Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development, IUFRO Research Series, No. 5.
Title:
Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development, IUFRO Research Series, No. 5.
Author:
Price, M.
ISBN:
9780851999340
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (624 pages)
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.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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