"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic value of Mediterranean forests, including not just commonly measured benefits such as timber, but also the public goods and externalities they provide. Uniquely, it brings together forest valuations at the national lev…
Written by leading international authors, this book presents a comprehensive review of forests in mountain regions, and of their importance for sustainable development. The book has been prepared under the auspices of the IUFRO Task Force on Forests in Sustainable Mountain Devel…
Just how resilient are our urban societies (to energy, environmental and/or financial shocks, etc), and how does this vary among cities and nations? Can our cities be made more sustainable, and can environmental, economic, and social collapse be staved off through changes in urb…
This book provides an accessible introduction to key concepts that future forest managers will need to keep our most important renewable resource healthy and resilient.
« Giant kelp (Macrocystis) is a remarkable plant, the largest seaweed and most rapidly growing and prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the sea surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largel…
Focusing on the example of the "Lost Pines forest of Texas", this book contextualises the present-day conservation of the Lost Pines within its wealth of historical and geological records. This in turn presents a realistic example for examining evolutionary dynamics models and h…
The goal of this volume is to provide guidance for advanced students, land managers and policymakers seeking to understand the complex science and policy of forest carbon as it relates to tangible problems of forest management and the more abstract problems of addressing drivers…
