Forestry industry Books
The History Press Ltd Practical Forestry
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to forestry, and the main resource for forestry students
£32.00
The History Press Ltd Lumberjills
Book SynopsisThe first book to fully recognise and tell the tale of the efforts of the Lumberjills - the Women's Timber Corps - during the Second World War
£13.49
New Island Books Island of Woods: How Ireland Lost its Forests and
Book SynopsisForestry in Ireland has never been so contentious. Over the last century the area of Irish woodland has increased tenfold, mostly through the planting of imported conifer species; government policy is to plant more trees to supply industry and to tackle climate change, both urgent priorities. But there has been a backlash from farmers, local communities, environmentalists and EU regulators. The rate of planting has plummeted. And up to one-third of new plantations in Ireland are failed forests that should never have been planted in the first place. How did we end up in this peculiar situation? Island of Woods traces the history of Irish forests over the last 10,000 years. It explains why Ireland lost so much of its forest cover, before a burst of tree-planting over the last few decades. It examines the state of Irish forestry today and sketches a way forward for our woods that balances commercial, environmental and social goals – a vision of a different type of forestry that could transform the Irish landscape and re-establish a genuine tree culture in the country. This engaging examination of Irish woodlands relates historical events to present-day concerns and controversies, drawing out crucial themes that continue to shape the Irish landscape.Trade ReviewA thorough and lucid job -- Michael Vinney * The Irish Times *Praise for Feeding Frenzy ‘A passionately argued book … a compelling argument for radical agricultural reforms’ * Sunday Times *Praise for Feeding Frenzy ‘A highly readable book. Written in short, clear sentences and rarely lapsing into jargon, McMahon succeeds brilliantly in describing the food supply challenges we currently face’ * TLS *Praise for British Spies and Irish Rebels 'A fascinating new study … McMahon writes lucidly and sensibly on a subject that often attracts fevered treatment.’ * The Irish Times *Praise for British Spies and Irish Rebels 'A very fine book … such a good read. There are all kinds of nuggets in it.’ -- Ronan Fanning * RTE Radio 1 *Table of Contents Introduction 1. Going Native 2. Early Humans 3. Celtic Ireland 4. Medieval Invaders 5. Conquest and Commerce 6. The Two Irelands 7. Reforesting Ireland 8. Grinding to a Halt 9. A Sylvan Future?
£15.29
Penguin Putnam Inc The Forest Unseen
Book SynopsisFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award“Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade”The biologist and author of Sounds Wild and Broken combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forestIn this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature''s path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.Each of this book''s short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a
£14.40
New India Publishing Agency Textbook on Horticulture
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£31.73
Cambridge University Press Community Forestry
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£999.99
Cambridge University Press DecisionMaking in Conservation and Natural Resource Management Models for Interdisciplinary Approaches 22 Conservation Biology Series Number 22
Book SynopsisMaking decisions about the management and conservation of nature is necessarily complex, with many competing pressures on natural systems, opportunities and benefits for different groups of people and a varying, uncertain social and ecological environment. An approach which is narrowly focused on either human development or environmental protection cannot deliver sustainable solutions. This volume provides frameworks for improving the integration of natural resource management with conservation and supporting stronger collaboration between researchers and practitioners in developed and developing countries. Novel approaches are required when ecological and social dynamics are highly interdependent. A structured, participatory, model-based approach to decision-making for biodiversity conservation has been proven to produce real-world change. There are surprisingly few successful case studies, however; some of the best are presented here, from fisheries, pest management and conservation.Table of Contents1. Introduction Nils Bunnefeld, Emily Nicholson, E. J. Milner-Gulland; Part I. Approaches to Decision-Making: 2. Fisheries science and participatory management strategy evaluation: eliciting objectives, visions and system models Cathy Dichmont and Beth Fulton; 3. Rapid prototyping for decision structuring: an efficient approach to conservation decision analysis Georgia E. Garrard, Libby Rumpff, Michael C. Runge and Sarah J. Converse; 4. Understanding uptake of decision-support models in conservation and natural resource management Yung En Chee, Fiona Fidler and Bonnie Wintle; 5. Understanding human wellbeing for conservation: a locally driven, mixed methods approach Emily Woodhouse, Katherine M. Homewood, Emilie Beauchamp, Tom Clements, J. Terrence McCabe, David Wilkie and E. J. Milner-Gulland; Part II. Challenges in Implementation: 6. Implementing decision analysis tools for invasive species management Joslin L. Moore, Charlie Pascoe, Elaine Thomas and Marie Keatley; 7. Using management strategy evaluation as a framework for improving conservation under uncertainty: the case of the Serengeti ecosystem Ana Nuno, Nils Bunnefeld and E. J. Milner-Gulland; 8. The use of quantitative models in the harvest management of wild ungulates, carnivores and small game – using Norway as a case study Erlend B. Nilsen; 9. Linking global biodiversity indicators with global conservation policy Emily Nicholson, Beth Fulton and Ben Collen; 10. Synthesis: moving forward together E. J. Milner-Gulland, Emily Nicholson and Nils Bunnefeld.
