The Earthscan Reader in Forestry and Development (Earthscan Reader Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844071545 ISBN 13: 9781844071548

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

'Whether you are a seasoned conservationist or forestry professional, an aspiring student or simply a concerned citizen, this book is for you'
David Kaimowitz, Director General, CIFOR

Arrangements for the governance and management of forests have been changing rapidly in recent decades. The post-Rio period has been one of unprecedented re-examination of what the world's forest resources consist of, who they should belong to, who should benefit from their conservation and management, and how all of this should be organized. This collection of outstanding papers on forests, development and livelihoods (until now widely dispersed throughout the literature) brings together the most recent thinking on these issues, and will give students and practitioners of forestry and natural resource management a rapid overview of what is changing, how and why. The papers provide a balanced view of subjects that have been controversial or which the media and influential decision makers have misunderstood or misrepresented.

This book updates and supersedes the best-selling Earthscan Reader in Tropical Forestry, edited by Simon Rietbergen, but this time with a broader focus covering all types of forests and contexts.

About this title

About the Author

Jeffrey Sayer is Senior Associate of WWF International's Forests for Life Programme and was Founding Director General of CIFOR (1993 2001)

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844071545
• ISBN 13: 9781844071548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Sayer Jeffrey