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Providing a wealth of in-depth knowledge of forest ecosystems, this
new volume explores a collection of important topics on forest
community dynamics. It looks at the diversity of forest ecosystems
and explores such aspects as forest products in enhancing local
livelihoods and community participation, forage production, forest
conservation and sustainable management, regeneration patterns,
seed handling, and more. Chapters in Diversity and Dynamics in
Forest Ecosystems present new research on forest products,
livelihood generation mechanisms of forest-dependent communities,
utilization patterns of untapped resources from forests, and the
structure of different ecosystems from the tropical to the
temperate landscape. This book also features different drivers of
community dynamics, such as the role of seed handling in forests,
the influence of altitudinal variations, and protected and
community-conserved forests on the forest diversity. Chapters also
consider the role of non-timber forest products and their
significance in livelihood diversification for tribal communities
and forage crop genetic resources, and forest resource extraction
by forest fringe dwellers. Also explored are aspects of soil
organic carbon in agroforestry systems and integrated approaches of
sustainable agroforestry development in diverse forest ecosystems.
This edition also examines the vegetation structure and
regeneration aspects of timberline zone, including diversity of
herbaceous flora along the altitudinal gradient. The abundance of
in-depth knowledge of the diversity and dynamics of forest
ecosystems in this volume will be valuable in conservation and
management of forests, which play an important role in the world
environment. Forests are presently facing multiple disturbances,
and this volume will help forestry professionals and others
formulate further strategies to mitigate global climate change and
other challenges.
This edited book covers all aspects of forest deforestation and
degradation in detail and their link to land degradation. Poor
natural resource management is often a contributory factor in the
depletion of resources particularly like degradation of land which
hinders the goals to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN).
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 15.3 states: "By 2030,
combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including
land affected by desertification, drought, and floods, and strive
to achieve a land degradation-neutral world." To achieve the set
goals a comprehensive multidirectional approach is required
involving policymakers, field functionaries, researchers, and above
all educators. The book compiles the field experiences and wisdom
of some of the best researchers and authors working in the field of
land degradations for quite a long time. The objective of the book
is to disseminate the status of land degradation, the importance of
achieving land degradation and share success stories of reclaiming
Land degradation, and suggests means and ways of achieving land
degradation neutrality. This book act as a repository of knowledge
on Land degradation neutrality for students, researchers and
practitioners, and policy planners.
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