Beschreibung

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests. The work has been developed by the ",Resources for the Future", Task Force for the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Four key themes are addressed: the effect of globalization on forests (including future trade flows), plantations as the primary source of forest products and its consequences, including plant breeding and forest health, the effect of new products such as bio-products and markets on forests, and the emergence of forest ecosystem services and their impact on the landscape and human communities. These four themes are examined in detail to map out the impacts of these trends for forests throughout the world and at multiple scales, and how forest research needs to be adapted to address these trends. Overall, the volume provides a major synthesis of current thinking and knowledge on the topic for advanced students, as well as policy-makers and professionals in the forest sector.

Autorentext

William Nikolakis is a lawyer and a Research Fellow in the Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

John Innes is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author or editor of several books on sustainable forestry, forest policy and forest health, and co-ordinator of the Task Force "Resources for the Future" for the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

1. Resources for the Future

John Innes and William Nikolakis

2. Forces Shaping the Globe's Forests and Forest Use

David Cohen

3. Thoughts on Transforming the Forest Sector: The Potential (and Reality) of the Bio-economy

Don Roberts and William Nikolakis

4. Globalization and its Implications to Forest Health

Andrew Liebhold and Michael Wingfield

5. The Consumer-Country Response to Illegal Logging and the International Trade in Illegal Timber

Duncan Brack

6. Voluntary Zero Net Deforestation: The Implications of Demand-Side Retail Sustainability for Global Forests

Jane Lister and Peter Dauvergne

7. IKEA: A Furniture Company's View on Wood

Anders Hildeman and Mattias Carlsson

8. Roots of Recognition and Contested Claims: Opportunities and Challenges for Pro-Community Forest Tenure Reform since 2002

Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque, Jenny Springer, Andy White, and D. Bryson Ogden

9. Future Directions for Plantations: Investment Options and Product Markets

Rob de Fégely

10. New Generation Plantations: What Future Role Towards Sustainability?

Luis Neves Silva

11. Commercialization of Forestry Genetic Research: From Promise to Practice

Mike May

12. Can European Forests Meet the Demands of the Bio-economy in the Future? Wood Supply alongside Environmental Services

Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Kees Hendriks and Geerten Hengeveld

13. Bamboo and Rattan Production and the Implications of Globalization

J. Coosje Hoogendoorn and Andrew Benton

14. What is needed to Make Markets for Forest Ecosystem Services a Reality?

David Brand and Devyani Singh

15. Lessons in the Design of Payments for Environmental Services: Theory and Experience

Sven Wunder, Harry Nelson and William Nikolakis

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