Forest Certification in Sustainable Development - Healing the Landscape

From recycled products to organic food, the movement to be "environmentally friendly" is now expanding into the forestry field. Recognizing this impact, Home Depot has committed to giving preference to selling "certified wood," proven to come from forests that meet certain biological and social sustainablility standards. Retailers and vendors can offer certified wood through the international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and FSC accredited organizations like SmartWood, recently featured in People magazine.

Sommario

Introduction. The Philosophical Foundation of Mainstream. Forestry. Certification and Trusteeship. The History of Forest Certification. How the Certification Process Works. Some of the Common Problems Encountered. The Potential of Certification to Improve the Sustainability of Forests. Conclusions.

Info autore

Walter Smith is a mostly retired scientist living with his wife, Fran, in Wellington, Florida and New Canaan, Connecticut. The Year that Didn't Exist is his third publication, his second featuring the mostly fictional Walter Stafford, introduced in The Walter Integral.
Fran and Walter both enjoy horses, small dogs, children, only sometimes, grandchildren, avoiding deadly and annoying viruses, and not travelling by plane, boat, train or any form of transportation requiring more than a horse, car or your feet.
Fran and Walter met and married while they were at the Tute, aka Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY in the early 1970s.

Riassunto

Retailers such as Home Depot have revised their purchasing and selling policies to give preference to certified wood. This book highlights the history, importance, and rewards of forest certification. It discusses the issues involved in mainstream forestry as it is practiced, and what can be done to create sustainable forestry.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chris Maser, Maser Chris, Walter Smith
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.09.2000
• EAN: 9781566705103
• ISBN: 978-1-56670-510-3
• Pagine: 256
• Peso: 470 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Agricultural science, Forestry and silviculture