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Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century
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Hardcover. Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century Editor(s): Fenning, Trevor. Series: Forestry Sciences. Num Pages: 854 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 106 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RNK; RNPG; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 241 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1310.
This book addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by the world’s forests posed by climate change, conservation objectives, and sustainable development needs including bioenergy, outlining the research and other efforts that are needed to understand these issues, along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them. It contains sections on sustainable forestry & conservation; forest resources worldwide; forests, forestry and climate change; the economics of forestry; tree breeding & commercial forestry; biotechnological approaches; genomic studies with forest trees; bio-energy, lignin & wood; and forest science, including ecological studies. The chapters are contributed by prominent organisations or individuals with an established ... Read more
This book addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by the world’s forests posed by climate change, conservation objectives, and sustainable development needs including bioenergy, outlining the research and other efforts that are needed to understand these issues, along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them. It contains sections on sustainable forestry & conservation; forest resources worldwide; forests, forestry and climate change; the economics of forestry; tree breeding & commercial forestry; biotechnological approaches; genomic studies with forest trees; bio-energy, lignin & wood; and forest science, including ecological studies. The chapters are contributed by prominent organisations or individuals with an established ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Series
Forestry Sciences
Number of Pages
838
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400770751
SKU
V9789400770751
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century
From the book reviews: “This work can serve as a textbook for a capstone class for forestry majors and is also a useful reference for graduate students, active forest science researchers, and forest management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)