Faced with intensified ecological crisis, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse its forest degradation. Among the policy instruments is the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) that aims to transform the pattern of traditional forest management and pr…
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. "Scientists tell us that climate change is upon us and the physical world is changing quickly with important …
Global forest fragmentation
This book with 10 chapters (following an Introduction) covers the major questions of forest fragmentation as general questions affecting the world's forest biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem services. These are not merely case studies from particular places in the wo…
Understanding woods -- Lady Park Wood and its history -- The ecological reserve -- Recording trees and expressing change -- The changing wood -- Ash : the tree in the spotlight -- Beech and oak, the major forest trees -- Limes and wych elm -- Birch and other short-lived canopy t…
Résumé éditeur : "Dans ce livre plein de grâce, acclamé dans le monde entier, le forestier Peter Wohlleben nous apprend comment s'organise la société des arbres. Les forêts ressemblent à des communautés humaines. Les parents vivent avec leurs enfants, et les aident à grandir. Le…