£39.89
Cambridge University Press Selling Sustainability Short
Book SynopsisCan private standards bring about more sustainable production practices? Grabs answers this question by combining large-N hypothesis testing with a rich empirical account of sustainability governance in the coffee sectors of Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica. For consumers, academics and practitioners interested in corporate social responsibility.Trade Review'Is private governance truly improving environmental management and the lives of farmers in developing countries? Every researcher exploring this question will want to read this pathbreaking book, which journeys across coffee farms in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Colombia en route to offering a novel and sophisticated theoretical framework to evaluate the effectiveness of certification, fair-trade labeling, and private sustainability standards.' Peter Dauvergne, Professor of International Relations, University of British Columbia'Janina Grabs presents in her excellent study Selling Sustainability Short? a detailed, comprehensive, and nuanced analysis of the often-lacking effectiveness of coffee certification on the ground, pushing the state of the debate to a new level.' Frank Biermann, Professor of Global Sustainability Governance, Utrecht University'This remarkable and beautifully written book applies novel and highly sophisticated theoretical and methodological approaches to study the effectiveness of voluntary private sustainability standards. Bringing together analysis of standards design, standards interactions, and on-the-ground practices and impacts among coffee growers in Central America, it finds that sustainability standards have often lost their way, failing to create viable alternatives to conventional market systems.' Kenneth W. Abbott, Jack E. Brown Chair in Law Emeritus and Professor of Global Studies, Arizona State University'With its careful examination of coffee farms in three countries and sharp theoretical insights, Selling Sustainability Short significantly raises the bar for research on private regulation. It is brimming with fresh concepts and findings, which show how the mainstreaming of sustainability standards has gone wrong.' Tim Bartley, Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis, author of Rules without Rights: Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy'Janina Grabs provides an excellent practical and theoretical guide for how to effectively manage sustainability certification programs. She offers a rare and illuminating in-depth analysis of the creation and long-term implementation of green certification programs. You will treasure this book if you want to know how green certification can not only help large multinational corporations but also provide economic and environmental benefits to local producers around the world.' Jorge E. Rivera, Professor and Ave Tucker Fellow, Department of Strategic Management & Public Policy, The George Washington University'This book by Janina Grabs on the private governance of coffee production is a path-breaking work that makes numerous contributions to scholarly understanding of regulatory governance. Prior research on private sustainability standards has often struggled to capture either the day-to-day life of farmers and producers at the start of the supply chain, the relationship between market dynamics and certification schemes, or the broader effectiveness of these certification schemes. Grabs's vast data collection and fieldwork efforts across three coffee-producing nations enable her to make important inferences about each of these elements of the private, sustainability standards of coffee production, thereby providing a comprehensive and detailed picture of the coffee industry and its relationship with the physical environment. This book will be of significant interest to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including those who study environmental policy and regulation, private governance standards or regulation and governance, broadly speaking.' Colin Provost, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University College London'The contested meaning of 'sustainability' is at the center of debates about how to address a growing number of environmental and social crises. In Selling Sustainability Short, Janina Grabs convincingly explains why the proliferation of sustainability standards has watered down the term to a point where it means very little indeed. Provocative, insightful, meticulously researched and deeply critical - this book is required reading for anyone interested in whether market-based approaches to sustainability can work.' Hamish van der Ven, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and School of Environment, McGill University'Selling Sustainability Short is one of the most important books on sustainability governance of the past decade, and the best book on coffee I have read in a very long time. Janina Grabs meticulously chronicles how market-driven governance instruments suffer from serious institutional design dilemmas as they seek to mainstream sustainability. She shows that the success of sustainability governance in coffee value chains and beyond derives from the ability of coupling relatively strict standards with support for suppliers to comply with them. Theoretically informed and empirically rich, Selling Sustainability Short is a pearl of a book.' Stefano Ponte, Professor, Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, and co-author (with Benoit Daviron) of The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development'Once in a generation a book appears that is so impressive in its theoretical rigour, empirical research, and practical importance for the world, that it grabs you and doesn't let go. Grabs has produced just such a tome. She is clearly deeply motivated by a curiosity about whether private governance and corporate social responsibility initiatives might indeed be more 'effective and efficient' than traditional governmental processes in addressing enduring environmental challenges. To answer this question, she spent years in the field generating her own primary quantitative data of decades of 'on the ground' impacts, which she reinforced this research through careful and systematic interviews with officials working at multiple governance levels, to carefully and systematically assesses ecolabeling in the coffee sector. A must read not only for students of the politics and policies of commodities and environment, but for anyone interested in understanding whether, and how, innovative policies might be developed, and championed, to meaningfully promote environmental stewardship in the global era.' Benjamin Cashore, Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore'… I recommend this great book without any reservation to anyone interested in voluntary business practices toward sustainable goals - in coffee and beyond. It is theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich and is likely to inspire new ideas and conversations about the path toward more labor and environmentally friendly production.' Luc Fransen, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The dilemma of effective private governance; 3. Defining the goal of a sustainable coffee sector; 4. Changing the market; 5. Changing farming practices; 6. Designing effective private institutions; 7. Interacting with public institutions; 8. Conclusions.
£104.50
Nova Science Publishers Inc Participatory Forest Management & Livelihoods of
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£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Forest Management
Book SynopsisForest management includes a range of human interventions that affect forest ecosystems. These activities include both conservation and economic activities, such as extraction of timber, planting and replanting of various species, cutting roads and pathways through forests, and techniques for preventing or making outbreaks of fire. In developed countries, the environment has increased public awareness of natural resource policy, including forest management. As a direct result, primary concerns regarding forest management have shifted from the extraction of timber to other forest resources including wildlife, watershed management, and recreation. This shift in public values has also caused many in the public to mistrust resource management professionals. This book presents the latest research in this field.
