Sustainable Forests: Global Challenges and Local Solutions

ABOUT THE BOOK: This Volume intends to elucidate the notion of forest sustainability in operational, Political and scientific terms. It brings together the ideas, facts and views from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas presented at the Conference Sustainable Forests: Global Challenges and Local Solutions. The presenters accomplished both a reality check and vision building exercise towards forest sustainability. Clearly, there are distrinct factors that cause and modify the loss of primary forests across regions.

AUTHOR: David G. Brand, O. Thomas Bouman | ISBN: 9788181890825 | YEAR: 2005 | PAGES: 378 | SIZE: 14 x 22 x 2.5 cm. | BINDING: Hard | LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
1. O. Thomas Bouman, PhD, is a forestry graduate from the University of Gottingen, Germany, where he earned his doctorate in 1991. He joined Canada's Model Forest Program in 1993 to work for an association of government agencies, industry and indigenous people in Saskatchewan. His publication and extension efforts have contributed to the ecological and social foundations of sustainable development in agriculture and forestry.
2. David G. Brand, PhD, is manager of sustainable development for the State Forests of new South Wales, Australia. Previously, he worked as a scientist at the Petwawa National Forestry Insititute and then moved to the Headquaters of the Canadian Forest Service in Ottawa to direct science and sustainable development, including Canada's Model Forest Program. He has published numerous articles on forestry subjects and chaired a series of national and international forestry-related committees.

CONTENTS:
1. Preface
    O. Thomas Bouman
2. Acknowledgment
3. INTRODUCTION
4. Editorial Summary
    O. Thomas Bouman, David G. Brand
5. Formal Address
    Hon. Anne McLellan
PART ONE: GLOBAL CHALLENGES
6. Quo Vadimus?
    Matt Heering
7. Sustainability: The Panacea for Our Forestry Ills?
    M. N. Salleh
8. Cultural Values versus Science
    Chris Maser
9. Sustainable Development of Forests as a Way to Preserve the Natural Basis of Forestry
    Rainer Hummel, Alexander Sizykh
PART TWO: LOCAL SOLUTIONS
10. Challenges to Managing Forests in Africa
    Mangetane Gerard Khalikane
11. Community Forest Management in Southern Asia: A Survival Issue
    J. B. Lai
12. Predivinsk Lespromkhoz: A Case Study on the Collaborative Restructuring of a Forest Product Based Community in Siberia
    David Ostergren, Steve Hollenhorst
13. Ecologically Sustainable Land Use Planning in the Russian Lake Baikal Region
    Daniel R. Plumley
14. Forest Policy Evolution in Poland
    Kazimierz Rykowski
15. Integrating a Research Station into Community Development and Area Protection in Nicaragua
    Hans G. Schabel
16. Sustainable Forests: It's About Time (Montana)
    Barry R. Flamm
17. Partnership Building for Sustainable Development: A First Nations Perspective from Ontario
    P. A. Story, F. H. Lickers
18. Partnership Building for Sustainable Development: An Industry Perspective from Saskatchewan Jack Spencer
19. Precious Values: Integrating Diverse Forest Values into Forest Management Policy and Action (Ontario)
    Mark A. Stevenson, David R. Hardy, Laurie Gravelines
20. Socio-Economic Sustainability in Forest Dependent Communities
    Phil Shantz
PART THREE: SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
21. An Ecological-Economic Analysis of the Role of Canadian Forests in Mitigating Global Climate Change
    Mohammed Dore, Mark Johnston, Harvey Stevens
22. Value of Wilderness Protection in Saskatchewan: A Case Study of Existence Values
    S. N. Kulshreshtha,K. G. Loewen
23. Sustaining Tropical Forest Biodiversity
    P. D. Khasa, B. P. Dancik
24. Biodiversity Values and Measures Applied to Forest Management
    John M. Silbaugh, David R. Betters
25. Characterizing and Comparing Landscape Diversity Using GIS and a Contagion Index
    Bernard R. Parresol, Joseph McCollum
26. Artificial Nest Predation Dynamics Along a Forest Fragmentation Gradient: A Preliminary Analysis
    Erin Bayne, Keith Hobson
27. Using Micropropagation to Conserve Threatened Rare Species in Sustainable Forests
    J. L. Edson, D. L. Wenny, A. D. Leege-Brusven, R. L. Everett
28. Microbial Inoculants for Sustainable Forests
    M. S. Reddy, L. M. Funk, D. C. Covert, D. N. He, E. A. Pedersen
PART FOUR: PANEL DISCUSSION
    a. Janna Kumi (Government)
    b. Hamish Kimmins (Academe)
    c. Steve Smith (Industry)
    d. Harvey Locke (Non-Governmental)
    e. Russell Diabo (First Nations)
    f. Lutz Fahser (International)
    g. Floor Discussion
30. Index