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Forest management is multi-dimensional. The list of dimensions begins with ‘ecological’, and, perhaps, ends with ‘political’. In various contexts, one or the other dimension assumes greater importance. Neverthless, the silvicultural dimension remains a key dimension in any context. In the last few decades, there have been rapid changes in imperatives in forest management. If timber production was the primary objective in forest management in ...
Forest is a complex system not only on ecological dimensions. And, there are different imperatives in their management from different levels of social organization. Forest sector planning is, therefore, a complex task. The book is an attempt to present some tools for the development planning of the sector under new imperatives. The concept of the book was generated during the author’s consultant assignment from FAO, Rome.
In Classical Terminology, 'forest management' is related only to sustained production of goods from forests, especially timber. In the modern concept, forest management is a multi-dimensional process, which in addition to sustaining the production of wood and non-wood forest products, aims at maintaining stability of the environment, and ensuring equitable distribution of benefits derived from forest, to various sections of society. The book covers both the ...