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Science and Hope - A Forest History (Hardcover, New)
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Science and Hope - A Forest History (Hardcover, New)
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This book tells the story of the hopeful science and trusting art
of forestry. It is a story about the hopes of foresters and other
scientists to understand the forests more deeply, and about their
unspoken trust that their knowledge could ensure an enduring sylvan
future. Much has been written on the origins and development of
modern forestry in various countries, and on the people and
institutions involved, but there is little in the forest history
literature that explains what the science actually is. Forest
knowledge has an ancient history documented since classical times
and applied within the intricate social and legal systems of
medieval Europe. This volume is concerned with the modern form of
forest science, founded in Europe early in the nineteenth century,
when regimes for managing the forests, that could be traced to the
ancient world and had flourished in the Middle Ages, were
disrupted. New ways had to be found. Foresters have tried to know
their forests scientifically for over three centuries and have
hoped to apply their knowledge to good effect, even though they
could not live to see the futures they envisioned. How far did
their scientific understanding enable a sylvan future? What, over
the three centuries discussed in this book, were their successes
and failures? And now what might the future hold for forest science
and its application? This is no tale of triumph: the outlook for
the world's forests is too bleak for that. While many forests are
flourishing, the climate is changing, tropical forests are
disappearing, others are degrading, species are being lost,
governments dither, international conferences fail. This is
another, longer story - one of inquiry, of science and persistent
endeavour to find a better future for the forests.
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