Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Forestry by Saxena, Alark; Saxena, Alder Keleman; Chow, Jeffrey; Sierra Diaz, Josep Maria;

Short description:

It?offers a comprehensive, global exploration of current practices, foundational concepts, and emerging trends in sustainable forest management. It is an indispensable resource for students and researchers in sustainable forestry, forest management, and forest ecology, as well as those engaged in broader sustainable resource management.?

Long description:

The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Forestry offers a comprehensive, global exploration of current practices, foundational concepts, and emerging trends in sustainable forest management, while also reflecting on the critical role of sustainable forestry in promoting the well-being of both people and the planet.

Modern forest management must transcend the traditional focus on sustainable yields to address the broader challenges of protecting ecosystems and supporting human and planetary health. This requires considering not only the needs of present populations but also those of future generations in the face of anticipated global changes. This handbook charts the evolution of sustainability in forest management, examines the dominant paradigms shaping current practices, highlights key challenges for the future, and introduces innovative approaches to forest management. Showcasing how modern forestry help support the vision of a thriving world that we wish to live in, the handbook presents a truly global perspective, featuring international case studies spanning diverse biomes and integrates insights from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. Framing forests as complex adaptive social?ecological systems, the handbook highlights the dynamic interconnections between ecological processes and human dimensions. Organised into seven sections, the chapters delve into sustainable forestry from historical and contemporary perspectives, methods for assessing forest sustainability, policy and legal frameworks, ecosystem services, current threats, and the pivotal role of forestry in advancing beyond sustainable to a thriving future. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Forestry places particular emphasis on forward-thinking strategies to prepare forest managers and ecosystems for the challenges ahead.

This handbook is an indispensable resource for students and researchers in sustainable forestry, forest management, and forest ecology, as well as those engaged in broader sustainable resource management. It will also prove invaluable to professionals involved in forest management and policy development.?

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Shaping the Future with Forests??Part 1. Sustainable Forestry Foundations and Futures? 2.??Sustainable Forestry Paradigms, Criteria, and Indicators: A History? ?3.??Sustainability Beyond Western Paradigms? ?4.? Shifts in Global Forest Types? ?5.? Forest Conservation Across Scales? ?Part 2. Assessing Sustainability in Forest Landscapes? 6.? Managing Forests Under Increasing Complexity: How forest models can guide us towards sustainability? ?7.??Defining Forest Monitoring to Produce Biodiversity Indicators and Assessment: A rationale? ?8.? Remote Sensing for Forest Structure and Ecological Integrity? ?9.? The Role of Dendrochronology in Assessing Forest Health and Sustainability: Reconstructing the past to manage the future? ?10.??Economics of Sustainable Forestry? ?Part 3.? Policy and Legal Frameworks for Forest Sustainability? ?11.??Institutional Dimensions of Forest Sustainability? ?12.? Forest Certification for Sustainability? 13.??Trade Policy as a Tool for Forest Sustainability? ?14.??Global Agreements and Multilateral Cooperation for Forest Conservation? ?Part 4. Forests and Ecosystem Services? 15.??Carbon Sequestration by Forests? ?16.? ?Watershed Dynamics and Forest Ecosystem Services? ?17.? ?Economic Assessments of Ecosystem Services from Large Forested Landscapes for Urban Populations? ?18.??Role of Urban Forestry in future sustainability from an African Perspective: With Special reference to Niger? ?19.??Non-Timber Forest Products in Nepal: Prospects for Rural Livelihoods and Economic Development? ?20.??Forests and Food Security? 21.??Forests as Social Safety Nets? ?22.??Relational Values and Sustainable Forestry??Part 5. Expanding Forestry Actors? 23.??Old wine in a new bottle: Scientific Forestry Narratives and Exclusions in the Community Forestry of Nepal? ?24.??Knowledge Co-production at the Research?Practice Interface: Learning from Urban Forestry? 25.? Indigenous Forestry: Weaving Survival, Resilience, Self-Determination, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge? ?26.??The Sacred Groves of India: Sustaining Forests and Biodiversity? 27.??Rooted Inequalities in Forest Education: Insights from a Students? Perspective? ?Part 6. Critical Challenges to Sustaining Forests? ? 28.??Explaining the emergence of deforestation frontiers? ?29.??Wildland Fire? 30.??Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: The need to address the drivers of conflict? 31.??Emergent forest diseases under global change? ?32.??Adapting Forests to Climate Change? ??Part 7: Building Forests for the Future? ?33.? ?Restoring degraded forests in the central Himalayas? ?34.? ?Genetics in Practice for Reforestation and Ecological Restoration: Concepts, Guidelines, and Case Studies? ?35.??Industrial Agroforestry and Farm-Forestry in India? ?36.??The Science and Practice of Sustainable Nurseries and Plantations? ?37.??Reduced Impact Logging? ?38.??Regenerative Agriculture as a Nature-Based Solution for Conserving Forest Ecosystems