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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. Draws together the exciting new findings from the past five years of intensive empirical studies following the 2009 wildfires in the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. It also takes advantage of the 25 years of..... More
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
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
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
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
Ramsbury: The Crowood Press, (2013. second edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. Now in full colour, this is the second edition of this highly acclaimed book. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in trees and woodlands, whether they simply enjoy walking in the woods, are..... More