Forestry in the Midst of Global Changes

ISBN-13: 9780367570736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 428 str.

Christine Farcy; Eduardo Rojas-Briales; Inazio Martinez de Arano

Opis

Forestry is an important foundation of the global economy.

Spis treści

Section I. SETTING THE SCENE . Introduction. What is a forest? Main Milestones in Forestry Evolution.Main Current Ethical Models on the Scene. Section II. URBANIZATION OF THE SOCIETY. Main Findings and Trends of Urbanization. Urban Lifestyles: Forest Needs and Fears. Toward a Social Representation of Forest by Western Urbanized Societies. Human Desertification and Disempowerment of Rural Territories.Dendroculture: Social Imaginations, Art and Culture in Forests.Communicating to Support the Comprehension of Forest-Related Issues by Non-Expert Audiences. Section III. TERTIARIZATION OF THE ECONOMY. Main findings and Trends of Tertiarization. Increasing Role of Services: Trends, Drivers and Search for New Perspectives. Human Health, a Tertiary Product of Forests. Framing Investments in Forest Services. Motivation of Service Producers. Main Findings and Trends of Globalization. Financialization and the Forestry Sector. Social and Technological Innovations in Forestry.Globalization and Employment in Forests and Tree Product Value Chains: Are Women Losing Out? Fragmented Forest Policy: Asset or Concern? Section V. LESSONS LEARNED. Conclusion and Perspectives.

O autorze

Book Title – Forestry in the midst of global changes (ed. by Christine FARCY, Inazio MARTINEZ de ARANO and Eduardo ROJAS-BRIALES)

Chapter number & title – Editors

Editorial team

Christine FARCY

Earth and Life Institute

Environmental Sciences (ELI-e)

University of Louvain (UCL)

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Holder of a MSc. agricultural Engineer - forest and water at UCL (1994) and a PhD in agricultural sciences and biological engineering at UCL (2005). Currently senior researcher, invited lecturer and international forest policy advisor. Expertise in forestry, national & international forest policy, forest planning, remote sensing, information systems, bridge between social and natural sciences, and science and policy cross-fertilization. Currently chair of the European Forestry Commission of FAO, vice-chair of FAO Committee on Forestry, vice-chair of the board of the European Forest Institute (EFI), vice-chair of the scientific committee of ONF (France), member of the scientific committee of AgroParisTech (France), member of the scientific council of ECOFOR (France). Chair or member of international evaluation panels and reviewer of scientific disciplinary and inter-disciplinary journals.

Inazio MARTINEZ de ARANO

Mediterranean Regional Office

European Forest Institute (EFI)

Barcelona, Spain

Inazio Martínez de Arano is Head of Office at EFIMED since June 2013. He holds a degree in Ecology (Basque Country University), a post-degree in Landscape management (Polytechnic University of Valencia) and a M.Sc. in Forestry (Universidad Austral de Chile). He has worked in forest research (sustainable forest operations) and has served as President of the Union of forest owners of southern Europe, following policy and market developments in Europe and active at multilateral policy forums (Forest Europe, UNECE COFFI, Silva-Mediterranea, EU’s civil dialogue). His current focus is in understanding the challenges and opportunities for innovating in the Mediterranean bioeconomy.

Eduardo ROJAS-BRIALES

Higher Technical School of Agronomic Engineering and the Natural Environment (ETSIAMN)

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Valencia, Spain

Holder of a MSc. Forestry at the University of Freiburg (1985) and a PhD Forestry at Polytechnical University. Forest inventory and management at Deutsche Forstservice GmbH (1988-90), Director of the Catalan Forest Owner's Association and Spanish representative at the CEPF (1992-1998), Associated Professor at the University of Lleida (1994-2000), Leader of the forest policy group at CTFC (1996-99), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of EFI (1998-2002), Forest consultant SILVAMED S.L. (1999-2003), Professor at the Polytechnical University of Valencia/UPV (2003-2010, 2016-), Vice-dean at the Life Sciences Faculty/UPV (2004-10), Assistant Director-General and Head of the Forestry Department at FAO (2010-15), Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (2010-15), Co-chair of UNREDD (2014), UN Commissioner General for Expo Milano 2015 (2013-2015), Chair of the Spanish MSc Forestry Board (2016-), Member of the PEFC International Board (2016-).