Forestry and climate change / edited by Peter H. Freer-Smith, Mark S.J. Broadmeadow and Jim M. Lynch.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford :
CAB International,
2007.
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| Series: | CAB books.
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| Abstract: | This book contains 28 chapters grouped into six sections providing information on forests interact with the other components of the physical and natural world with the human society, and how we could manage forests globally to make the most of their contribution to mitigation of climate change along with the established objective of sustainable management to maximize the full range of economic and non-market benefits which forests provide. Topics covered include: introduction on the interaction between forests and climate change; climate change, forestry and science-policy interface; forestry options for contributing to climate change mitigation; options for adaptation due to impacts of climate change on forests; current and future policy of national and international frameworks; and implications for future forestry and related environmental and development policy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845932954 1845932951 1845932943 9781845932947 1281004421 9781281004420 9786611004422 6611004424 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |