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Balancing act : environmental issues in forestry
Record details
- ISBN: 9780774804264 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780774804356 (bound) :
- ISBN: 0774804262 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 0774804351 (bound) :
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Physical Description:
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244 p. : ill ; 26 cm. - Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c1992.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references: p. [235]-241. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Words, Pictures, and Reality -- The Peter Pan Principle in Renewable-Resource Conflicts -- Causes and Time Scales of Environmental Change -- A Brief Primer on Ecology and Forest Ecosystems -- A Brief Primer on Forestry -- Clearcutting: Ecosystem Destruction or Environmentally Sound Timber Harvesting? -- Slashburning: Responsible Land Management or Playing with Fire? -- Chemicals in Forest Management: Responsible Use or Environmental Abuse? -- Are Old-Growth Forests Forever? -- Where Have All the Species Gone? The Question of Loss of Biological Diversity-- 'New Forestry': Is It Old Forestry Revisited? -- Forestry and Climate Change -- Acid Rain: Is It as Bad for Forests as It Is for Lakes? -- 'Brazil North': Is Forestry in British Columbia Really Worse than Deforestation in the Tropics? -- Future Shock in Forecasting Forest Growth and Timber Yields: How Cloudy Is Our Crystal Ball -- Sustainable Development and Forestry: Can We Use and Sustain Our Forests? -- Epilogue: Reality, Pictures, and Words |
| Action Note: | Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Alert Bay Public Library | REF 634.9 KIM (Text) | 35125000141246 | Reference | Not holdable | Onsite consultation | - |
