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The Forests Handbook, Volume 2
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Table of Contents

List of contributors.

Preface to Volume 1.

Preface to Volume 2.

Acknowledgements.

1. History and Impact of Forest Management.

Part 1: Sustaining Forest Influences.

2. Forest Reserves, Parks and Wilderness: An Australian Perspective.

3. Forests as Protection from Natural Hazards.

4. Interventions to enhance the conservation of biodiversity.

Part 2: Sustainable Wood Production.

5. assessing Potential Sustainable Wood Yield.

6. Silvicultural Treatments to Enhance Productivity.

7. Sustainable Management of Soil and Site.

8. Management of Pest Threats.

9. Management of the Disease Burden.

Part 3. Sustaining Social Values and Benefits.

10. Working with Forest Stakeholders.

11. The New Forest Policy and Joint Forest Management in India.

12. Trees in the Urban Environment.

Part 4: Case Studies of Sustainable Management.

13. The Structure, Functioning and Management of Old Growth Cedar/Hemlock/Fir Forests on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

14. The Beech Forests of Haute-Normandie, France.

15. Restructuring of Plantation Forest, Kielder, UK.

16. Sustainable Management of the Mountain Ash Forests in the Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia.

17. Sustainable Management of Malaysian Rain Forest.

18. Sustainable Plantation Forestry: A Case Study of Wood Production and Environmental Management Strategies in the Usutu Forest, Swaziland.

Synthesis and Conclusions.

Index.

About the Author

Julian Evans is professor of Tropical Forestry at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London and also holds an Honorary Chair at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. He was formerly Chief Research Officer of the British Forestry Commission and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. He is author of over 100 scientific papers and seven technical books on temperate and tropical forestry. Julian is a vice-chair of the Commonwealth Forestry Association and Country Vice-President for UK of the International Society of Tropical Foresters (IUSF).

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