By Gerald Foley
June 25, 2024
Originally published in 1986, this book provides a detailed examination of programmes to introduce improved charcoal making techniques throughout the developing world. Charcoal making is widely regarded as an extremely wasteful use of scarce wood resources. The book includes a section on the ...
By Gerald Foley, Geoffrey Barnard
June 25, 2024
In 1984, when this book was originally published the need to take forestry outside the forests and involve local people in tree growing was widely recognised. Projects to encourage farm and community forestry were launched in over 50 developing countries. This book describes the main approaches ...
By N. V. Brasnett
June 25, 2024
Originally published in 1953, this book was compiled to provide students of forestry with a simple outline of what the management of forests involves, and of the way in which forestry operations are organized and controlled. Topics discussed and explained include economic considerations, stock ...
By Various Authors
June 25, 2024
The volumes in this set, originally published between 1953 and 1994 are as relevant now as they were when first published dealing with the ever-pressing need to balance economy (seen from the standpoint of commercial forestry) and concerns about deforestation and livelihoods in the developing world...
By Gerald Foley, Patricia Moss, Lloyd Timberlake
June 25, 2024
Originally published in 1984, Stoves and Trees asks whether better stoves really help the two billion people in the developing world who rely on wood and charcoal for cooking and heating their homes. It also asks if improved stoves actually save fuel and if they can help slow down tropical ...
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By Peter A. Furley
June 25, 2024
Originally published in 1994, this book analysed land developments, deforestation and pasture substitution, colonisation schemes and spontaneous settlement during the latter part of the 20th Century. In so doing, The Forest Frontier presents an overview of the intrinsic environmental and ...
By F. C. Osmaston
June 25, 2024
Originally published in 1968, this book discusses the principles and methods on which forest management has been founded in the past and how these principles and methods still apply or are affected by modern management skills, changing demands, social habits and resources. The book is concerned ...