Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) - Hardcover

V. Alaric Sample; Antony S. Cheng

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576079910 ISBN 13: 9781576079911

Publisher: ABC-CLIO (UK), 2003

Synopsis

A one-of-a-kind introduction to the major issues and controversies dominating the heated debate over U.S. forest policy today.

Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbook chronicles the dramatic history, current status, and global influence of U.S. forest policy. Beginning with the foundations of early forest law during the colonial period through the rise of the Conservation Movement in the wake of 19th century massive forest exploitation, this reference also discusses the environmental challenges that have rewritten recent U.S. forest policy and explores future policy directions.

What are the effects of forest destruction on biological diversity? Has the sustainable forest management movement been effective? Given the fact that individual landowners control the greatest share of U.S. forestland, how are forests on private lands regulated? Students and concerned citizens alike will discover answers to these and other critical questions regarding what is left of the nation's dwindling forests.

About this title

About the Author

V. Alaric Sample is president of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation in Washington, D.C.

Antony S. Cheng is assistant professor of forestry and natural resource policy in the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO (UK)
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576079910
• ISBN 13: 9781576079911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344