{"product_id":"instant-insights-sustainable-tropical-forest-management-9781801466530","title":"Instant Insights: Sustainable Tropical Forest Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick D. Hardcastle | Alice Muchugi | Sammy Muraguri\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Agriculture - Forestry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book features five peer-reviewed reviews on sustainable tropical forest management. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first chapter reviews environmental factors determining different types of tropical forest such as temperature, precipitation, sunlight, atmospheric and soil chemistry, as well as mechanical factors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second chapter discusses definitions of sustainable forest management (SFM) and reviews how the current scope of SFM can be expanded from individual stands to the scale of forested landscapes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third chapter considers the restoration of tropical forests, focusing specifically on forest landscape restoration (FLR). It begins by addressing the importance of implementing forest landscape restoration and provides an overview of different guides and tools for FLR. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fourth chapter summarises the current state of knowledge on the interactions between forest ecosystems and the climate system and the way in which forests influence the water cycle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final chapter provides a detailed overview of recent research undertaken on achieving sustainable management of tropical forests. It discusses the importance of tropical forest ecology, as well as the role of SFM in contributing to achieving several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46443904827543,"sku":"9781801466530","price":4815.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781801466530.webp?v=1769128391","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/instant-insights-sustainable-tropical-forest-management-9781801466530","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}