Planned Management of Forests

Originally published in 1953, this book was compiled to provide students of forestry with a simple outline of what the management of forests involves, and of the way in which forestry operations are organized and controlled. Topics discussed and explained include economic considerations, stock mapping, topography, climate, soils, form and distribution of crops, scientific forestry, destruction of forests, regulation by volume, area and size and forest protection.

Sommario

Part 1: The Growth and Organization of Forest Crops 1. Definition and Scope of Forest Management 2. Rotation of maximum volume production 3. Forest Organization Part 2: Planning Management 4. Preparation and Sanction of Working Plans 5. Description of the Area 6. Description of Local Conditions 7. Ecological Considerations 8. Economic Considerations 9. Prescription of Future Management 10. Regulation of the Yield 11. Regulation by Area and Volume 12. Regulation by Volume 13. Regulation by Size Classes 14. Application of Methods 15. Plan of Exploitation 16. Control of Plan and Maintenance of Records 17. Financial Forecast 18. Adaptation of Planning to Protect Forests Part 3: Development of Forest Management in Western Europe 19. Destruction of Forests 20. Advent of Schools and Scientific Forestry 21. Evolution of Current Practices in France 22. Evolution of Current Practices in Germany 23. Biolley's Méthode du Contrôle 24. Trade Damage and Scientific Repair - Norway.

Info autore

N. V. Brasnett

Riassunto

Originally published in 1992, this book dispels some of the myths that surround water resource problems of arid lands and the notion that there are simple ‘once and for all’ solutions.

Relazione

Original Review of Planned Management of Forests:
'...a clear and useful treatise' H. R. Blanford, Empire Forestry Review, Vol 32, No. 3, (1953).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: N. V. Brasnett
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032766829
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276682-9
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Forestry
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Forests, rainforests, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Human Geography, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Forests and woodland, Forestry and silviculture