Overview

There is a great concern about the sustainability of forestry and the contribution of private forestry towards this aim. It is therefore important to develop effective policies to support or shape private forestry. This book includes a selection of revised papers from a conference held in Atlanta in March 2001. The main subjects covered include: the emergence of a new paradigm for public involvement in private forestry; the challenges of sustainability; certification programmes; country experiences from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia.

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Author:   Lawrence Teeter (University of Queensland, Australia) ,  Benjamin Cashore (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA) ,  Professor Daowei Zhang (Auburn University, Alabama, USA) ,  Benjamin Cashore (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780851995991

ISBN 10:   0851995993
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   06 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Changing philosophies of forest management 1: Forestry in the long sweep of history, 2: International dialogue on forests: impact on national policies and practices, 3: New trends in forest policy and management: An emerging postmodern approach? 4: Utilizing issue network analyses to assess potential policy implications of sustainable forest management in the United States, 5: Private sector participation on public forestlands: challenges and policy issues, 6: Planning private native forest use in Australia, Part 2: Challenges abound - Designing and implementing policies for private forestry 7: The three impediments: time, fire and taxes, 8: Global initiatives, public policies and private forestry in Bolivia: lessons to date and remaining challenges, 9: Today and tomorrow of private forestry in Central and Eastern Europe, 10: Redesigning forest policy tools under a transitional economy setting, 11: Private land and public goods: process lessons from habitat conservation planning, 12: Ensuring the application of sound forest practices on private forests: challenges facing the design and implementation of state compliance monitoring programs, 13: Spatial assessment of a voluntary forest conservation program in North Carolina, Part 3: Sustainable forestry economics 14: Policy developments affecting demand, supply and international trade of forest products - A European perspective, 15: Private forest management and investment in the US South: alternative future scenarios, 16: An economy-wide assessment of a forest carbon policy in the USA, 17: Forestry implications of agricultural short-rotation woody crops in the United States, 18: Management of the forest biodiversity: feasibility, efficiency and limits of a contractual regulation, 19: Case studies examining the economic impacts of new forest practices regulations on NIPF landowners, 20: Effect of the federal estate tax on rural land holdings in the US, 21: Global trade liberalization and forest product trade patterns, Part 4: Perspectives on forest certification 22: Gaining leverage: NGO influence on certification institutions in the forest products sector, 23: Firm choices on sustainable forestry forest certification: the case of JD Irving Lumber Company, 24: Improving forest management through the supply chain: an assessment of wood procurement management systems in the forest products industry, 25: Perspectives on forest certification: a survey examining differences among the US Forest Sectors views of their forest certification alternatives, 26: Certification: a comparison of perceptions of corporate and non-industrial private forestland owners in Louisiana, 27: Forest certification in the heart of Dixie: a survey of Alabama landowners,

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This book offers a spectrum of ideas, and potential policy options, which are immensely valuable for all students of private forestry.

This book provides interesting insights and analyses on some key general issues related to private forestry at the beginning of the 21st century. This book offers a spectrum of ideas, and potential policy options, which are immensely valuable for all students of private forestry.

Author Information

Daowei Zhang is professor of forest economics and policy in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University.

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