Forests, Business and Sustainability

Forests are under tremendous pressure from human uses of all kinds, and one of the most significant threats to their sustainability comes from commercial interests. This book presents a comprehensive examination of the interactions between the forest products sector and the sustainability of forests.

It captures the most current sustainability concerns within the forestry sector and various sustainability-oriented initiatives to address these. Experts from around the world analyze interconnected topics including market mechanisms, regulatory mechanisms, voluntary actions, and governance, and outline their effectiveness, potential, and limitations. By presenting a novel overview of the burgeoning field of business sustainability within the forestry sector, this book paves a way forward in understanding what is working, what is not working, and what could potentially work to ensure sustainable business practices within the forestry sector,

Rajat Panwar is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Forest Resources Management and Wood Science in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is also Editor of the journal Bioproducts Business.  

Robert Kozak is Professor and Head of the Department of Wood Science in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 

Eric Hansen is Professor of Forest Products Marketing in the Department of Wood Science and Engineering at the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, USA.