Books in the Earthscan Forest Library series

Deals with the various aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues. This title incorporates information on various aspects of developing, selecting and operating a forest certification programme that provides both market security and raises standards of forest management.

Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods, particularly in forestry. This book presents an examination of the themes, experiences and lessons learned from decentralization worldwide.

"Examines the evidence and explores the many issues raised by changing relationships between the state, the private sector and local livelihoods. Key lessons in how governments can best achieve a balance between private and public involvement are provided by seven case studies from Australia, China

This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystem services and benefits to humans.

Sustainable Forest Management provides the necessary material to educate students about forestry and the contemporary role of forests in ecosystems and society. This comprehensive textbook on the concept and practice of sustainable forest management sets the standard for practice worldwide.

Discusses forest quality as a useful fresh concept in forest conservation and management. This book uses three main assessment criteria: authenticity; environmental benefits; and, social and economic benefits. It describes a methodology and protocol for collecting and analysing data, and outlines the approach required with these indicators.

Reviews changes that have occurred in forest management. This title examines the political ecology and economics of forest management, and review the information needs and the use and misuse of criteria and indicators to achieve broad societal goals for forests.

Providing an analysis of the issues, options and factors that determine different outcomes and bolstered by a major annex containing tools and tactics, this book offers practical advice on how to formulate, manage and implement policies appropriate to different contexts. It is suitable for policy-makers, forestry practitioners and academics.

In many countries illegal logging accounts for a large share of the harvest. This book examines the key issues including law and enforcement, supply and demand, corruption, forest certification, poverty, local livelihoods, international trade and biodiversity conservation.

Forest loss and degradation have caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services around the world. This title offers a guide to using forest landscape restoration (FLR) to repair the damage done to forest lands by poor land management practice. It shows how to increase the resilience of landscapes and communities they support through FLR.

Assesses the implementation of 'participatory' approaches to forest management in the politicized environments of India and Nepal. This book examines the policy, implementation processes and causal factors affecting livelihood impacts. It demonstrates why particular field outcomes have occurred and why policy reform often proves so difficult.

A guide to the practicalities of implementing international standards for sustainable forest management. Suitable for forest managers, it covers Forest Stewardship Council requirements, High Conservation Value Forests, requirements on pesticides and developments in policy and forest governance.

Presents a study that examines the impacts of neoliberal global governance on forests, and offers an overview of international forest politics. This book is suitable for students of global environmental politics and also for forest policy makers.

Market globalization and the globalization of environmental concerns have spurred demand for greater international accountability for forest stewardship. This book provides a detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering developed, transition and developing economies.

Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences on the extent and nature of decentralization and its outcomes.

Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. This book examines this problem in East Africa.

Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values. This book describes the hybrid approach to modelling forest ecosystems and their possible response to natural and management-induced disturbance.

The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact. This book brings together scientific knowledge on this topic from East, West, and Southern Africa and describes the relationships between forests, woodlands, people and their livelihoods.

Plantation forests often have a negative image. They are typically assumed to be poor substitutes for natural forests, particularly in terms of biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of clean drinking water and other non-timber goods and services. This book shows that they can play a vital role in the provision of ecosystem services.

The fate of the world's terrestrial biodiversity depends upon our ability to improve the management of forest ecosystems that have been modified by humans. This book aims to examine the factors that make biodiversity monitoring programs fail or succeed. It covers the design and implementation stages of a forest biodiversity monitoring program.

Provides a fresh approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. This title focuses on the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on research conducted in five countries (Cameroon, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar and Tanzania).

Reviews changes that have occurred in forest management. This title examines the political ecology and economics of forest management, and also reviews the information needs and the use and misuse of criteria and indicators to achieve broad societal goals for forests.