£89.99
Sang-e-Meel Publications Forests, Livelihoods and Power Relations in
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£999.99
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry: An Exciting Present and Great Future Built on Basic Knowledge and Unifying Concepts 2. The Soil Habitat 3. The Bacteria and Archaea 4. The Soil Fungi: Occurrence, Phylogeny, and Ecology 5. Soil Fauna: Occurrence, Biodiversity, and Roles in Ecosystem Function 6. Molecular Approaches to Studying the Soil Biota 7. Physiological and Biochemical Methods for Studying Soil Biota and their Functions 8. The Spatial Distribution of Soil Biota 9. The Metabolic Physiology of Soil Microorganisms 10. The Ecology of Soil Biota and their Function 11. Plant-Soil Biota Interactions 12. Carbon Cycling: The Dynamics and Formation of Organic Matter 13. Methods for Studying Soil Organic Matter: Nature, Dynamics, Spatial Accessibility, and Interactions with Minerals 14. Nitrogen Transformations 15. Biological N Inputs 16. Biological Cycling of Inorganic Nutrients and Metals in Soils and Their Role in Soil Biogeochemistry 17. Modeling the Dynamics of Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Cycling 18. Management of Soil Biota and Their Processes
£69.26
University of Washington Press Fir and Empire
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Miller’s monograph, supported by solid evidence and compelling arguments, enables the reader to explore this long arc of Chinese civilization from the unique perspective of environmental history." * Choice *"Offers a transformation of our understanding of China’s early modern environmental history. . . a sweeping book. . . not only tells a story that will have wide impacts for the field, but manages to create an intimate look at what China’s forest management system looked like to those trying to operate and profit from it." * New Books in East Asian Studies (NBN) *"The concisely written chapters are packed with period surveys and local vignettes, which give this relatively short book considerable depth." * Agricultural History *"Miller has provided both historians of China and the environment with valuable new perspectives and a wealth of information." * H-Environment *"With clear prose, detailed maps, and ink brush paintings from primary sources, the book is a pleasure to read. Two appendices explaining the research methods and sources will find an eager audience among graduate students and other researchers. Undergraduates will appreciate carefully selected excerpts. All will apprehend that thisbook establishes new standards for scholarship on the long history of humans and forests in China." * Environmental History *"Ian M. Miller’s important book...has opened up a fascinating area of research and it invites exploration by many more adventurous scholar-pioneers." * Journal of Chinese History *"Fir and Empire provides a broad, long-term understanding of forest management, contextualized and compared with practices in Europe and in dialogue with Asian environmental history. It will change the way scholars understand Chinese environmental history and particularly the role of the state... This impressive book can and should reach a wide audience of readers." * H-Asia (H-Net) *"Miller's Fir and Empire is a richly detailed study of private and governmental forest management from the northern Song to early Qing (ca. 1000–1650s), based on careful and extensive reading of gazettes and other primary sources." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *"Ian M. Miller's Fir and Empire admirably challenges the currently well-established narrative of China's Great Deforestation through an imaginative and meticulous survey of historical evidence…[The book] demonstrates how a rigorous and creative approach to historical evidence can yield new and exciting findings that profoundly change our understanding of the past." * British Journal for the History of Science *
£32.00
University of Washington Press Shaping the Shoreline
