Our Forests, Our Future
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780521660211
Subjects: Deforestation; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Management of land & natural resources; Sustainable forestry; Forests and forestry; Environmental Policy; Nature; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Development - Sustainable Development; Natural Resources; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Forest Ecology; Forest management
First sentence: The rich green mantle of forests that once covered nearly half of the earth's land surface is being replaced by a chequered landscape of cities, highways, agricultural fields, pastures, degraded woodlands, forest plantations and land degraded by salinisation and erosion.