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The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with
disastrous consequences. Demand for wood and paper products ranks
high amongst the causes of deforestation and forest degradation,
and is now the major cause of loss in those forests richest in
wildlife. There is a great deal to be done to improve the timber
industry before our forests are safely and sustainably managed. Bad
Harvest presents an incisive account of the role that the timber
trade has played in the loss and degradation of forests around the
world. It examines the environmental consequences of the trade on
boreal, temporal and tropical regions, and its impacts for local
people working and living in the forests. It also looks at the
changing nature of the trade, and assesses current national and
international initiatives to address the impacts of deforestation.
Finally, the authors show how things could be improved in the
future, by presenting a new strategy for sustainable forest
management. Based on 15 years of extensive research - particularly
work carried out by the World Wide Fund for Nature - Bad Harvest is
essential reading on the subject; not only for environmentalists,
but also for those in the timber trade seeking to improve the
management and reputation of their product.
The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with
disastrous consequences. Demand for wood and paper products ranks
high amongst the causes of deforestation and forest degradation,
and is now the major cause of loss in those forests richest in
wildlife. There is a great deal to be done to improve the timber
industry before our forests are safely and sustainably managed. Bad
Harvest presents an incisive account of the role that the timber
trade has played in the loss and degradation of forests around the
world. It examines the environmental consequences of the trade on
boreal, temporal and tropical regions, and its impacts for local
people working and living in the forests. It also looks at the
changing nature of the trade, and assesses current national and
international initiatives to address the impacts of deforestation.
Finally, the authors show how things could be improved in the
future, by presenting a new strategy for sustainable forest
management. Based on 15 years of extensive research - particularly
work carried out by the World Wide Fund for Nature - Bad Harvest is
essential reading on the subject; not only for environmentalists,
but also for those in the timber trade seeking to improve the
management and reputation of their product.
Deforestation is frequently a topic of discussion in the
environmental arena, but it is not just the number of trees that
matters; the quality of the forest is also important. Even where
the forest area is stable or increasing, there are often rapid
changes in its character. Natural forests are being replaced by
plantations or by intensively managed forests. Around the world,
forests are becoming younger and less diverse, in both species and
structure; this has important impacts for biodiversity and also
affects many human values. In this groundbreaking text, forest
quality is discussed as a useful new concept in forest conservation
and management. Three main assessment criteria are used:
authenticity; environmental benefits; and social and economic
benefits. The book describes a methodology and protocol for
collecting and analysing data, and outlines in detail the approach
required with each indicator. The authors advocate a landscape
approach to assessment and demonstrate how assessment works through
a series of case studies that show how this approach can be used in
many ways to help forest conservation management. This hands-on
manual is for professionals involved in forestry, conservation and
resource management worldwide, and contains case study material
from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America that demonstrates
practical uses of the new 'landscape' approach to forest
conservation. Published with IUCN and WWF
This is the first ever guide to 'forest quality' assessment,
addressing the 'authenticity' of forests and criteria for
determining the environmental, economic and social value of
different types of forest. It is a practical hands-on manual for
professionals involved in forestry, conservation and resource
management worldwide. Case study material from Europe, Asia, Africa
and Latin America shows the practical uses of the new 'landscape'
approach to forest conservation. Deforestation is frequently a
topic of discussion in the environmental arena, but it is not just
the number of trees that matters; the quality of the forest is also
important. Even where the forest area is stable or increasing,
there are often rapid changes in its character. Natural forests are
being replaced by plantations or by intensively managed forests.
Around the world, forests are becoming younger and less diverse, in
both species and structure; this has important impacts for
biodiversity, and also affects many human values. In this
groundbreaking text, forest quality is discussed as a useful new
concept in forest conservation and management. benefits; and social
and economic benefits. A methodology and protocol for collecting
and analysing data is described, and the approach needed with each
indicator is outlined in detail. A landscape approach to assessment
is advocated, as meeting conservation goals also means addressing
human needs, and balancing the trade-offs involved is only possible
at a landscape scale. Assessment is demonstrated in a series of
case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, showing
how this method can be used in many ways to help forest
conservation management.
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