Book SynopsisMonterey, California is home to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and provided the setting for John Steinbeck's novel "Cannery Row", yet the city's coastline was also the stage for a great shift in the junction of industry and tourism. This book looks at the ways in which Monterey has formed, and been formed by, the tension between labour and leisure.Trade Review"Chiang deftly shows how these two competing economies [fishing and tourism] were deeply entangled, how they developed and how they both perpetuated racial and class hierarchies and rested upon an edifice of immigrant labor. In a book that refreshingly blends the history of tourism and industry over the course of a century, Chiang rejects 'oversimplified dualities' and 'simple dichotomies.'." * American Historical Review *"In Shaping the Shoreline, historian Connie Chiang skillfully illuminates the importance of 'place,' and in this instance, 'contested place,' with her exhaustive analysis of California's Monterey Coastline. While her book focuses primarily on the social and environmental implications of both tourism and fishing on the Monterey Coast, readers are subtly reminded throughout of the contested nature of the place both industries wished to control." * Journal of Social History *"The book is well written, well researched, lively, and interesting throughout, with useful maps, extensive notes, a substantial biography, and an index. From the standpoint of a fisheries economist, all the world's current and past battles over fisheries and fisheries policy appear here in microcosm." * Southern California Quarterly *"Chiang's study is worthy of readers' time. It engages the best of contemporary social and environmental scholarship. Its narrow geographic scope is easily offset by its broad conceptual grasp and long chronological sweep. The volume is a fine addition to the strong line of works edited by William Cronon and should find good purpose in the hands of researchers, students, and even the ecotourism-consuming public." * Montana: The Magazine of Western History *"Connie Chiang's Shaping the Shoreline is an ambitious attempt to connect the social and environmental histories of the Monterey, California, region. . . .Her focus on a discrete region adds to the book's richness and is a good model for future work that explores places defined by economies that have transformed from natural resource exploitation to recreation." * Western Historical Quarterly *"A superb account of how multiple types of interactions between fisheries and tourism shaped the development of the Monterey region . . . . Scholars of many stripes— certainly business, labor, social, and environmental historians——— will benefit from reading Chiang's account. Well written and logically organized." * Business History Review *"In Shaping the Shoreline, Connie Y. Chiang uses [Monterey's] diverse community and its divergent industries to craft an excellent environmental history. Yet this is not merely a history of Monterey, tourism, or the fishing industry. It is a history of the complex and often-hidden relationship between labor and leisure in America. In Monterey—- and many other places—- the boundaries drawn between labor and leisure obscure underlying connections that tie human societies to nature and link us to each other. In highlighting those connections, Shaping the Shoreline gains significance far beyond Monterey." * Journal of American History *"Not only is Shaping the Shoreline very readable, but with luck it will provoke further serious thought and study about the social influences at work in this area." * Salinas Californian *"Represents an important new direction in maritime and marine environmental history. Chiang's study lays out a clear mandate that to understand coastal communities one must explore labour, culture, and environment . . . for each of these fields played fundamentally transformative roles in how coastal communities developed and changed. In short, Shaping the Shoreline is a book that has the potential to shape the field, and anyone interested in maritime topics will enjoy and benefit from its pages. ." * International Journal of Maritime History *Table of ContentsForeword: On the Shore between Work and Play / William Cronon Acknowledgments Introduction: The Voice of the Pacific 1. Contested Shores 2. The Divided Coastline 3. Reduce and Prosper 4. Life, Labor, and Odors on Cannery Row 5. Boom and Bust in Wartime Monterey 6. Remaking Cannery Row 7. The Fish Are Back! Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press In Search of Sustainability
