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Sustainable forest management and global climate change [Book] : selected case studies from the Americas / edited by Mohammed H.I. Dore, Rubén Guevara.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Northampton, MA : Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c2000.Description: xii, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1840641614
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.75 097 21
LOC classification:
  • SD139
Other classification:
  • 333.75097
Contents:
Simplified guidelines for planning sustainable and diversified forest management: a case study of the Villa Mills Demonstrative Experimental Area / Grace Saénz and Robin aus der Beek -- Integrating socioeconomic and biophysical data with a GIS to plan sustainable resource management efforts in Central America / Steven Shultz -- Carbon storage in soils and vegetation among forested ecosystem types in northern Ontario / Mark Johnston and Peter Uhlig -- The carbon cycle and the value of forests as a carbon sink: a boreal case study / Mohammed Dore and Mark Johnston -- The carbon cycle and the value of forests as a carbon sink: a tropical case study / Octavio A. Ramirez -- Agriculture versus forestry in northern Saskatchewan / Mohammed Dore, Surendra N. Kulshreshtha and Mark Johnston -- Economic valuation of mangrove ecosystems and sub-tropical forests in Central America / Tania Ammour, Néstor Windevoxhel and Gustave Sención -- The Canadian Model Forest Program: a case study of the Saskatchewan model forest / Surendra N. Kulshreshtha -- Forest policy in Costa Rica / Olman Segura-Bonilla -- Forest management in a semi-arid region in Brazil: a case study of the state of Rio Grande do Norte / Sebastião Kengen ... [et al.].
Summary: The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognizes that, in the formulation of a strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon, forests could play an important role. This study highlights that role and demostrates how the forests of the world can be harvested judiciously and sustainably.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Simplified guidelines for planning sustainable and diversified forest management: a case study of the Villa Mills Demonstrative Experimental Area / Grace Saénz and Robin aus der Beek -- Integrating socioeconomic and biophysical data with a GIS to plan sustainable resource management efforts in Central America / Steven Shultz -- Carbon storage in soils and vegetation among forested ecosystem types in northern Ontario / Mark Johnston and Peter Uhlig -- The carbon cycle and the value of forests as a carbon sink: a boreal case study / Mohammed Dore and Mark Johnston -- The carbon cycle and the value of forests as a carbon sink: a tropical case study / Octavio A. Ramirez -- Agriculture versus forestry in northern Saskatchewan / Mohammed Dore, Surendra N. Kulshreshtha and Mark Johnston -- Economic valuation of mangrove ecosystems and sub-tropical forests in Central America / Tania Ammour, Néstor Windevoxhel and Gustave Sención -- The Canadian Model Forest Program: a case study of the Saskatchewan model forest / Surendra N. Kulshreshtha -- Forest policy in Costa Rica / Olman Segura-Bonilla -- Forest management in a semi-arid region in Brazil: a case study of the state of Rio Grande do Norte / Sebastião Kengen ... [et al.].

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognizes that, in the formulation of a strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon, forests could play an important role. This study highlights that role and demostrates how the forests of the world can be harvested judiciously and sustainably.

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