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This book offers information and insights into the potential of
market and policy instruments in improving the state of the world's
forests. It advocates the use of the concept of optimal mix of
markets and policies as an approach to view the appropriate and
operational roles of market and government in dealing with forestry
issues. It does not offer a list of policy recommendations to be
used as a general tool to combat the threats facing the world's
forests. Obviously, the optimal mix of markets and policies must
depend on the varying national and local conditions and, more
specifically, on the level of development. The contents of this
volume are organized in five Parts. Part I, Editorial Perspectives,
briefly reviews the outline of the book and analyses the balanced
use of markets and policies to support world forests towards
sustainable forest management. Part II reviews changes and trends
in society and environment outside the forest sector. After all,
the evolution of forestry and forest industries is more dependent
on these external changes than on changes internal to the sector.
Two important aspects that may strongly affect the future of the
forest sector are covered: the potential of wood biomass in
replacing oil and the global freshwater outlook. Part III focuses
on the importance of forests and is primarily aimed at those
outside the forest sector. Current innovations in information
technology and the fast removal of government regulations have
enabled forest industry corporations to invest on a larger scale in
optimal locations worldwide. The rapid expansion of forest
plantations in the South is a response not only to globalization
but also to the expanding conservationpressures in the North. Part
IV is the global forum that introduces a few topical forest sector
issues affecting the world as a whole. However, these tend to be
very complex and can rarely be adequately covered from a single
perspective. Therefore, discussants were invited to bring up
additional points of view. Forests have great potential in the
control of climate change. This is analyzed through both the
increased use of wood for energy and the possible forestry
investments by Northern nations in the South to cope with the
requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. The interlinkages of forests
and water are also highlighted. Part V is entitled Regional Forum.
Its purpose is to analyze globally relevant continental issues.
Interregional studies are followed by articles focusing on Latin
America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, North America, Europe, and
the Russian Federation. The role of the G8 economic powers in the
development of the world's forests is studied from the days of
imperialism to the current Action Programme on Forests, and the
implementation of the programme is followed up. A number of
comparative analyses of countries are presented. The impacts of
globalization on the forest sector in the Russian Far East and
reforms in support of sustainable forest management in Russia are
the two final themes of the book.
This book offers information and insights into the potential of
market and policy instruments in improving the state of the world's
forests. It advocates the use of the concept of optimal mix of
markets and policies as an approach to view the appropriate and
operational roles of market and government in dealing with forestry
issues. It does not offer a list of policy recommendations to be
used as a general tool to combat the threats facing the world's
forests. Obviously, the optimal mix of markets and policies must
depend on the varying national and local conditions and, more
specifically, on the level of development. The contents of this
volume are organized in five Parts. Part I, Editorial Perspectives,
briefly reviews the outline of the book and analyses the balanced
use of markets and policies to support world forests towards
sustainable forest management. Part II reviews changes and trends
in society and environment outside the forest sector. After all,
the evolution of forestry and forest industries is more dependent
on these external changes than on changes internal to the sector.
Two important aspects that may strongly affect the future of the
forest sector are covered: the potential of wood biomass in
replacing oil and the global freshwater outlook. Part III focuses
on the importance of forests and is primarily aimed at those
outside the forest sector. Current innovations in information
technology and the fast removal of government regulations have
enabled forest industry corporations to invest on a larger scale in
optimal locations worldwide. The rapid expansion of forest
plantations in the South is a response not only to globalization
but also to the expanding conservationpressures in the North. Part
IV is the global forum that introduces a few topical forest sector
issues affecting the world as a whole. However, these tend to be
very complex and can rarely be adequately covered from a single
perspective. Therefore, discussants were invited to bring up
additional points of view. Forests have great potential in the
control of climate change. This is analyzed through both the
increased use of wood for energy and the possible forestry
investments by Northern nations in the South to cope with the
requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. The interlinkages of forests
and water are also highlighted. Part V is entitled Regional Forum.
Its purpose is to analyze globally relevant continental issues.
Interregional studies are followed by articles focusing on Latin
America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, North America, Europe, and
the Russian Federation. The role of the G8 economic powers in the
development of the world's forests is studied from the days of
imperialism to the current Action Programme on Forests, and the
implementation of the programme is followed up. A number of
comparative analyses of countries are presented. The impacts of
globalization on the forest sector in the Russian Far East and
reforms in support of sustainable forest management in Russia are
the two final themes of the book.
This book addresses current global and regional issues concerning
the world's forests, societies and the environment from an
independent and non-governmental point of view. A main message is
that cooperation on a global scale is not only commendable, but
essential if solutions to the problems facing the world's forests
are to be found. To achieve this, modern science needs to find a
clearer picture of relationships between forests, human activity
and the environment and of the consequences of environmental change
for the ability of societies to survive. Part I, Editorial
Perspectives, is analyzing the ongoing globalization processes of
forests, societies and the environment. Part II, Society and
Environment, reviews worldwide trends with significance for the
future of forests and forestry. While the trends are influenced by
forest sector issues, that sector is influenced to a much larger
extent by external factors - such as demography, urbanization, or
technological development. Part III, Importance of Forests, looks
at the value of the goods and services of forests; tangible and
intangible; market and non-market; and concludes that failure to
recognize their full value is one of the crucial impediments to
sustainable development. In Part IV, Global Forum, scientists take
up global forestry themes - deforestation, trade and the
environment, climate change, biodiversity - with the aim of
stimulating wider discussion. Part V, Regional Forum, looks at
major themes of particular relevance to Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin
America, North America and Europe, such as farm and agroforestry,
corruption and concessions, urban forestry and environmental
conflicts. Part VI introduces the special theme- forest sectors in
transition economies. Teams of scientists from Russia and China
focus on the implications of the transition from plan to market
economy, illuminating both the very different nature of the forest
sector in the two countries and the different transition paths that
they have adopted. In the past millennium the entire world has been
discovered. In the past half century the contribution of forests to
the economy worldwide has been perceived, while only recently have
their societal and environmental benefits been globally recognized.
Globalization is a demanding process requiring knowledge and
information. This book offers knowledge, facts and information
&endash; but also values from diverse human and cultural
perspectives &endash; about world forests, society and
environment to help us towards equity in our use of the global
forest, to create a clearer vision on a unasylva.
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