Table of Contents

1: Foreword, J C Gordon, former Dean and Emeritus Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, President Interforest LLC 2: Introduction, K A Vogt, J M Honea, D J Vogt, R L Edmonds, T Patel-Weynand, R Sigurdardottir and M G Andreu 3: Historical Perceptions and Uses of Forests, K A Vogt and R I Gara, University of Washington, USA, J M Honea, USA, D J Vogt, T Patel-Weynand, A Fanzeres, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, R Sigurdardottir, and P A Roads, Ohio, USA 4: Global Societies and Forest Legacies Creating Today’s Forest Landscapes, K A Vogt, J M Honea, D J Vogt, R L Edmonds, R Sigurdardottir, T Patel-Weynand, D G Briggs, University of Washington, USA, and M G Andreu 5: Human Dimensions of Forests: Democratization and Globalization of Forests, K A Vogt, T Patel-Weynand, J M Honea, R I Gara, D J Vogt, R Sigurdardottir, A Fanzeres, M G Andreu 6: Ecology and Conservation of Forests, J M Honea and K A Vogt 7: Human and Natural Disturbances Impacting Forests, R L Edmonds, K A Vogt, T Patel-Weynand 8: Forests and the Carbon Cycle, D J Vogt, R Sigurdardottir, D Zabowski, University of Washington, USA, and T Patel-Weynand 9: Emerging Issues in Forests, K A Vogt, T Patel-Weynand, M G Andreu, G K Muller, National Wildlife Federation, USA, J M Honea, D J Vogt, R L Edmonds, and R Sigurdardottir 10: It’s a Small World After All, D J Vogt, and P A Roads

About the Author

Toral Patel-Weynand is an Affiliate Associate Faculty at the University of Washington (UW) and an Associate of the Forest Systems and Bioenergy, UW. She has co-authored or edited several books including Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes (CABI) and (Springer-Verlag).