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Though conflicts continue to arise over land use and land cover changes, the conversion of forest land to cropland or other land uses such as housing and urban development have been on the rise in recent years. Decisions regarding land use and land cover influence climate change as well as various natural processes. While proper changes can minimize the effects and speed of climatic changes, the continued adverse changes may be accelerating the deterioration of the world's condition. Examining International Land Use Policies, Changes, and Conflicts presents the latest research on the present status of land use and land cover changes throughout the world in order to determine appropriate land use policies that can protect earth's present and future condition. The findings of the studies investigate the conflicts behind the land tenure and land uses in different countries of the world and examines existing policies and the reasons behind changes in them. Ultimately, the book provides readers with knowledge on how land can be managed in a sustained manner, how landscape models are helpful for predicting and determining future land uses, how land can be managed with the best architectural measures, and how urban forestry is helpful for better environmental management and adapting or mitigating climate change effects. Land users, agriculturalists, urban planners, policymakers, government officials, researchers, academicians, and students looking to improve their understanding of this topic for better use of land in the future will find this book to be an asset to their current research.

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G. N. Tanjina Hasnat completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) and MS (Thesis) in Forestry from the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences Chittagong University (IFESCU), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh in 2012 Mohammed Kamal Hossain is the Professor of Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dr. Hossain has a BSc (Hons) and MSc degree from the Department of Botany, Chittagong University. He has a PhD degree under the Commonwealth Scholarship Program from Aberdeen University, UK in the field of Silviculture. He has a Post-doctoral fellowship under Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship program in U.K. He starts his career as a Research Officer in the Silvicultural Research Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute in 1984 and continued till 1993. In July 1993, he joined the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University (IFESCU) as Assistant Professor and in 2001 he became the Professor of the same Institute in 2001. He has contributed more than 181 scientific articles to national and international referred journals and more than 42 publications in proceedings and in book chapters in the field of Silviculture, biodiversity and plantation forestry. He is the lead/ co-author of 12 books in the field of Silviculture and Environment. In the Institute he supervised more than 102 BSc (Hons), 66 MSc/MS and 4 PhD students. Dr. Hossain holds the life membership of Bangladesh Botanical Society; Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS); Asiatic Society of Bangladesh; General Secretary, Biodiversity Research Group of Bangladesh (BRGB); Vice-President, Institution of Environmental Professionals, Bangladesh; Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Forestry and Environment, Chittagong University; Editorial Board Member, Journal of Forestry Research, China (2009 – 2018). He has visited the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, China, Sri Lanka, Japan, India, Korea, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Sweden, Switzerland for academic and research purposes.

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