Forest History : International studies on socio-economic and forest ecosystem change : Report No. 2 of the IUFRO Task Forece on Environmental Change

Wallingford

1998

418 S.

Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

Bandaufführung

0-85199-419-9

110718

This book presents edited and revised versions of more than 30 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and Forest Resources, held in Florence in 1998. It is a companion volume to Methods and Approaches in Forest History. The conference was organized by the Italian Academy of Forestry Science and the working group on Forest History of the International Union of Forest Researach Organizations (IUFRO). As a whole the papers present detailed analyses of the interrelationships betweeen forest ecosystems and socio-economic development from thirteen different countries of the world. Main economic and social factors, techniques and local practices, as well as legal and political aspects related to forest changes and discussed, according to the latest achievements in forest history research.