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* *The first practical hands-on guide to repairing the damage done by irresponsible forest activity, explaining how to increase the resilience of landscapes and the communities they support

* *Pools expert knowledge from world authorities in the field, using research backed by respected institutions such as International Tropical Timber Organization and the World Conservation Union

* *An addition to the Earthscan Forestry Library, the indispensable resource for practitioners, planners, policy makers and students

This book--authored and collected by leading international authorities in the field of forestry--is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). As an approach to conservation, FLR provides a complementary framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes in cases where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services. The main aim of FLR is not to re-establish pristine forest, even if this were possible, rather the objective is to strengthen the resilience of landscapes and thereby keep future management options open. It also aims to support communities as they strive to increase and sustain the benefits they derive from the management of land. The result here is an indispensable, easy-to-read handbook for practitioners in all aspects of forestry and natural resource management.

Contributors: Cesar Sabogal, David Lamb, Don Gilmour, James Gasana, Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken, Sandeep Sengupta, Stewart Maginnis, Trikurnianti Kusumanto, Wil de Jong, William Jackson ... Read more

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* Examines the huge global and local impacts of decentralization on forests, biodiversity, conservation, and the livelihoods of people
* In-depth case studies covering Europe/U.K., North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa
* Research supported by the major international forestry and conservation organizations including CIFOR, IUCN, WWF, UNFF, ITTO, FAO, USFS, World Bank, and ProForest

Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods, particularly in forestry. This book is the most up-to-date examination of the themes, experiences and lessons learned from decentralization worldwide. Drawing on research and support from all of the major international forestry and conservation organizations, the book provides a balanced account that covers the impact of decentralization on resource management worldwide and provides comparative global insights with wide implications for policy, management, conservation, and resource use and planning. This is state-of-the-art coverage of the critical issue of decentralization, vital for practitioners, academics, and policymakers across forestry and the full spectrum of natural resource management. ... Read more

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*Fully revised and updated from the landmark first edition, covering all aspects of policy, business and hands-on technical issues

First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning all aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues. Yet since first publication an enormous amount has happened in the field. This new second edition has been entirely rewritten to incorporate the changes over the past decade and to provide a complete and up-to-date source of information on all aspects of developing, selecting and operating forest certification programs that provide both market security and raise standards of forest management. ... Read more

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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 book, 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. A methodology and protocol for collecting and analyzing data is described, and the approach needed with each indicator is outlined in detail. The authors advocate a landscape approach to assessment, as meeting conservation goals also means addressing human needs, and balancing the trade-offs involved is only possible at a landscape scale. A series of case studies demonstrates assessment throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, showing how this new method can be used in many ways to help forest conservation management. ... Read more

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The book deals quantitatively with the generation, dispersion,and deposition of pesticide droplets on vegetation and with off-targetdrift of undeposited droplets. A computer simulation model forcalculating dispersion, deposition, and drift is described withcomparisons between calculated results and field measurement results.The model includes the effects of aircraft vortex, atmosphericturbulence, droplet evaporation, and droplet deposition on foliage.Model output includes values of droplet deposit density and size onfoliage and ground as well as droplet concentration and size in thedrift cloud.
In addition, a detailed description of droplet atomizercharacterization methods is presented along with a large number ofatomizer spectrum results for atomizers in current use. An analysis ofa number of forestry spraying innovations is presented.
This text is an essential tool in assessing the efficacy andenvironmental impact of proposed and actual forest spray operations. ... Read more

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"Forestry Pesticide Aerial Spraying" is a book that shows that the science and technology of aerial spraying is still evolving.

This is a great book on aerial spraying due to the lack of basic literature on the state of the art.It presents the current state of the art and some of the problems (like inaccurate sizing methods in wind tunnels).

Obvious from this book is that aerial spraying has moved beyond basic fluid mechanics into the information age.Discusses the auditing capabilities with GPS.Much of the emphasis remains on nozzels and dispersion modeling, but the uniqueness of forestry stands in this arena are well discussed.

