Fenning T. (Ed.) Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century

Springer, 2014. — 838 p. 138 illus., 106 illus. in color. — (Forestry Sciences, Vol. 81). — ISBN: 9789400770768.This book addresses the urgent and complex threats and challenges to the world’s forests posed by the four great problems of the age: climate change, conservation objectives and sustainable development needs, and the growing demand for affordable energy. The intention is to outline the research and other efforts that are needed to understand how these issues will affect the world’s forests along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them, as well as the opportunities that the world’s forests and production forestry can offer for tackling these very issues.
Contributions are provided by prominent organisations or individuals with an established record of achievement in these subjects, who have been asked to present their ideas on these topics in a manner that is readily accessible to professionals from disciplines other than their own. The aim being to provide a ready source of information and guidance on these topics for a wide range of scientists, policy makers and politicians for many years to come.
Keywords » Biofuels - Climate change - Conservation - Forest Resources - Forestry - Forests - Sustainable developmentForward; Yvo de Boer
Introduction; Trevor Fenning
Sustainable Forestry & Conservation Objectives
A burning issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems; Paul McMahon
Silviculture of planted forests managed for multi-functional objectives: lessons from Chinese and British experiences ; Bill Mason & Jiaojun Zhu
Forests for all? Considering the conservation implications of human-species interactions in the context of multifunctional forestry; Mariella Marzano, Christopher P. Quine & Norman Dandy
Human engagement with forest environments – implications for physical and mental health and wellbeing; Simon Bell & Catharine Ward Thompson
Sustainable forest management in China: Achievements in the past and challenges ahead; Li Nuyun
The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic Examination of Forest People’s Perspective; Debal Deb
Forest Resources Worldwide
Global trends and outlook for forest resources; Adrian Whiteman
Save the forests : Use more wood; Wink Sutton
Forests, Forestry and Climate Change
Forests in the global carbon cycle; David Schimel
Forests, Forestry and Climate Change; John Grace, James Morison & Mike Perks
The Influence of Climate Change on Insect Invasions in Temperate Forest Ecosystems; Patrick C. Tobin, Dylan Parry & Brian H. Aukema
The Economics of Forestry
How cost-effective is forestry for climate change mitigation?; Gregory Valatin & Colin Price
Additionality of climate change mitigation activities; Gregory Valatin
Different Economic Approaches to Forest Management; David B. South
Tree Breeding & Commercial Forestry
A Roadmap to Eucalyptus Breeding for Clonal Forestry; Gabriel Dehon S.P. Rezende, Marcos Deon V. de Resende & Teotônio F. de Assis
Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-varietal Forestry; Yill-Sung Park
Modern Advances in Tree Breeding; Yousry A. El-Kassaby, Fikret Isik & Ross W. Whetten
A ‘reality check’ in the management of tree breeding programmes ; Heidi S. Dungey, Alvin D. Yanchuk & Rowland D. Burdon
Seed orchards and aspects on supporting tree breeding; Dag Lindgren
Biotechnological approaches
Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GM trees; Hely Häggman, Suvi Sutela, Christian Walter & Matthias Fladung
Scientific research related to genetically modified trees; Armand Séguin, Denis Lachance, Annabelle Déjardin, Jean-Charles Leplé & Gilles Pilate
Forest Biotechnology Futures; Kevan M.A. Gartland & Jill S. Gartland
Research and Application of Transgenic Poplar in China; Jianjun Hu, Lijuan Wang, Donghui Yan & Meng-Zhu Lu
Genomic studies with forest trees
Genome resequencing in Populus: Revealing large-scale genome variation and implications on specialized-trait genomics; Wellington Muchero, Jessy Labbé, Priya Ranjan, Stephen DiFazio & Gerald A. Tuskan
Comparative and evolutionary genomics of forest trees; Andrew Groover & Stefan Jansson
Bio-energy, lignin and wood
Willows as a source of renewable fuels and diverse products; Angela Karp
Woodfuel production in the UK – unlocking the existing resource and growing for the future; Ian Tubby
Bioenergy opportunities from forests in New Zealand; Peter Hall & Michael Jack
Creating the wood supply of the future; Barry Gardiner & John Moore
Forest Science, including ecological studies
Community genetics applications for forest biodiversity and policy: Planning for the future; Adam S. Wymore, Helen M. Bothwell, Zacchaeus G. Compson, Louis J. Lamit, Faith M. Walker, Scott A. Woolbright & Thomas G. Whitham
The long reach of biogenic emissions in the atmosphere; Sanford Sillman
Ecological interactions of the host-insect system Quercus robur and Tortrix viridana; Hilke Schroeder & Riziero Tiberi
Forests have survived climate changes and epidemics in the past. Will they continue to adapt and survive? At what cost? Stephanos Diamandis
Horse chestnut bleeding canker – a 21st Century tree pathogen; S. Green, B.E. Laue, R. Nowell, & H. Steele
The use of small footprint airborne LiDAR for the estimation of individual tree parameters in Sitka spruce stands; Juan C. Suárez