The Sustainable Forestry Handbook :A Practical Guide for Tropical Forest Managers on Implementing New Standards - The Earthscan Forest Library

The Sustainable Forestry Handbook

The Sustainable Forestry Handbook :A Practical Guide for Tropical Forest Managers on Implementing New Standards - The Earthscan Forest Library

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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 developments in 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.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781844071180
ISBN10 1844071189
Number Of Pages 352
Item Weight 810 g
Publisher / Reseller Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format hardback
Edition 2nd edition
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Media Reviews

'It deserves a place on every forest manager's desk and field pack.'
Duncan Poore, Commonwealth Forestry Association, and author of Changing Landscapes

'This will be an enduring volume that should help turn things round on the forest management front.'
International Journal of Environment Studies

'A stimulating guide to many of the issues likely to be faced in contemporary forest management.'
James Sowerby, Shell Forestry Ltd

'Very practical and accessible ... provides a framework for understanding, planning and implementing improved forest management techniques.'
ETRFN News

'A well laid out guide.'
What on Earth

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Author's Bio

Sophie Higman is a Project Manager at ProForest. James Mayers is Director of the Forestry and Land Use Programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development. Stephen Bass is Head of Environment at DFID. Neil Judd and Ruth Nussbaum are Directors of ProForest, Oxford.

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