Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbook (contemporary World Issues) [Hardcover]

A one-of-a-kind introduction to the major issues and controversies dominating the heated debate over U.S. forest policy today.

Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbookchronicles the dramatic history, current status, and global influence of U.S. forest policy. Beginning with the foundations of early forest law during the colonial period through the rise of the Conservation Movement in the wake of 19th century massive forest exploitation, this reference also discusses the environmental challenges that have rewritten recent U.S. forest policy and explores future policy directions.

What are the effects of forest destruction on biological diversity? Has the sustainable forest management movement been effective? Given the fact that individual landowners control the greatest share of U.S. forestland, how are forests on private lands regulated? Students and concerned citizens alike will discover answers to these and other critical questions regarding what is left of the nation's dwindling forests.

V. Alaric Sampleis president of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation in Washington, D.C.

Antony S. Chengis assistant professor of forestry and natural resource policy in the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

This book is a reference handbook to those conservation policies and the contemporary issues that affect America's forests . . . It is very efficiently designed in a modular form. Current issues sections, for example, all start with a few paragraphs of background, then recent policy developments, and then conclusions, with numerous references available at the end. This book is the clearly written, balanced, useful reference the authors and publishers claim it to be. It is recommended for all libraries, especially for those holding theContemporary World Issuesseries, of which this is a part. American Reference Books Annual3Æ