1st Edition

Forest Ecosystem Management and Timber Production Divergence and Resource Use Resilience

By Russell Warman Copyright 2019
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Timber sourcing is shifting from extraction from natural forests to forms of cultivation that are increasingly agricultural in nature. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to examine the socio-political, biophysical and discursive dimensions of this divergence of wood production from forests. This analysis challenges the historical integration of wood production and forest ecosystem... Read more


    1. Wood and forest social-ecological system resilience—setting the scene  Part I: Transitions in forest use and wood sourcing  2. An environmental history of forest use and wood sourcing  3. The evolution of forest use and wood sourcing—a model  Part II: Case studies: countries, regions and themes  4. Global analysis of trends in wood sourcing  5. A natural turn: land use change, leakage and forest conservation  6. A social turn: decentralisation in Indonesia—a forestry history  7. A discursive turn: foresters’ speak, and transitions in New Zealand  Part III: Transitions and resilience  8. Wood and forests in a post-forestry world  9. Resilience, innovation and sustainability in resource use

    Biography

    Russell Warman is a University Associate at the School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania, Australia. He is a multidisciplinary geographer with over 20 years of professional experience working with communities and landscapes in natural resource management and environmental planning and design.