Planted Forests: Uses, Impacts and Sustainability

This book provides a synthesis of the uses, impacts and sustainability of planted forests by looking at the past, outlining the present situation and highlights the outlook and issues for the future. The principles and key considerations of the Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Management o...

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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-368542023-11-11T05:26:31Z Planted Forests: Uses, Impacts and Sustainability Evans, Julian Sustainability Impacts This book provides a synthesis of the uses, impacts and sustainability of planted forests by looking at the past, outlining the present situation and highlights the outlook and issues for the future. The principles and key considerations of the Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Management of Planted Forests(FAO, 2006b) are cross-cutting throughout the book. The first introductory chapter sets the scene for the book, briefly introducing the role planted forests play, their strengths and weaknesses, and their potential for the future. Chapter 2 gives the origins of early planting and the evolution of planted forests in recent history, awareness of the impacts of sound silviculture and more recently the need to meet social, cultural, environmental and economic objectives and provide a wide range of goods and services. Chapter 3 details, and gives some history to, the issue of definition of planted forests highlighting the continuum of different forests and intensities of management (including planted forests) and trees outside forests across the landscape. The chapter introduces the management objectives, whether productive or protective. Chapter 4 synthesizes highlights of the FAO’s Global Planted Forests Thematic Study(Del Lungo et al., 2006), including the results and analysis of the global survey of planted forest 2005. Survey results are summarized on an area basis (1990, 2000, 2005), according to forest plantations, planted semi-natural forests and total planted forests, by productive or protective purpose. Additional information according to ownership, species, growth rates, age classes, rotation and end uses is also summarized. Detailed area tables by country are available in the Appendix. Chapter 5 summarizes the key findings of FAO’s Global Planted Forests Outlook 2005-2030(Carle and Holmgren, 2007), which highlights that although planted forests cover less than 3% of land area, they contribute a considerably higher proportion of overall goods (wood, fibre, fuel) and environmental and social services, now, and increasingly in the future. x 2014-04-07T01:18:36Z 2014-04-07T01:18:36Z 2009 Book 978 1 84593 564 1 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/36854 en application/pdf CABI
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Evans, Julian
Planted Forests: Uses, Impacts and Sustainability
description This book provides a synthesis of the uses, impacts and sustainability of planted forests by looking at the past, outlining the present situation and highlights the outlook and issues for the future. The principles and key considerations of the Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Management of Planted Forests(FAO, 2006b) are cross-cutting throughout the book. The first introductory chapter sets the scene for the book, briefly introducing the role planted forests play, their strengths and weaknesses, and their potential for the future. Chapter 2 gives the origins of early planting and the evolution of planted forests in recent history, awareness of the impacts of sound silviculture and more recently the need to meet social, cultural, environmental and economic objectives and provide a wide range of goods and services. Chapter 3 details, and gives some history to, the issue of definition of planted forests highlighting the continuum of different forests and intensities of management (including planted forests) and trees outside forests across the landscape. The chapter introduces the management objectives, whether productive or protective. Chapter 4 synthesizes highlights of the FAO’s Global Planted Forests Thematic Study(Del Lungo et al., 2006), including the results and analysis of the global survey of planted forest 2005. Survey results are summarized on an area basis (1990, 2000, 2005), according to forest plantations, planted semi-natural forests and total planted forests, by productive or protective purpose. Additional information according to ownership, species, growth rates, age classes, rotation and end uses is also summarized. Detailed area tables by country are available in the Appendix. Chapter 5 summarizes the key findings of FAO’s Global Planted Forests Outlook 2005-2030(Carle and Holmgren, 2007), which highlights that although planted forests cover less than 3% of land area, they contribute a considerably higher proportion of overall goods (wood, fibre, fuel) and environmental and social services, now, and increasingly in the future. x
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