America's Private Forests: Status And Stewardship - Softcover

Best, Constance; Wayburn, Laurie A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559639016 ISBN 13: 9781559639019

Publisher: Island Press, 2001

Synopsis

Nearly 430 million acres of forests in the United States are privately owned, but the viability, and indeed the very existence, of these forests is increasingly threatened by population growth, sprawling urbanization, and patchwork development. Scientists, policymakers, and community leaders have begun to recognize the vital role of private forests in providing society with essential goods and services, from sustainable timber supplies to clean water. Yet despite the tremendous economic and ecological importance of private forests, information about their status and strategies for their protection have been in short supply.America's Private Forests addresses that shortcoming, presenting extensive data gathered from diverse sources and offering a concise overview of the current status of privately owned forests in the United States. As well as describing the state of private forests, the book sets forth detailed information on a wide range of approaches to conservation along with an action agenda for implementing those strategies likely to be most effective. The book: identifies the major threats to private forests in the United States considers barriers to conservation outlines the available tools and programs for promoting conservation presents a "road map" to guide collective efforts for the conservation of private forests and their native biodiversityBased on extensive research of existing literature as well as interviews and consultation with leading forestry and conservation experts, America's Private Forests is a unique sourcebook that offers a solid basis for discussion of threats to private forests along with an invaluable compendium of potential solutions. It will serve as an invaluable reference for all those working to conserve and steward forest resources, including forest owners and their consultants, conservation organizations, and agency personnel, as well as researchers and students involved with issues of forestry, biodiversity, land use, and conservation.

About this title

About the Author:

Constance Best is co-founder and Managing Director of the Pacific Forest Trust.  Best is a recognized leader in advancing strategies that harness the power of commerce to accomplish conservation objectives.    Best is the principal author of America's Private Forests: Status and Stewardship and Capital Markets and Sustainable Forestry: Opportunities for Investment.  Prior to creating the Pacific Forest Trust, Best founded and managed the company that created America’s first all-natural soda and in the process revolutionized the soft drink business. Best was the Pacific Forest Trust's founding chair and has served on the boards of the American Forest Foundation, Ecotrust, the Land Trust Alliance, Anderson Valley Land Trust and Investors' Circle.
 

Laurie Wayburn is co-founder and President of the Pacific Forest Trust. Wayburn has over 20 years experience in conservation-based sustainable development both nationally and internationally. She serves on several boards to further conservation and stewardship including the Land Trust Alliance and the Sustainable Forestry Board. A frequent speaker and writer on the values of sustaining our nation's forests, she is co-author of America's Private Forests.  Wayburn has also sought to further private forests through involvement with the Seventh American Forest Congress, University of California Center for Forestry, Oregon Board of Forestry Incentives Group and Society of American Forests Certification Task Force.

John C. Gordon is Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1559639016
• ISBN 13: 9781559639019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224