Forestry and biodiversity : learning how to sustain biodiversity in managed forests / edited by Fred L. Bunnell and Glen B. Dunsworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bunnell, Fred L., 1942-

Dunsworth, Glen B., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest biodiversity conservation--British Columbia--Case studies.

Forest biodiversity conservation.

Forest management--British Columbia--Case studies.

Forest management.

Adaptive natural resource management--British Columbia--Case studies.

Adaptive natural resource management.

Sustainable forestry--British Columbia--Case studies.

Sustainable forestry.

Coastal forests--British Columbia--Management--Case studies.

Coastal forests.

Rain forests--British Columbia--Management--Case studies.

Rain forests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Sustainable management is a problem for countries that depend on natural resources. Forests contain most of the world's biodiversity and offer significant renewable resources with a potentially small ecological and carbon footprint. Yet the global demand for forest products has increased while the need to conserve biodiversity and endangered species has become more urgent and challenging.

Sustainable management in the forestry sector is complicated by the size and slow growth of commercial forests. Forestry and Biodiversity makes the case for adaptive management -- a structured approach to learning by doing -- to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It draws on the theory and principles of conservation biology and forest ecology and illustrates them, and the challenges they present, through a practical, real-world study of a 1.1 million hectare commercial operation in a coastal temperate rainforest. The authors present the results honestly -- not everything worked as intended -- the problems they encountered suggest where the boundaries of science stop and social choices must be made.

Forestry and Biodiversity describes an innovate program for sustaining biodiversity in managed forests that will be of interest to those who plan, or hope to influence, forest practices and to those who are concerned with wildlife, climate change, and the environment."--pub. desc.

Contents:

The problem / Fred L. Bunnell ... [et al.]

The example / Fred L. Bunnell ... [et al.]

The approach / Fred L. Bunnell and Glen B. Dunsworth

Implementing the approach / Fred L. Bunnell, William J. Beese, and Glen B. Dunsworth

Effectiveness monitoring : an introduction / Fred L. Bunnell, David J. Huggard, and Glen B. Dunsworth

Ecosystem representation : sustaining poorly known species and functions / David J. Huggard and Laurie L. Kremsater

Learning from ecosystem representation / David J. Huggard, Laurie L. Kremsater, and Glen B. Dunsworth

Sustaining forested habitat / David J. Huggard, Fred L. Bunnell, and Laurie L. Kremsater

Learning from habitat elements / David J. Huggard, Jeff Sandford, and Laurie L. Kremsater

Sustaining forest-dwelling species / Laurie L. Kremsater and Fred L. Bunnell

Learning from organisms / David J. Huggard and Laurie L. Kremsater

Designing a monitoring program / David J. Huggard, Laurie L. Kremsater, and Fred L. Bunnell

Summary : progress and lessons learned / Fred L. Bunnell, David J. Huggard, and Laurie L. Kremsater.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-338) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74041-5

9786612740411

0-7748-1531-0

OCLC:

747432791