Reforesting the Earth - The Human Drivers of Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Expansion

Thomas K. Rudel examines a wide range of conservation and reforestation efforts to shed new light on the social factors that lead to success.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Forests: A Natural Climate Solution
2. Theory: Societal Transformations, Corporatism, and Forest Gains
3. Forest Losses, the Conservation Movement, and Protected Areas
4. Rural–Urban Migration, Land Abandonment, and the Spread of Secondary Forests
5. Planted Forests: Concessions, Plantations, and the Strength of States
6. Agroforests I: The Spread of Silvopastures
7. Agroforests II: Restoring Agroforests in the Humid Tropics
8. Resurgent Forests: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
9. A Global Forest Transition?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Thomas K. Rudel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology and Sociology at Rutgers University. His most recent book is Shocks, States, and Sustainability: The Origins of Radical Environmental Reforms (2019).

Summary

Thomas K. Rudel examines a wide range of conservation and reforestation efforts to shed new light on the social factors that lead to success.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Rudel
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2023
• EAN: 9780231210690
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21069-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Society and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Forests, rainforests, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Forests and woodland, Forestry and silviculture, Restoration ecology / rewilding, nature; technology & engineering; forestry