Sustainable Forest Resources Management: Issues and Implications

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    Sustainable Forest Resources Management: Issues and Implications Editors: A. Arunachalam, Jahangeer A. Bhat, Rainer W. Bussmann, Sumit Chakravarty, Manmohan J. Dobriyal, Gopal Shukla Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Apple Academic Press Inc.
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    Pages: 468 Illustrations and other contents: 58 Tables, black and white; 20 Line drawings, color; 23 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, color; 2 Halftones, black and white; 21 Illustrations, color; 25 Illustrations, black and white Language: English ISBN: 9781774917060 Categories: , ,

    Forests are one of our most valuable resources, yet they are fast depleting with an impending ecological crisis in view. The striking concept of sustainable forest management involves the use of socially justifiable, economically viable, and ecologically sound strategies for sustainably managing forest resources for present and future generations without diminishing their value. This new book, Sustainable Forest Resources Management: Issues and Implications, presents ideas of sustainable forest management from different viewpoints. The book details the issues of implicating sustainable forest management practices and highlights the aspects of forest resources, the importance of traditional knowledge, the need for conservation, the impact of climate change, and ecosystem services. It covers the scientific, technical, and socio-economical aspects of forests to further ensure the conservation of forest resources. The book explains the value of forest resources by emphasizing livelihood security and traditional knowledge. Moreover, it discusses the climate change effect on forest health and reviews ecosystem services from the management perspective. Topics included in the book include common ones such as the importance of forests, its benefits to communities, climate change, forest fires, etc. At the same time, it also covers specialized topics such as traditional knowledge of conservation status of medicinal plants, traditional methods of conserving medicinal plants, ecosystem services of agroforestry, trees as fodder, and so on. With special focus on Indian conditions and forests, the book presents possible suggestions and recommendations for managing forest resources on not just local but also the global level. The broad topics covered in the book will be useful to researchers, scientists, conservation activists, foresters, policymakers, and students in environmental science/conservation/biology/botany programs across the world.

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    Author Biography

    Jahangeer A. Bhat, PhD, is with the Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership, Mumbai, India. Before taking this position, he was associated with the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, India. Earlier, he served as Head of the Department of Forestry at the College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at Fiji National University, Republic of Fiji Islands. Gopal Shukla, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry at North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, India. His specialization is in forest ecology, and his research is on agroforestry, medicinal plants, forest ecology, and conservation. He has published many papers, articles, and book chapters as well as several books. Manmohan J. Dobriyal, PhD, is a Professor and Head of Forestry at the College of Horticulture and Forestry at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Uttar Pradesh, India. With more than 19 years of experience in forestry, he has published many papers in refereed journals, attended various conferences, and operated research projects. Sumit Chakravarty, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. With over 20 years in forestry, he has conducted research on agroforestry, medicinal plants, and climate change and has published many research papers, book chapters, and books. He has completed more than 15 research projects on forest ecology, medicinal plants, and agroforestry. A. Arunachalam, DSc, is Director of the Central Agroforestry Research Institute, India. He is the Project Coordinator of the ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on Agroforestry and the Coordinator of the Task Force of Himalayan Agriculture. With more than 26 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension, he has published many research papers, book chapters, and popular articles. Rainer W. Bussmann, PhD, is Head of the Department of Botany at the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe, Germany, and is a Full Professor of Ethnobotany at the Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Georgia. He was formerly Director of the William L. Brown Center at Missouri Botanical Garden. He has also held academic appointments at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Hawaii, both in the USA, and the University of Bayreuth, Germany.