Forest trees of Tasmania.
Long Reach: (1981. reprint). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
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The forest wars.
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Australia's long-unresolved forest conflict has been the make-or-break factor in federal elections, with both parties often arguing that the four-decade-old forest conflict has no practical solution. This work proposes a forest policy for Australia, calling on individuals in... More
Birds and forestry.
London: Poyser, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The afterlife of a tree.
Warsaw: WWF, 2005. Large octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. This book adeptly describes the life after death of trees - an interesting and diverse life it turns out to be. While we humans are used to thinking about dead trees as a hazard or a waste, this book makes... More
Trees and forests a colour guide: biology, pathology, propagation, silviculture, surgery, biomes, ecology, conservation.
London: Manson Publishing, 2010. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Subject areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery. The different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical rainforests. The book is fully... More
Forestry and biodiversity: learning how to sustain biodiversity.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. This book advocates adaptive management - a structured approach to learning by doing - to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It... More
Forest entomology: a global perspective.
London: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. Quarto, laminated boards, illustrations. Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms that inhabit our planet and are found in all the world's forest ecosystems. Many feed and/or breed on parts of trees. Some perform important functions, such as pollination or break-down of dead... More
Wild foresting: practising nature's wisdom.
Canada: New Society Publishers, 2009. Large octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. This book reconciles human-forest relationships. Place-based practices foster ecosystem restoration and community revival. They are attuned to the values and wisdom of home places, to meet human and forest needs. Wild foresting's many gifts include celebrations. More
Mapping forestry.
Redlands: ESRI Press, 2010. Quarto, paperback, maps. Describes how Geographical information systems (GIS) software and remote sensing supports the business of forestry in today's era of economic changes, increased global competition, and diminishing resources. Foresters from the United States, Brazil, Romania, Finland, and Cambodia share how they use GIS to... More
The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests.
Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2001. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Synthesizing the body of knowledge of leading scientists and professionals in tropical forest ecology and management, this book's thirty chapters examine in detail the interplay between timber harvesting and wildlife, from hunted and protected habitats to invertebrates... More
The Journal of Forestry and Estates Management. A monthly illustrated magazine devoted to the science and practice of arboriculture and the general management of estates, Volumes 1 and 2.
London: J. & W. Rider, 1878-1879. Octavo, Half black calf, marbled edges, illustrations, some spotting, hinge cracked on volume two. More
Forests of ash: an environmental history.
Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. WAS $40. This beautifully written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which is the world's tallest hardwood. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling... More
The fate of the forest: developers, destroyers, and defenders of the Amazon.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2010. second edition). Octavo, paperback, maps. The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometres, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forests. But is it truly in peril? And what steps are necessary... More
The forest flora of New Zealand.
[Wellington]: Government Printer, 1889. Small folio, 159 uncoloured plates. Publisher's elaborately blindstamped cloth, some slight rubbing otherwise a very good copy. The smaller foolscap edition of 2000 copies. Hocken 3015. More
Into the woods: the battle for Tasmania's forests.
Collingwood: Black Inc., (2012. second edition). Octavo, paperback, map. For decades, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of bitter struggle. Sawmillers and police face off with protesters deep in the forest, while political games are played in the courts and parliaments. At stake is the future of old-growth forests... More
Biodiversity integrating conservation and production: case studies from Australian farms, forests and fisheries.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations. Australia's experiment in community based environmental repair is unique in the world, and there has been no shortage of analysis by bureaucrats, academics and environmentalist. This collection of case studies gives us the view from ground level. As well... More
Towards forest sustainability.
Canberra: CSIRO Publishing, 2003. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. A collection of essays by some of the world's leading forest ecologists and managers from the USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The essays describe the changes that have taken place in forest management, highlighting what has worked, what hasn't and... More
Conserving forest biodiversity: a comprehensive multiscaled approach.
Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations. While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area - the "matrix" - are equally important to preserving global biodiversity and maintaining forest health. In Conserving forest... More
Salvage logging and its ecological consequences.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Brings together three leading experts on forest ecology to explore a wide range of issues surrounding the practice of salvage logging. They gather and synthesize the latest research and information about its economic and ecological costs and benefits, and consider... More
Forest pattern and ecological process: a synthesis of 25 years of research.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, colour illustrations, line drawings. A major synthesis of 25 years of intensive research about the montane ash forests of Victoria, which support the world's tallest flowering plants and several of Australia's most high profile threatened and/or endangered species. It draws... More
Conservation of Australia's forest fauna.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, (2004. second edition). Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, maps, other illustrations. WAS $60. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. An all new, fully revised and outstanding series of papers on current issues in the conservation of forest... More
Managing and conserving grassy woodlands.
Collingwood: CSIRO, 2002. Large octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. In eastern Australia, grassy eucalypt woodlands have been under severe pressure from agricultural development, with problems of land degradation and species decline being most severe in the cropping lands of south-eastern Australia. Managing and Conserving Grassy Woodlands describes a set of... More
Recreating the country: a blueprint for the design of sustainable landscapes.
Ballarat: Australian Forest Growers, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. A practical guide to landscape restoration, this book sets out the design principles for adding habitat and creating more ‘wildlife-friendly' properties, while at the same time integrating with traditional agricultural enterprises. More
Agroforestry for natural resource management.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Quarto, paperback and CD-ROM, black and white photographs, line drawings. In its early days, agroforestry may have been viewed as the domain of the 'landcare enthusiast'. Today, integrating trees and shrubs into productive farming systems is seen as a core principle of sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry for... More
American canopy: trees, forests, and the making of a nation.
New York: Scribner, 2013. Octavo, softcover. This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation's history. The history of trees in America is no less remarkable than the history of the United States itself, from... More