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Old Growth in a New World - A Pacific Northwest Icon Reexamined (Paperback)
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Old Growth in a New World - A Pacific Northwest Icon Reexamined (Paperback)
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This title presents a provocative discussion of old-growth history
and future management issues. Old-growth forests represent a lofty
ideal as much as an ecosystem - an icon of unspoiled nature,
ecological stability, and pristine habitat. These iconic notions
have actively altered the way society relates to old-growth
forests, catalyzing major changes in policy and management. But how
appropriate are those changes and how well do they really serve in
reaching conservation goals?"Old Growth in a New World" untangles
the complexities of the old-growth concept and the parallel
complexity of old-growth policy and management. It brings together
more than two dozen contributors - ecologists, economists,
sociologists, managers, historians, silviculturists,
environmentalists, timber producers, and philosophers - to offer a
broad suite of perspectives on changes that have occurred in the
valuing and management of old-growth forests in the Pacific
Northwest over the past thirty years. The book introduces the
issues and history of old-growth values and conservation in the
Pacific Northwest; explores old growth through the ideas of leading
ecologists and social scientists; and, addresses the implications
for the future management of old-growth forests and considers how
evolving science and social knowledge might be used to increase
conservation effectiveness.By confronting the complexity of the
old-growth concept and associated policy and management challenges,
"Old Growth in a New World" encourages productive discussion on the
future of old growth in the Pacific Northwest and offers options
for more effective approaches to conserving forest biodiversity.
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