Sustainable forest management and global climate change : selected case studies from the Americas / edited by Mohammed H.I. Dore, Rubén Guevara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dore, M. H. I.

Guevara, Rubén, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--America--Case studies.

Forest management.

Sustainable forestry--America--Case studies.

Sustainable forestry.

Climatic changes--America--Case studies.

Climatic changes.

America.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., [2000]

Contents:

Simplified guidelines for planning sustainable and diversified forest management: a case study of the Villa Mills Demonstrative Experimental Area / Grace Saénz and Robin aus der Beek

Integrating socioeconomic and biophysical data with a GIS to plan sustainable resource management efforts in Central America / Steven Shultz

Carbon storage in soils and vegetation among forested ecosystem types in northern Ontario / Mark Johnston and Peter Uhlig

The carbon cycle and the value of forests as a carbon sink: a boreal case study / Mohammed Dore and Mark Johnston

The carbon cycle and the value of forests as a carbon sink: a tropical case study / Octavio A. Ramirez

Agriculture versus forestry in northern Saskatchewan / Mohammed Dore, Surendra N. Kulshreshtha and Mark Johnston

Economic valuation of mangrove ecosystems and sub-tropical forests in Central America / Tania Ammour, Néstor Windevoxhel and Gustave Sención

The Canadian Model Forest Program: a case study of the Saskatchewan model forest / Surendra N. Kulshreshtha

Forest policy in Costa Rica / Olman Segura-Bonilla

Forest management in a semi-arid region in Brazil: a case study of the state of Rio Grande do Norte / Sebastião Kengen ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1840641614

OCLC:

44067011