Forestry and silviculture

For at least half a century since the emergence of Country Parks and Forest Parks, countryside services have provided leisure, tourism, conservation, restoration and regeneration across Britain.

Tropical Rainforests presents the most up-to-date and wide-ranging review of the problems and prospects of the world's most complex and abundant ecosystem.

Tropical Rainforests presents the most up-to-date and wide-ranging review of the problems and prospects of the world's most complex and abundant ecosystem.

Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary planning and development of the city.

Urban forests, trees and greenspace are critical in contemporary planning and development of the city.

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in wood energy as part of a sustainable range of renewable energy options.

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in wood energy as part of a sustainable range of renewable energy options.

The green economy is widely seen as a potential solution to current global economic and environmental crises, and a potential mechanism by which sustainable development might be achieved in practice.

This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere.

This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere.

The green economy is widely seen as a potential solution to current global economic and environmental crises, and a potential mechanism by which sustainable development might be achieved in practice.

Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, this book examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary Cambodia.

Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, this book examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary Cambodia.

Trees are a major component of the biosphere and have played an important part in the world's history and culture.

Trees are a major component of the biosphere and have played an important part in the world's history and culture.

This title aims to provide introductory and concluding surveys of the subject of farms, trees and farmers.

This title aims to provide introductory and concluding surveys of the subject of farms, trees and farmers.

Complete with information on buying and selling woods, useful contact addresses and a glossary of terms, Caring for Small Woods will prove the indispensable handbook.

Complete with information on buying and selling woods, useful contact addresses and a glossary of terms, Caring for Small Woods will prove the indispensable handbook.

The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with disastrous consequences.

The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with disastrous consequences.

Behind the headlines about the loss of tropical forests in Latin America lies a complex and fascinating story of the social pressures which cause it.

Behind the headlines about the loss of tropical forests in Latin America lies a complex and fascinating story of the social pressures which cause it.

The destruction of the tropical forest is one of the major problems of our time.

The destruction of the tropical forest is one of the major problems of our time.

Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South.

Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South.

Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect.

Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect.

Much of the world's tropical timber is still supplied from natural forest, but under current systems of management the forests are rapidly becoming exhausted.

Much of the world's tropical timber is still supplied from natural forest, but under current systems of management the forests are rapidly becoming exhausted.

The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited.

The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited.

The economic value of forest.

The economic value of forest.

The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century.

The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century.

Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides insights in how models are constructed.

Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides insights in how models are constructed.

The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry.

The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry.

The most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on silviculture that covers the range of topics and issues facing today s foresters and resource professionals The tenth edition of the classic work, The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, includes the most current information and the results of research on the many issues that are relevant to forests and forestry.

The most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on silviculture that covers the range of topics and issues facing today s foresters and resource professionals The tenth edition of the classic work, The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, includes the most current information and the results of research on the many issues that are relevant to forests and forestry.

Forest trees and shrubs play vital ecological roles, reducing the carbon load from the atmosphere by using carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and by the storage of carbon in biomass and wood as a source of energy.

Forest trees and shrubs play vital ecological roles, reducing the carbon load from the atmosphere by using carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and by the storage of carbon in biomass and wood as a source of energy.

Handbook of Major Palm Pests: Biology and Management contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the red palm weevil and the palm borer moth, two newly emergent invasive palm pests which are adversely affecting palm trees around the world.

Handbook of Major Palm Pests: Biology and Management contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the red palm weevil and the palm borer moth, two newly emergent invasive palm pests which are adversely affecting palm trees around the world.

Urban tree management is the key basis for greener cities of the future.

Urban tree management is the key basis for greener cities of the future.

Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Fifth Edition addresses the increasingly important field of soil biota and their interactions in research and education.