Policy and Practices for Biodiversity in Managed Forests

The Living Dance

Edited by Fred Bunnell
Categories: Environmental & Nature Studies, Natural Resources, Environmental Protection & Preservation
Publisher: UBC Press
Paperback : 9780774806916, 176 pages, April 2000
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774841672, 176 pages, November 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774852388, 176 pages, April 2000
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Table of contents

Figures Preface / Clark Binkley

Introduction / Fred L. Bunnell

1 Forestry and Biological Diversity: Elements of the Problem / Fred L. Bunnell and A. Chan-McLeod

2 Forest Policy, Management, and Biodiversity / Jagmohan S. Maini

3 Genetic Diversity for Forest Policy and Management / Gene Namkoong

4 Biodiversity at the Population Level: A Vital Paradox / Gray Merriam

5 Measuring Diversity of Communities and Ecosystems with Special Reference to Forests / Daniel Simberloff

6 Biodiversity at the Landscape Level / J. Stan Rowe

7 At What Scale Should We Manage Biodiversity? / Reed Noss

8 Setting Goals for Biodiversity in Managed Forests / Fred L. Bunnell

Contributors

Index

Description

Is it possible to sustain biological diversity in managed forests? Or should biodiversity strategies focus solely on reserves and protected areas? A group of well-known scientists specializing in forestry issues apply scientific expertise to the “hot politics” of the forestry debate and present compelling evidence as to the sustainability of biological diversity in managed forests.

Awards

  • Winner, Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 2000
  • Winner, K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press 1998

Reviews

This book has much to offer both conservation scientists and managers of forests.

- Patrick Colgan

... excellent and timely book ... The authors do a great job in their thoughtful and sustainable discussion of these complex issues. For the first time since the term biodiversity was coined in the 1980s, this reviewer feels somewhat comfortable that scientists are providing the leadership role in biodiversity assessment in the context of managed forests ... General readers; undergraduates through professionals.

- Choice