The Paradigm of Forests and the Survival of the Fittest

About this book

The Paradigm of Forests and the Survival of the Fittest demonstrates the social, historical, and environmental framework within which humans have developed a relationship with the forest and its resources. Starting from the biological basis that permits the existence of forests to the use of forest resources in a modern human context, this book summarizes the interaction between humans and forest ecosystems. Designed for readers from a broad range of disciplines and interests including those from environmental sciences, environmental economics, sociology, anthropology, biology, forestry and human ecology and other related disciplines, the book evokes interest in the development of an integrated approach towards forest ecosystems and natural resources in the context of sustainability.

Contents

Introduction
      Sergio A. Molina-Murillo and Carlos Rojas
Forests in a Changing World
      John Markham and Mauricio Fernández
Primary Production, Energy and Forest Growth
      Gerardo  Avalos
Forest Carbon Sequestration and Global Change
      Achim Häger and Luitgard Schwendenmann
Forest Ecosystems and Civilization: An Overview of the Footprint of Modernity in the Exploitation-Conservation Relationship
      Anthony Goebel Mc Dermott
The Economy of Forests
      Sergio A. Molina-Murillo and Timothy M. Smith
Silviculture and Forest Management
      Adrian A. Monge Monge
Challenges to Forest Conservation
      J. Edgardo Arévalo and Richard J. Ladle
Forests, Sustainability and Progress: Safeguarding the Multiple Dimensions of Forests through Sustainable Practices
      Robin R. Sears
Conclusions
      Carlos Rojas, Adam W. Rollins and Sergio A. Molina-Murillo

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