Screen LibraryPeople, Forests, and Change : Lessons from the Pacific Northwest /
We owe much of our economic prosperity to the vast forested landscapes that cover the earth. The timber we use to build our homes, the water we drink, and the oxygen in the air we breathe come from the complex forested ecosystem that many of us take for granted. As urban boundaries expand and rural...
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Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-768-1 |
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We owe much of our economic prosperity to the vast forested landscapes that cover the earth. The timber we use to build our homes, the water we drink, and the oxygen in the air we breathe come from the complex forested ecosystem that many of us take for granted. As urban boundaries expand and rural landscapes are developed, forests are under more pressure than ever. It is time to forgo the thinking that forests can be managed outside of human influence, and shift instead to management strategies that consider humans to be part of the forest ecosystem. Only then can we realistically plan for |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781610917681 |
| Index Number: | GE1 |
| CLC: | X2 |