Description
| Abstract: | This book with eleven chapters explores forestry in a global context. The book contains discussion on the following topics: history of human interaction with forests; forests of the world; environmental value of forests; wood and paper products; bioenergy, innovative biomaterials, non-wood forest products; forest dynamics in the tropics; sustainable forest management; forestry and climate change; plantations for wood production with environmental care; social forestry; and international forest policy. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on opening page (viewed Sep 16, 2015).
Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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