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Balancing act : environmental issues in forestry /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
©1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Illustrations, Figures, and Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Words, Pictures, and Reality
- 2 The Peter Pan Principle in Renewable Resource Conflicts
- 3 Causes and Time Scales of Environmental Change
- 4 A Brief Primer on Ecology and Forest Ecosystems
- 5 A Brief Primer on Forestry
- 6 Clearcutting: Ecosystem Destruction or Environmentally Sound Timber Harvesting?
- 7 Slashburning: Responsible Land Management or Playing with Fire?
- 8 Chemicals in Forest Management: Responsible Use or Environmental Abuse?
- 9 Are Old-Growth Forests Forever?10 Where Have All the Species Gone? The Question of Loss of Biological Diversity
- 11 From 'Old Forestry' to 'New Forestry, ' and Thence to 'Ecosystem Management'
- 12 Forestry and Climate Change
- 13 Acid Rain: Is It as Bad for Forests as It Is for Lakes?
- 14 'Brazil North': Is Forestry in British Columbia Comparable to Deforestation in the Tropics?
- 15 'Future Shock' in Forecasting Forest Growth, Ecosystem Conditions, and Timber Yields: How Cloudy Is Our Crystal Ball?
- 16 Ecosystem Health and Integrity: Does Forestry 'Destroy' Ecosystems, and Can They Be 'Unhealthy'?17 Respect for Nature: The Ecological Foundation for Sustainable Forest Management
- 18 Certification: A Market-Driven Mechanism to Promote Sustainable Forest Management
- 19 Sustainable Development and Forestry: Can We Use and Sustain Our Forests?
- Epilogue: Reality, Pictures, and Words
- Bibliography
- Index
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