Forstwirtschaft ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Aufsatzsammlung Introduction ; Trevor Fenning; Part I Sustainable Forestry and Conservation Objectives; A Burning Issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems ; Paul McMahon; Silviculturre of Planted Forests Managed for Multi-functional; Objectives: I"essons from Chinese and British Experiences ; W.L. Mason and J.J. Zhu; Forests for All? Considering the Conservation; IrnpUcations or Human-Species Interactions in the Context; of Multifunctional Forestry ; Mariella Marzano, Christopher P. Quine, ,md Norman Dandy; Human Engagement with Forest Environments: Implications for Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing; Simon Bell and Catharine Ward Thompson; Sustainable Forest Management in China: Achievements in the Past and Challenges Ahead ; Nuyun Li; The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic; Exarnination of Forest People's Perspective ; DebalDeb; Part 11 Forest Resourccs Worldwide Global Trends and Outlook for Forest Resources; Adrian Whiteman; Save the Forests: Use More Wood; William Ronald James "Wink" Sutton; Part III Forests, Forestry and Climate Change; Forests in the Global Carbon eyde ; David SchimeI; Forests, Forestry and Climate Change; J. Grace, JJ.L. Morison, and M.P. Perks; The lnfluence 01' Climate Change on Insect Invasions in Temperate .Forest Ecosystems; Patrick C. Tobin, Dy]an Parry, and Brian H. Aukema; Part IV The Economics or Forestry How Cost-Effective Is Forestry for Climate Change Mitigation? ; Gregory Valatin and CoJin Pricc AdditionaEity or Climate Change Mitigation Activities ; Gregory Valatin; Different Economic Approaches in Forest Management; David B. South; Part V Tree ßreeding and Commercial Forestry; Eucalyptus ßreeding for Clonal Forestry; Gabricl Dehon S.P. Rezendc, Marcos Deon V. de Resende, and Tcotonio F. de Assis; Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-Varietal Forestry ; YiI]-Sung Park; Modern Advances in Tree ßreeding ; Yousry A. EI-Kassaby, Fikret Isik, and Ross W. Whelten; A 'Reality Check' in the Management ofTree ßreeding Programmes; Heidi S. Dungey, Alvin D. Yanchuk, and Richard D. Burdon; Seed Orchards and Aspeets on Supporting Tree Breeding ; Dag Lindgrcn; Part VI Biotechnological Approaches; Biosafety Considerations in the Context of Deployment of GE Trees; Hely Häggman, Suvi Sutela, Christian Walter, and Matthias Fladung Scientific Research Related to Genetically Modified Trees ; Armand Seguin, Denis Lachance, Annabelle Dejardin, Jean-Charles Leple, and Gilles Pilate Forest ßiotechnology Futures; Kevan M.A. Gartland and Jill S. Gartland; Research and Application of Transgenie Poplar in China; Jianjun Hu, Lijuan Wang, Donghui Yan, and Meng-Zhu Lu; Part VII Genomic Studies with Forest Trees Genome Resequencing in Populus: Revealing Large-Scale Genome Variation and Implications on Specialized-Trait Genomics ; Wellington Muchero, Jessy Labbe, Priya Ranjan, Stephen DiFazio, and Gerald A. Tuskan; Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics 01' Forest Trees ; Andrew Groover and Stefan Jansson; Part VIII Bio-Energy, Lignin and Wood Willows as a Source or Renewable FueIs and Diverse Products; Angela Karp; Woodfuel ProducUon in the UK: Unlocking the Existing Resource and Growing for the Future ; lan Tubby; Bioenergy Opportunities from Forests in New Zealand; Peter Hall and Michael lack Creating the Wood Supply of the Future ; Barry Gardiner and lohn Moore Part IX Forest Science, Including Ecological Studies; Community Genetics Applications for Forest Biodiversity and Policy: Planning for the Future ; Adam S. Wymore, Helen M. Bothwell, Zacchaeus G. Compson, Louis 1. Lamit, Faith M. Walker, Scott A. Woolbright, and Thomas G. Whitham; The long Reach of ßiogenic Emissions in thc Atmosphere ; Sanford Sillman; EcologicaI Interactions of the Host-lnsect System Quercus rohur and Tortrix viridana ; Hilkc Schrocdcr and Riziero Tiberi Forcsts Have Survived Climate Changes and Epidemics in the Past. Will They Continue to Adapt and Survive? At What Cost? ; Stcphanos Diamandis Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker: A Twenty-First Century Tree Pathogen ; S. Green, RE. Laue, R. Nowell, and H. Steele; The Use of SmaU Footprint Airborne LiDAR for the Estimation of Individual Tree Parameters in Sitka Sprucc Stands ; Juan C. Smircz This book addresses the urgent and complex threats and challenges to the world's forests posed by the four great problems of the age: climate change, conservation objectives and sustainable development needs, and the growing demand for affordable energy. The intention is to outline the research and other efforts that are needed to understand how these issues will affect the world's forests along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them, as well as the opportunities that the world's forests and production forestry can offer for tackling these very issues. Included in this book are sections on (1) sustainable forestry & conservation; (2) forest resources worldwide; (3) forests, forestry and climate change; (4) the economics of forestry; (5) tree breeding & commercial forestry; (6) biotechnological approaches; (7) genomic studies with forest trees; (8) bio-energy, lignin & wood; and (9) forest science, including ecological studies. It therefore provides a wide ranging and multidisciplinary view of the role and contribution of forests and forestry for addressing some of the most critical problems and issues facing humanity inthe 21st century and the interactions between them. Contributions are provided by prominent organisations of individuals with an established record of achievement in these subjects, who habe been asked to present their ideas on these topics in a manner that is readily accessible to professionals from disciplines other than their own. The aim being to provide a ready source of information and guidance on these topics for a wide range of scientists, policy makers and politicians for many years to come.
