William Jackson, Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, Jeanrenaud Jean-Paul, Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Schlaepfer Rodolphe, Sue Stolton, Stolton Sue
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• EAN: 9781844072781
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-278-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, environmental science, engineering & technology, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Agricultural science, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Forestry and silviculture