Book SynopsisA provocative, sobering examination of British Columbia's forest industry in the 1990s.Table of ContentsAcronymsPreface1 Policy Cycles and Policy Regimes: A Framework for Studying Policy Change / George Hoberg2 Experimentation on a Leash: Forest Land Use Planning in the 1990s / Jeremy Wilson3 The 6 Percent Solution: The Forest Practices Code / George Hoberg4 The Politics of Long-Term Policy Stability: Tenure Reform in British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett5 Policy Venues, Policy Spillovers, and Policy Change: The Courts, Aboriginal Rights, and British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett6 Fine-Tuning the Settings: The Timber Supply Review / Jeremy Rayner7 Timber Pricing in British Columbia: Change as a Function of Stability / Benjamin Cashore8 Don’t Forget Government Can Do Anything: Policies toward Jobs in the BC Forest Sector / George Hoberg9 Conclusion: Change and Stability in BC Forest Policy / Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner and Jeremy WilsonNotesBibliographyIndex
£73.95
University of Oklahoma Press When Money Grew on Trees A. B. Hammond and the
Book SynopsisBy his death in 1934, Andrew Benoni Hammond had built an empire of wood that stretched from Puget Sound to Arizona - and in the process had reshaped the American West and the nation’s way of doing business. This book follows Hammond from the rough-and-tumble lowly lumberjack to unrivalled timber baron.
£20.66
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Global Forest Governance Legal Concepts and
Book SynopsisGlobal Forest Governance provides insightful legal analysis of the current key policy trends and the challenges surrounding international forest regulation.Trade ReviewGlobal Forest Governance is an exhaustively researched, in-depth presentation of the legal underpinnings and governmental requirements for sustainable management of forests. . . In the modern era of climate change, Global Forest Governance is extremely timely, relevant, and valuable for its wealth of information about the value of preserving forests in spite of economic and legal obstacles, as well as the role of national governments to step in and preserve forests when most of the benefits for doing so are classified as positive externalities. Highly recommended, especially for college library collections, environmentalists, professionals in forestry management, or as a reference for legal experts fielding environmental matters. --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Overview 1. Introduction Part II: The Doctrinal Concepts Underpinning Forest Regulation 2. Considerations of Justice in Forest Regulation 3. Legal Concepts Creating Forest Rights and Limitations 4. The Sustainable Governance of Forest Resources Part III: International Regulation by Public Forest Institutions 5. The Role of the United Nations Forum on Forests 6. Regulation of Forests by the International Climate Change Regime 7. Regulation of Forest Resources by the World Bank Part IV: Regulation by Non-state Forest Institutions 8. The Legal Requirements of Forestry Markets 9. Forest Certification Schemes Part V: Conclusions 10. Evaluation and Recommendations References Index
£125.00
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Black Woman in Green Gloria Brown and the
Book SynopsisAn urban African American woman rises from secretary to leader in the USDA Forest Service of the twentieth century West. Along the way, she faces personal and agency challenges to become the first black female forest supervisor in the United States.
