Planted Forests: Uses, Impacts and Sustainability

Planted forests, although only 7% of the world's forest resources, have superseded naturally regenerating forests as the principal source of industrial wood products. Lessening the pressure for wood production, tree planting has released natural forests to be managed for other purposes - carbon sinks, soil and water protection, conservation of biological diversity, recreation and amenity. Representing a complement, but not an alternative, to natural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845934474
• ISBN13: 9781845935641
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"