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Forest Quality
Assessing Forests at a Landscape Scale
Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
Deforestation is frequently a topic of discussion in the environmental arena, but it is not just the number of trees that matters; the quality of the forest is also important. Even where the forest area is stable or increasing, there are often rapid changes in its character. Natural forests are...
Published August 31st 2006 by Routledge
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Bad Harvest
The Timber Trade and the Degradation of Global Forests
The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with disastrous consequences. Demand for wood and paper products ranks high amongst the causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and is now the major cause of loss in those forests richest in wildlife. There is a great deal to be...
Published April 30th 1995 by Routledge