Management of forests and public lands through the lens of ecosystem services / Carissa Larson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larson, Carissa, editor.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Environmental Research Advances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management.

Public lands--Management.

Public lands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Natural resource policy and management in the United States often are characterized by limited budgets and multiple, and sometimes competing, societal objectives. The use and management of forest lands in the U.S. involve tradeoffs between the current and potential benefits public and private lands provide to society and the effects the policy and management actions have on the resiliency of natural systems. However, translating society's multiple forestry objectives into policies and management actions has become more difficult as society's objectives have become more complex. This book chara

Contents:

""MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS THROUGH THE LENS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""; ""MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS THROUGH THE LENS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: DEFINING AN ECONOMICS RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE FEDERAL CONTEXT OF FOREST POLICY AND MANAGEMENT""; ""ECOSYSTEM SERVICES TYPOLOGIES, OUTPUTS, AND VALUES""; ""RELEVANCE OF PAST FOREST BENEFITS RESEARCH TO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""

""EVALUATING POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES""""PROTECTING FOREST LAND""; ""MAKING FUTURE PROGRESS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AS A FRAMEWORK FOR FOREST STEWARDSHIP: DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST OVERVIEW""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AS AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOREST SERVICE: INCORPORATING AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICE CONTEXT INTO NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT""; ""PLACE-BASED APPLICATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICE FRAMEWORK""; ""DESCRIBING THE VALUE OF THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST IN TERMS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""

""MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""""ADDRESSING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN MANAGEMENT DECISIONMAKING""; ""SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS""; ""ONGOING RESEARCH AND FUTURE NEEDS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""METRIC EQUIVALENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: EVALUATING TRADEOFFS AMONG ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT""; ""AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT AND TRADEOFFS""; ""INCORPORATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT""

""POLICY IMPLICATIONS""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 17, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-754-2

OCLC:

900887040