This book with five parts divided into 22 chapters reviews current research on balancing commercial use with the range of ecosystem services delivered by boreal and temperate forests. The chapters survey advances in understanding forest ecophysiology, including mechanisms of root and canopy...

This book summarises and reviews the wealth of research on tropical forests and how it can help make sustainable management of tropical forests a reality. Part 1 addresses the broader political, economic and environmental context in which tropical forests are situated. Chapters cover topics such as ...

This book will focus on lignocellulosic fibres as a raw material for several applications. It will start with wood chemistry and morphology. Then, some fibre isolation processes will be given, before moving to composites, panel and paper manufacturing, characterization and aging.

This book with 24 chapters incorporated the India's Forest and Agroforestry situation and the need for industrial wood plantations. It also comprises the status of various wood based industries like pulp and paper, plywood, matchwood, dendro power, biofuel and the requirement for different raw...

This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development. To that end, this report firstly provides an...

This book considers the challenge of poverty and deterioration of the ecological environment in China, particularly in rural areas. Examining key factors such as the overuse of natural resources and the loss of biodiversity in the face of an expanding population and rapidly developing economy. It...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (SEEA AFF) is a statistical system for organizing data to enable the description and analysis of the relationship between the environment and economic activities related to agriculture, forestry and fisheries....

This guide highlights the plant health import regulations which apply to the landing of wood, wood products and bark from countries outside the European Union (EU). This guide sets out the legal requirements which have to be met when importing controlled forestry material from non-EU countries into ...

This book is primarily a general text covering the whole sweep of the forest industries. The over-riding emphasis is on a clear, simple interpretation of the underlying science, demonstrating how such principles apply to processing operations. The book starts by considering the broad question "what ...