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Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Author; Part I: Background; 1: Introduction; 2: The Definition and Meaning of Sustainable Forest Management; 3: The Current Status of Sustainably Managed Forests; Assessing Sustainable Management; Changes in Forest Area in the Last 5 Years; Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation; Illegal Logging; Property Rights and Land Ownership; Supply and Demand for Forest Products; Market Failure in Forest Products; Institutional and Financial Issues; Is Sustainable Forest Management Possible?; Part II: Institutional Issues; 4: Policy and the Political Will
The Politics of Sustainable Forest ManagementThe Benefits of Managing Forest Resources Sustainably; The Need to Achieve Consensus Among Stakeholders; Forest Policy and the Instruments to Implement It; The Politics of Land-Use and Ownership; The Politics of Incentives for Sustainable Forest Management; 5: Institutions and Policy Instruments Required to Ensure Forests Are Managed Sustainably; Institutional Arrangements; Policy Instruments; Legal Instruments; Financial Instruments; Technical Instruments; Human Resources; 6: Land Rights Issues and Rural Poverty; Land Ownership; Rural Poverty
Community ForestryPart III: Sustainabiliity; 7: The Sustainability of Biodiversity; Landscape Management; Protected Areas; Baseline Biodiversity Studies; International Initiatives; 8: Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change; Soil Erosion; The Contribution of Forests to Climate Change; Potential Impacts of Global Warming; Changes in Sea Level; Extreme Weather Events; Changes in Hydrological Systems; Distribution of Agro-ecological Zones; The Contribution of Forests to Solving the Problem; Incentives for Avoiding Deforestation and Forest Degradation
9: Sustainability of the Supply of Timber and Non-timber Forest ProductsConsumption of Timber Products; Production Forest; Forest Timber Growing Stock; Supply-Demand Balance; Trade-in Timber Forest Products; The Structure of the Timber Processing Industry; Forest Management for Timber Production; Adding Value to Timber Products; Non-timber Forest Products; Wood-Based Energy: Fuelwood and Charcoal; Properties of Wood as an Energy Source; Wood Energy Conversion Technology; Other Non-timber Forest Products; Forest Grazing; 10: Illegal Logging; Definition of Illegal Logging
Extent of Illegal LoggingDrivers of Illegal Logging; Impact of Illegal Logging; Combatting Illegal Logging; Technological Solutions; Part IV: Economic Issues; 11: The Value of Timber and Non-timber Forest Products; The Value of Forest for Production of Timber; Timber Harvesting; Timber Values; Plantations; Bioprospecting; 12: Valuation of Forest Ecosystem, Environmental and Social Services; Forest Ecological Functions and Values; Forest Environmental Functions and Values; Rainfall and Floods; Rainfall and Erosion; Wind and Waves; Forest Carbon
The Politics of Sustainable Forest ManagementThe Benefits of Managing Forest Resources Sustainably; The Need to Achieve Consensus Among Stakeholders; Forest Policy and the Instruments to Implement It; The Politics of Land-Use and Ownership; The Politics of Incentives for Sustainable Forest Management; 5: Institutions and Policy Instruments Required to Ensure Forests Are Managed Sustainably; Institutional Arrangements; Policy Instruments; Legal Instruments; Financial Instruments; Technical Instruments; Human Resources; 6: Land Rights Issues and Rural Poverty; Land Ownership; Rural Poverty
Community ForestryPart III: Sustainabiliity; 7: The Sustainability of Biodiversity; Landscape Management; Protected Areas; Baseline Biodiversity Studies; International Initiatives; 8: Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change; Soil Erosion; The Contribution of Forests to Climate Change; Potential Impacts of Global Warming; Changes in Sea Level; Extreme Weather Events; Changes in Hydrological Systems; Distribution of Agro-ecological Zones; The Contribution of Forests to Solving the Problem; Incentives for Avoiding Deforestation and Forest Degradation
9: Sustainability of the Supply of Timber and Non-timber Forest ProductsConsumption of Timber Products; Production Forest; Forest Timber Growing Stock; Supply-Demand Balance; Trade-in Timber Forest Products; The Structure of the Timber Processing Industry; Forest Management for Timber Production; Adding Value to Timber Products; Non-timber Forest Products; Wood-Based Energy: Fuelwood and Charcoal; Properties of Wood as an Energy Source; Wood Energy Conversion Technology; Other Non-timber Forest Products; Forest Grazing; 10: Illegal Logging; Definition of Illegal Logging
Extent of Illegal LoggingDrivers of Illegal Logging; Impact of Illegal Logging; Combatting Illegal Logging; Technological Solutions; Part IV: Economic Issues; 11: The Value of Timber and Non-timber Forest Products; The Value of Forest for Production of Timber; Timber Harvesting; Timber Values; Plantations; Bioprospecting; 12: Valuation of Forest Ecosystem, Environmental and Social Services; Forest Ecological Functions and Values; Forest Environmental Functions and Values; Rainfall and Floods; Rainfall and Erosion; Wind and Waves; Forest Carbon