£17.95
University of Massachusetts Press Haywire: Discord in Maine's Logging Woods and the
Book SynopsisLogging in the northern forest has been romanticized, with images of log drives, plaid shirts, and bunkhouses in wide circulation. Increasingly dismissed as a quaint, rural pastime, logging remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, with loggers occupying a precarious position amid unstable markets, expanding global competition, and growing labor discord. Examining a time of transition and decline in Maine's forest economy, Andrew Egan traces pathways for understanding the challenges that have faced Maine's logging community and, by extension, the state's forestry sector, from the postwar period through today.Seeking greater profits, logging companies turned their crews loose at midcentury, creating a workforce of independent contractors who were forced to purchase expensive equipment and compete for contracts with the mills. Drawing on his own experience with the region's forest products industry, interviews with Maine loggers, media coverage, and court documents, Egan follows the troubled recent history of the industry and its battle for survival.Trade Review “Haywire documents the history of the logging occupation in the Northeast, especially the tensions between workers and employers and major industries. There is almost no systematic and thorough formal literature on these issues.”—Lloyd C. Irland, author of Wildlands and Woodlots: The Story of New England’s Forests “Egan studies a ‘time of transition’ in the Maine forest and how this transition—largely to mechanized logging and then the collapse of the pulp and paper industry—has impacted woods workers. Seeking to understand these challenges through the eyes of the loggers themselves, Egan offers a good sense of the on-the-ground reality.”—Richard W. Judd, author of Finding Thoreau: The Meaning of Nature in the Making of an Environmental Icon "This book does a good job of identifying problems. It is a wakeup call that asks us to recognize and deal with some very serious realities . . ."—The Forestry Source
£23.70
University of Massachusetts Press Haywire: Discord in Maine's Logging Woods and the
Book SynopsisLogging in the northern forest has been romanticized, with images of log drives, plaid shirts, and bunkhouses in wide circulation. Increasingly dismissed as a quaint, rural pastime, logging remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, with loggers occupying a precarious position amid unstable markets, expanding global competition, and growing labor discord. Examining a time of transition and decline in Maine's forest economy, Andrew Egan traces pathways for understanding the challenges that have faced Maine's logging community and, by extension, the state's forestry sector, from the postwar period through today.Seeking greater profits, logging companies turned their crews loose at midcentury, creating a workforce of independent contractors who were forced to purchase expensive equipment and compete for contracts with the mills. Drawing on his own experience with the region's forest products industry, interviews with Maine loggers, media coverage, and court documents, Egan follows the troubled recent history of the industry and its battle for survival.
