Ecological Bulletins, Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity

Jean-Michel Roberge editor Per Angelstam editor Monica Donz-Breuss editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:30th Mar '05

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Ecological Bulletins, Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity cover

  • Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development.
  • Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable populations of specialised species to be maintained.
  • Policy-makers, businesses and managers pose questions about how to balance use of renewable forest resources and conserve biodiversity.
  • Examples are presented on how biodiversity assessments can be made.
  • Proposes how the critical gaps in our knowledge identified throughout the book could be filled through macroecological research and international co-operation.

"The three editors are to be congratulated on the enormous task of compiling these 36 papers . . . This volume contains an excellent overview of available tools and possible targetsfor forest biodiversity management."
Environmental Conservation

ISBN: 9781405117746

Dimensions: 272mm x 198mm x 27mm

Weight: 1433g

512 pages

Bulletin 51