"Sustainable Forest Management: Case Studies" ed. by Jorge Martin-Garcia and Julio Javier Diez

These studies represent a wide variation of experiences from developing and developed countries, and should clarify the current status of Ssustainable forest management (SFM) worldwide and the problems associated with its implementation.

The concept of forest sustainability dates from centuries ago, although the understanding of sustainable forest management (SFM) as an instrument that harmonizes ecological and socio-economic concerns is relatively new. The change in perspective occurred at the beginning of the 1990s in response to an increased awareness of the deterioration of the environment, in particular of the alarming loss of forest resources.

The book collects original case studies from 12 different countries in four continents (Africa, America, Asia and Europe).

Contents
Part 1 Africa
1 Methodology for Forest Ecosystem Mediating Indicator - Case Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
2 Obstacles to a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Forest Management Under REDD in Central Africa: A Two-Country Analysis
3 Collaborative Forest Management in Uganda: Benefits, Implementation Challenges and Future Directions
Part 2 America
4 Sustainable Forest Management of Native Vegetation Remnants in Brazil
5 Sustainable Forest Management in Rural Southern Brazil: Exploring Participatory Forest Management Planning
6 Sustainable Forest Management in a Disturbance Context: A Case Study of Canadian Sub-Boreal Forests
Part 3 Asia
7 Sustainability of an Urban Forest: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore
8 Recent Problems and New Directions for Forest Producer Cooperatives Established in Common Forests in Japan
9 Conflict and Corollaries on Forest and Indigenous People: Experience from Bangladesh
10 Setting Up Locally Appropriate Ecological Criteria and Indicators to Evaluate Sustainable Forest Management in Dinh Hoa District (Northern Vietnam)
Part 4 Europe
11 Sustainable Forest Management in Galicia (Spain): Lessons Learned
12 Can Forest Management in Protected Areas Produce New Risk Situations? A Mixed-Motive Perspective from the Dadia-Soufli-Lefkimi Forest National Park, Greece