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Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest.
Title:
Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest.
Author:
Burton, P.J.
ISBN:
9780660192567
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1047 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The current state of boreal forestry and the drive for change -- Chapter 2 Sustainability and sustainable forest management -- Chapter 3 Just another stakeholder? First Nations and sustainable forest management in Canada's boreal forest -- Chapter 4 Public involvement in sustainable boreal forest management -- Chapter 5 Milltown revisited: strategies for assessing and enhancing forest-dependent community sustainability -- Chapter 6 The economics of boreal forest management -- Chapter 7 Designing institutions for sustainable forest management -- Chapter 8 A process approach to understanding disturbance and forest dynamics for sustainable forestry -- Chapter 9 Comparing forest management to natural processes -- Chapter 10 Impacts of forest disturbance on boreal surface waters in Canada -- Chapter 11 Forest management planning based on natural disturbance and forest dynamics -- Chapter 12 Tactical forest planning and landscape design -- Chapter 13 Nature-based silviculture for sustaining a variety of boreal forest values -- Chapter 14 Modelling tools to assess the sustainability of forest management scenarios -- Chapter 15 Minimizing negative environmental impacts of forest harvesting operations -- Chapter 16 Residues generated by the forest products industry -- Chapter 17 Forest industry aqueous effluents and the aquatic environment -- Chapter 18 The fate, effects, and mitigation of atmospheric emissions from the forest products industry -- Chapter 19 Reducing, reusing, and recycling solid wastes from wood fibre processing -- Chapter 20 Carbon balance and climate change in boreal forests -- Chapter 21 Adaptive management: progress and prospects for Canadian forests -- Chapter 22 Implementing sustainable forest management: some case studies.

Chapter 23 Sustainable forest management as license to think and to try something different -- Index.
Abstract:
A summary of the state-of-the-art in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for all of the world's northern forests. Top-notch forestry scientists and researchers author this selection of chapters based on recent research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada.
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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