Forestry and climate change / edited by Peter H. Freer-Smith, Mark S.J. Broadmeadow and Jim M. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freer-Smith, Peter H.

Broadmeadow, Mark S. J.

Lynch, J. M. (James Michael)

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forestry projects.

Forest management--Environmental aspects.

Forest management.

Forest management--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Forest microclimatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, color maps

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CAB International, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face - both in terms of its potential impact on our societies and the earth, and the scale of international co-operation that is needed to confront it. This book explores how forests will interact with the physical and natural world, and with human society as the climate changes.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword - the Global Forestry Challenge; I: Introduction; II: Climate Change, Forestry and the Science-Policy Interface; III: Forestry Options for Contributing to Climate Change Mitigation; IV: Impacts of Climate Change on Forests: Options for Adaptation; V: National and International Frameworks: Current and Future Policy; VI: Implications for Future Forestry and Related Environmental and Development Policy; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-00442-1

9786611004422

1-84593-295-1

OCLC:

647660495