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Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century
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Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century [electronic resource] / edited by Trevor Fenning.
ISBN
9789400770768
Publication
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Physical Description
XVI, 838 p. 138 illus., 106 illus. in color. online resource.
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Summary
This book addresses the urgent and complex threats and challenges to the world’s forests posed by the four great problems of the age: climate change, conservation objectives and sustainable development needs, and the growing demand for affordable energy. The intention is to outline the research and other efforts that are needed to understand how these issues will affect the world’s forests along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them, as well as the opportunities that the world’s forests and production forestry can offer for tackling these very issues. Included in this book are sections on (1) sustainable forestry & conservation; (2) forest resources worldwide; (3) forests, forestry and climate change; (4) the economics of forestry; (5) tree breeding & commercial forestry; (6) biotechnological approaches; (7) genomic studies with forest trees; (8) bio-energy, lignin & wood; and (9) forest science, including ecological studies. It therefore provides a wide ranging and multidisciplinary view of the role and contribution of forests and forestry for addressing some of the most critical problems and issues facing humanity in the 21st century and the interactions between them. Contributions are provided by prominent organisations or individuals with an established record of achievement in these subjects, who have been asked to present their ideas on these topics in a manner that is readily accessible to professionals from disciplines other than their own. The aim being to provide a ready source of information and guidance on these topics for a wide range of scientists, policy makers and politicians for many years to come.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2014
Series
Forestry Sciences, 81
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
PART 1. Sustainable Forestry & Conservation Objectives
1. A Burning Issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems
2. Silviculture of planted forests managed for multi-functional objectives: lessons from Chinese and British experiences
3. Forests for all? Considering the conservation implications of human-species interactions in the context of multifunctional forestry
4. Human engagement with forest environments – implications for physical and mental health and wellbeing
5. Sustainable Forest Management in China: Achievements in the Past and Challenges Ahead
6. The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic Examination of People’s Perspective
PART 2. Forest Resources Worldwide
7. Global trends and outlook for forest resources
8. Save the Forests : Use more wood
PART 3. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change
9. Forests in the global carbon cycle
10. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change
11. Insect invasions and climate change in forest ecosystems
PART 4. The Economics of Forestry
12. How cost-effective is forestry for climate change mitigation?
13. Additionality of climate change mitigation activities
14. Different Economic Approaches to Forest Management
PART 5. Tree Breeding & Commercial Forestry
15. A Roadmap to Eucalyptus Breeding for Clonal Forestry
16. Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-varietal Forestry
17. Modern Advances in Tree Breeding
18. A reality check in population management
19. Seed orchards and aspects on supporting tree breeding
PART 6. Biotechnological approaches
20. Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GM trees
21. Scientific research related to genetically modified trees
22. Forest Biotechnology Futures
23. Research and Application of Transgenic Poplar in China
PART 7. Genomic studies with forest trees
24. Genome resequencing in Populus: Revealing large-scale genome variation and implications on specialized-trait genomics
25. Comparative and evolutionary genomics of forest trees
PART 8. Bio-energy, lignin and wood
26. Willows as a potential source of renewable fuels and diverse products
27. Woodfuel production in the UK - unlocking the existing resource and growing for the future
28. Bioenergy opportunities from forests in New Zealand
29. Creating the wood supply of the future
PART 9. Forest Science, including ecological studies
30. Planning for the future: Community genetics applications for forest biodiversity and policy
31. The long reach of biogenic emissions in the atmosphere
32. Ecological aspects of host-insect interactions on the example of Quercus robur and Tortrix viridana
33. Forests have survived climate changes and epidemics in the past. Will they continue to adapt and survive? At what cost?
34. Horse chestnut bleeding canker – a 21st Century tree pathogen
35. The use of small footprint airborne LiDAR for the estimation of individual tree parameters in Sitka spruce stands.
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