Forest Restoration in Landscapes - Beyond Planting Trees (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

The importance of restoration continues to grow, and this book integrates the restoration of forest functions into landscape conservation plans. The global onservation organization WWF has made forest landscape restoration a key topic and priority for its environmental work. Due to the WWFs extensive global reach, and together with is many partners and counterparts, it has acquired a significant level of experience on the topic of forest restoration at large scales. This book represents the collective body of knowledge and experience of WWF and its many partners - which is collected here for the first time and which will be invaluable to all of those working in the field. This guide will serve as a first stop for practitioners and researchers in any organization or region and as a key reference on the subject. Along with concise, practical information for a variety of specific systems and issues, it gives many suggestions for further research.From the Foreword by Chief Anyaoku, President, WWF International: Is it a sign of the times that the Nobel committee chose to award the Nobel Peace prize to Wangari Maathai for having planted 30 million trees? We believe so...The 21st Centur

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Stephanie Mansourian • Daniel Vallauri
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	438
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-25525-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
LSN:	0-387-25525-7
Barcode:	9780387255255

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