Policies for Sustainable Forestry in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine provides a thorough analysis of the key factors in the transition process affecting the forest sector in the eponymous countries. Moreover, it designs new strategies for sustainable development in these areas. The book attempts to strengthen selected trends in the forest sector in each country so that they may gradually achieve sustainability and create a market economy. The key factors are identified by making use of several different sources: scientific papers, interviews with experts from the three countries and the...

Although forest policy is an established course in most European university forestry curricula, apart from a special predilection of the teacher, its content varies from country to country according to the position of the forest sector in the domestic economy and society. In some countries, forestry is the backbone of a strong wood-processing industry, in others, recreational uses and amenity values of forests dominate. Despite these differences, all countries have in common the fact that the diversity of interests in forests has increased. Although timber production will not lose its...

Although forest policy is an established course in most European university forestry curricula, apart from a special predilection of the teacher, its content varies from country to country according to the position of the forest sector in the domestic economy and society. In some countries, forestry is the backbone of a strong wood-processing industry, in others, recreational uses and amenity values of forests dominate. Despite these differences, all countries have in common the fact that the diversity of interests in forests has increased. Although timber production will not lose its...

Theo Augustin Liebe Leserinnen, liebe Leser, mit dem Wettbewerb "REGIONEN AKTIV - Land gestaltet Zukunft" erprobte das Bundesministerium fur Ernahrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) einen neuen Forderansatz mit dem Ziel, die Erfahrungen und Fah- keiten der Menschen in den landlichen Regionen zu aktivieren. So konnen sie ihre Region, auf der Basis ihrer speziellen regionalen Starken, selbst voranbr- gen statt als passive Fordermittelempfanger dauerhaft auf Hilfe von auen an- wiesen zu sein. In den teilnehmenden Modellregionen sollte ein Prozess in Gang gesetzt werden, der sich...

Researchers in the environmental sciences are often frustrated because actors involved with practice do not follow their advice. This is the starting point of this book, which describes a new model for scientific knowledge transfer called RIU, for Research, Integration and Utilization. This model sees the factors needed for knowledge transfer as being state-of-the-art research and the effective, practical utilization to which it leads, and it highlights the importance of integration, which in this context means the active bi directional selection of those research results that are relevant...