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Is it possible to sustain biological diversity in managed forests? Or should biodiversity strategies focus solely on reserves and protected areas? A group of well-known scientists specializing in forestry issues apply scientific expertise to the “hot politics” of the forestry debate and present compelling evidence as to the sustainability of biological diversity in managed forests.
Fred L. Bunnell is Forest Renewal Professor in Applied Conservation Biology in the Faculty of Forestry and Director of the Centre for Applied Conservation Biology, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia. Jacklyn F. Johnson is an editor who works in the Centre for Applied Conservation Biology in Forestry at UBC.
... excellent and timely book ... The authors do a great job in their thoughtful and sustainable discussion of these complex issues. For the first time since the term biodiversity was coined in the 1980s, this reviewer feels somewhat comfortable that scientists are providing the leadership role in biodiversity assessment in the context of managed forests ... General readers; undergraduates through professionals.
This book has much to offer both conservation scientists and managers of forests.