Legal, Institutional, and Economic Indicators of Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management

Legal, Institutional, and Economic Indicators of Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management
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Total Pages: 234
Release: 2005
Genre: Forest conservation
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"This review looks at the Nation's legal, institutional, and economic capacity to promote forest conservation and sustainable resource management. It focuses on 20 indicators of Criterion Seven of the so-called Montreal Process and involves an extensive search and synthesis of information from a variety of sources. It identifies ways to fill information gaps and improve the usefulness of several indicators. It concludes that there is substantial information about the application of such capacities, although that application is widely dispersed among agencies and private interests; which in turn has led to differing interpretations of the indicators. Individual chapters identify a need to further develop the conceptual foundation on which many of the indicators are predicated. While many uncertainties in the type and accuracy of information are brought to light, the review clearly indicates that legal, institutional, and economic capacities to promote sustainability are large and widely available in both the public and private sectors."--P. vi.

Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry

Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry
Author: United States. State and Private Forestry. Northeastern Area
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Total Pages: 40
Release: 2003
Genre: Forest management
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National Report on Sustainable Forests

National Report on Sustainable Forests
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Total Pages: 156
Release: 2004
Genre: Forest management
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Remote Sensing Modeling and Applications to Wildland Fires

Remote Sensing Modeling and Applications to Wildland Fires
Author: John J. Qu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2014-12-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 3642325300

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Scientists and managers alike need timely, cost-effective, and technically appropriate fire-related information to develop functional strategies for the diverse fire communities. "Remote Sensing Modeling and Applications to Wildland Fires" addresses wildland fire management needs by presenting discussions that link ecology and the physical sciences from local to regional levels, views on integrated decision support data for policy and decision makers, new technologies and techniques, and future challenges and how remote sensing might help to address them. While creating awareness of wildland fire management and rehabilitation issues, hands-on experience in applying remote sensing and simulation modeling is also shared. This book will be a useful reference work for researchers, practitioners and graduate students in the fields of fire science, remote sensing and modeling applications. Professor John J. Qu works at the Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science at George Mason University (GMU), USA. He is the Founder and Director of the Environmental Science and Technology Center (ESTC) and EastFIRE Lab at GMU.