£65.45
Grey House Publishing Inc Principles of Forestry & Conservation
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£131.20
CABI Publishing Introductory Probability and Statistics:
Book SynopsisAll students, practitioners and researchers in forestry and related disciplines need a good grounding in statistics and probability. This need is increasing as techniques for gathering and analysing large amounts of data are becoming commonplace. This revised edition of this unique textbook is specifically designed for statistics and probability courses taught to students of forestry and related disciplines. It introduces probability, statistical techniques, data analysis, hypothesis testing, experimental design, sampling methods, nonparametric tests and statistical quality control, using examples drawn from a forestry, wood science and conservation context. The book now includes several new practical exercises for students to practice data analysis and experimental design themselves. It has been updated throughout, and its scope has been broadened to reflect the evolving and dynamic nature of forestry, bringing in examples from conservation science, recreation and urban forestry. - Specifically written and designed to teach statistics and probability to students of forestry and related disciplines in the natural sciences - This revised edition has been broadened to reflect the dynamism of modern forestry -Chapters in this revised edition include new practical exercises allowing students to practice data analysis and experimental designTable of Contents1: STATISTICS AND DATA: What do Numbers have to do with Trees? 2: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Making Sense of Data 3: PROBABILITY: The Foundation of Statistics 4: RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS: Outcomes of Random Experiments 5: SOME DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS: Describing Data that is Counted 6: CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION: Describing Data that is Measured 7: SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS: The Foundation of Inference 8: ESTIMATION: Determining the Value of Population Parameters 9: TESTS OF HYPOTHESES: Making Claims about Population Parameters 10: GOODNESS-OF-FIT AND TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE: Testing Distributions 11: REGRESSION AND CORRELATION: Relationships between Variables 12: ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE: Testing Differences between Several Means 13: SAMPLING METHODS AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS: Collecting Data 14: NONPARAMETRIC TESTS: Testing when Distributions are Unknown 15: QUALITY CONTROL: Statistics for Production and Processing
£45.60
CABI Publishing Field Guide to the Forest Trees of Uganda: For
Book SynopsisThis book is a guide for the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda. It will be useful for those who wish to contribute towards the conservation of the forests or to plant indigenous trees. Information is provided on how to propagate and cultivate about 80 of the most valuable species. Indigenous trees provide numerous resources useful for welfare and development. They include many types of timber and non-timber forest products, such as craft materials, foods and medicines. The proximity of indigenous forest helps to moderate the local climate, making it more suitable for agriculture. Indigenous forests protect springs, therefore safeguarding water supplies more effectively than exotic trees such as pines and eucalyptus. All 450 known indigenous tree species from the forests are included. Both scientific and local names are provided, the latter in 21 languages. Local names facilitate access to knowledge and values traditionally attached to the species, useful when planning pathways of development firmly rooted in local culture. The book will be invaluable for botanists, foresters, rural development workers and members of the general public concerned about contributing to conservation and sustainable development in Uganda. Many of the species grow in neighbouring countries, so the book has relevance there too.Table of ContentsPart 1: The forests and their trees Part 2: How to identify the trees Part 3: Keys to the species Part 4: Descriptions of the species Part 5: Glossary Part 6: Further information for the field worker Part 7: The indigenous languages of Uganda Part 8: References Part 9: Indexes of vernacular and trade names Part 10: Index of scientific names
£59.31
Liverpool University Press FORESTRY AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT ON FARMS AND RURAL ESTATES: 2021
£21.05
New India Publishing Agency Food and Livelihood Security
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£107.50
New India Publishing Agency Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
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£49.00
New India Publishing Agency Introductory Forestry
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£93.08
United Nations Forest landscape restoration in the Caucasus and
Book SynopsisThis study, focusing primarily on the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union until the present day, identifies the key drivers of forest degradation and the potential for forest landscape restoration in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The study was undertaken to support the preparation of restoration pledges in the eight countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia in the run up to the Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in the Caucasus and Central Asia that took place in June 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan. At this Roundtable Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan committed to restore over 2.5 million ha of forest landscapes by 2030.
£22.46
United Nations Forest products annual market review 2021-2022
Book SynopsisThe Forest Products Annual Market Review 2021-2022 provides a comprehensive analysis of markets in the UNECE region and reports on the main market influences beyond the region. It covers products from the forest to the end user and from roundwood and primary processed products to value-added, housing and wood energy. Statistics-based chapters analyse the markets for wood raw materials, sawnwood, wood-based panels, paper, paperboard and woodpulp. Underlying the analysis is a comprehensive collection of data. The Review highlights the role of sustainable forest products in international markets, discusses policies concerning forests and forest products, assesses the main trends and drivers, and analyses the effects of the current economic situation on forest product markets
£48.00
£22.79
New India Publishing Agency Wild Fruits of India
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New India Publishing Agency Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
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