cross-sectoral policy developments in forestry

Deciding what to do with what forests remain while satisfying cross-sectoral demands hinges on acceptable practice within the discipline of forestry but also on complex social, political, economic and environmental concerns. This collection of articles takes on the global aspects of policy developments in forestry but also provides information regionally, including that from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Contributors describe their research in cross-sectoral tropical forest cover, decentralization as a tool in integrating demands, wood product trade and policy issues, integrating agriculture and forestry policy-making, working within the guidelines of the Unites Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, building models for broad-base partnerships in sustainable forest management and such regional issues as gender and off-reserve forest management in Ghana, road construction and its effects in China, the new importance of the Turkish forests, and urbanization of the southern timberland in the US. Distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)