Planted Forests: Contributions to the Quest for Sustainable Societies

Front Matter....Pages i-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Planted forests: views and viewpoints....Pages 5-9
Sustainable management of planted forests: some comparisons between Central Europe and the United States....Pages 11-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Planted forests of the wet and dry tropics: their variety, nature, and significance....Pages 25-36
Eucalypt plantations....Pages 37-52
Douglas-fir planted forests....Pages 53-70
Loblolly — the pine for the twenty-first century....Pages 71-88
Planted forests: poplars....Pages 89-93
The need for planted forests and the example of radiata pine....Pages 95-109
Four common myths about plantation forestry....Pages 111-118
Multiple purpose forests and the national forest system....Pages 119-127
Sustainable plantations of high-yield Eucalyptus trees for production of fiber: the Aracruz case....Pages 129-143
Trees outside forests: agro-, community, and urban forestry....Pages 145-174
Forests planted for ecosystem restoration or conservation....Pages 175-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
How can we feign sustainability with an increasing population?....Pages 193-212
Applications of biotechnology for forest regeneration....Pages 213-226
Vulnerability of planted forests to biotic and abiotic disturbances....Pages 227-238
Environmental impacts of forest monocultures: water use, acidification, wildlife conservation, and carbon storage....Pages 239-262
On the sustainable productivity of planted forests....Pages 263-306
Private forest investment and long-run sustainable harvest volumes....Pages 307-327
International expectations for sustainable forestry: a view from the U.S. forest industry....Pages 329-338
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
The potential of high-yield plantation forestry for meeting timber needs....Pages 339-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Planted forests, agriculture, and the environment — a perspective....Pages 363-364
Multiple rotation yields for intensively managed plantations in the Amazon basin....Pages 365-375
Sustainable management of native and exotic plantations in Australia....Pages 377-392
Radiata pine plantations in Chile....Pages 393-404
Small-scale planted forests in Zululand, South Africa: an opportunity for appropriate development....Pages 405-417
Sustainability issues in Switzerland’s forests....Pages 419-433
Ecosystem management and plantation forestry: new directions in British Columbia....Pages 435-448
Ideology and culture in the Oregon country: the landscapes of a planting society....Pages 449-456
The integration of planted and natural forests in a regional landscape....Pages 457-469
Epilogue....Pages 471-472
Back Matter....Pages 473-476