This is the sort of book that should be read by anyone that wants to understand the design problems of aerial spray systems and the operational consiquences. ... Read more

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*How to create policies in line with the political and market realities of one of the world's major natural resources
*Explains the process and criteria for policy that resolves forest problems and ensures equitable and sustainable use for all those involved
*The most authoritative study to date, based on extensive worldwide research
*Essential reading for forest managers in all contexts
*Foreword by Jag Maini

Forestry issues vary from place to place but the pattern of forest problems is common to most countriesloss of natural forests, centralized control, inequitable access, lack of information and resources, and ossified institutions. Policy is at the root of most of the problems.
This volume offers a thorough analysis of the issues and the options, and the factors that determine different outcomes. It goes on to provide clear and practical advice on how to formulate, manage and implement policies appropriate to different contexts -- policies that result in real improvements in the governance, use and economic benefits that can flow from forests to those who depend upon them. ... Read more

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*"This book is the first to set out in clear, simple language what needs to be done. It deserves a place on every forest managers desk and field pack" --Duncan Poore
*"In a very practical and accessible waythe handbook provides a framework for understanding, planning and implementing improved forest management techniques" --ETRFN News
*"A stimulating guide to many of the issues likely to be faced in contemporary forest management" --James Sowerby, Shell Forestry Ltd


"The Sustainable Forestry Handbook" is widely considered to be the essential aid to understanding and implementing sustainable forest management. Providing a clear and concise guide to the practicalities of implementing international standards for sustainable forest management, this fully updated second edition covers new Forest Stewardship Council requirements, High Conservation Value Forests, clearer requirements on pesticides and changing policy and forest governance. Aimed at forest managers and employing extensive cross referencing and easy to understand illustrations, this highly practical handbook explains in clear terms what the standards require forest managers to do and how they might go about implementing them. ... Read more

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The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. This new book, by leading researchers from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), presents the latest research into decentralization in the forests of Asia and the Pacific, unraveling the complex issues at stake.

Fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries including India, Nepal, China, Korea, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam among others, presents the authors rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions. The book begins with historical and geographical overview chapters, proceeding to more in-depth coverage in the regions countries. Research findings stress rights, roles and responsibilities, on the one hand, and institutions including organization, capacity building, infrastructure and legal aspects, on the other. With these overarching themes in mind, the authors take on many controversial topics, examining inclusiveness in decision-making, justice and equity, criminal activity such as illegal logging and corruption, land use including rehabilitation and tenure, policy-practice gaps, community forestry, implications for household economies and environmental impacts such as fire. Several authors also address practical challenges related to financing and reinvestment in sustainable forest management under decentralized governance. Particular efforts have been made to examine decentralization at various scales from local to national and to address gender issues, which have previously been largely ignored in the decentralization discussions.

The result is a unique examination of decentralization issues in forestry with clear lessons for policy, forest management, research, development and conservation in forested areas across the globe from the tropics to temperature regions.
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* Examines the costs, benefits and impacts of the privatization of state owned forests
* Provides evidence-based lessons and guidance for policymakers and the forest industry from top international experts
* International cases studies from a range of developed and developing countries


Private sector delivery of state services is increasingly common worldwide and state forest plantation management is no exception. Increasingly governments are transferring rights and responsibilities to the private sector for state-owned plantations. Some claim that this road will achieve sustainable forest management, greater contributions to local livelihoods and poverty reduction. Others disagree.
This book examines the evidence and explores the many issues raised by these changing relationships between the state, the private sector and local livelihoods. Experiences from around the world are described through seven case studies from Australia, China, Chile, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom, and key lessons and clear guidance are provided on how governments can best achieve a balance between private and public involvement while continuing to deliver key social goods and services expected by all citizens. ... Read more

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Forests and forest lands around the world are a source of livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. Contests over control and use of these forest resources are increasingly acute, and nowhere are they more intense than in South Asia. Although state forest administration is recorded in the earliest historical texts of the region, since the colonial period forest departments have extended and intensified scientific forest management in order to generate greater flows of timber and revenue, constructing policy in terms of colonial and later national development rather than as serving the public good. The impact on the use local people make of the forest for their livelihoods has been so negative that persistent civil unrest has ensued in many areas.

In recent decades participatory approaches to forest management have been introduced around the world. This book assesses their implementation in the highly politicized environments of India and Nepal. The authors critically examine the policy, implementation processes, and causal factors affecting livelihood impacts. Considering narratives and field practice, with data from over sixty study villages and over one thousand household interviews, the book demonstrates why particular field outcomes have occurred and why policy reform often proves so difficult.

Research findings on which the book is based are already influencing policy in India and Nepal, and the research and analysis have great relevance to forestry management in a wide range of countries. ... Read more

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Recent innovations in Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Approaches are resulting in forests increasingly being managed as part of the broader social-ecological systems in which they exist. Forests in Landscapes reviews changes that have occurred in forest management in recent decades. Case studies from Europe, Canada, the United States, Russia, Australia, the Congo and Central America provide a wealth of international examples of innovative practices. Cross-cutting chapters examine the political ecology and economics of forest management, and review the information needs and the use and misuse of criteria and indicators to achieve broad societal goals for forests. A concluding chapter draws out the key lessons of changes in forest management in recent decades and sets out some thoughts for the future.

Published with IUCN ... Read more