Achieving the Sustainable Management of Forests (Hardcover, 2019)

Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. The definition and meaning of sustainable forest management.- Chapter3. The reasons for the lack of sustainably managed forests at present.- Chapter4. Policy and the political will.- Chapter5. Institutions and policy instruments required to ensure forests are managed sustainably.- Chapter6. Land rights issues and rural poverty.- Chapter7. The sustainability of biodiversity.- Chapter8. Environmental sustainability and climate change.- Chapter9. Sustainability of the supply of timber and non timber forest products.- Chapter10. Illegal logging.- Chapter11. The economics of timber and NTFPs.- Chapter12. Valuation of ecosystem services.- Chapter13. Costs of forest management and regeneration.- Chapter14. International and global issues.- Chapter15. Verification of sustainability.- Chapter16. Awareness raising among politicians and the public in general.- Chapter 17. Conclusions.