| Ecological Bulletins, Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity | | | Editor:
| Angelstam, Per
Donz-Breuss, Monica
Roberge, Jean-Michel | | Series title: | Ecological Bulletins Ser. | | ISBN: | 978-0-470-79926-0 | | Publication Date: | Jun 2008 | | Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
| | Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | | Book Format: | Digital download | | List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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| Book Description:
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- Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development.
- Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable populations of specialised species to be maintained.
- Policy-makers, businesses and managers pose questions about how to balance use of renewable forest resources and conserve biodiversity.
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More Description - Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development.
- Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable populations of specialised species to be maintained.
- Policy-makers, businesses and managers pose questions about how to balance use of renewable forest resources and conserve biodiversity.
- Examples are presented on how biodiversity assessments can be made.
- Proposes how the critical gaps in our knowledge identified throughout the book could be filled through macroecological research and international co-operation.
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