All the Trees of the Forest : Israel's Woodlands from the Bible to the Present / Alon Tal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tal, Alon, 1960- lat, Author.

Series:

Yale agrarian studies.

Yale Agrarian Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Israel--History.

Forests and forestry.

Afforestation--Israel--History.

Afforestation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this insightful and provocative book, Alon Tal provides a detailed account of Israeli forests, tracing their history from the Bible to the present, and outlines the effort to transform drylands and degraded soils into prosperous parks, rangelands, and ecosystems. Tal's description of Israel's trials and errors, and his exploration of both the environmental history and the current policy dilemmas surrounding that country's forests, will provide valuable lessons in the years to come for other parts of the world seeking to reestablish timberlands.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Degradation and Restoration

2. Israel's Forests: From the Bible to the British

3. A Mandate for Trees

4. Enthusiastic Saplings

5. Sustainable Forestry

6. Dryland Forests and Their Natural Enemies

7. Of Fires and Foraging

8. People and Trees

9. Ecosystem Services and Israel's Forests

Epilogue. All the Trees of the Forest

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300190700

0300190700

OCLC:

860394338