Forests in sustainable mountain development : a state of knowledge report for 2000 / edited by M.F. Price and N. Butt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations. Task Force on Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development.

Price, Martin F.

Butt, N. (Nathalie)

Series:

IUFRO research series ; 5.

IUFRO research series ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry.

Sustainable development.

Mountain ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 590 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by international authors, this book presents a comprehensive view of forests in mountain regions, and their sustainable development. It is based on a report prepared by the UUFRO Task Force in Sustainable Mountain Development, for the IUFRO Congress held in August 2000.

Contents:

Contributors; Foreword: Linking mountain forests conservation with sustainable human development; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Mountain Forests: Location, Characteristics and Trends; 2 Mountain Communities and Their Forests; 3 Interdependencies between Mountain and Lowland Populations; 4 Perceiving and Assuring the Multiple Functions of Mountain Forests; 5 Multiple Functions from Mountain Forests I. Mountain Forests: Sources of Wood; 6 Multiple Functions from Mountain Forests II. Agroforestry and Non-timber Forest Products

7 Multiple Functions from Mountain Forests III. Diverse Societal Benefits 8 Legislation, Policies and Economic Instruments; 9 Institutions for Mountain Forests; 10 Research, Implementation and Communication; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-81193-5

9786610811939

0-85199-934-4

OCLC:

476051531