Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Defining sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics: Francis E. Putz, University of Florida-Gainesville, USA; and Ian D. Thompson, Thompson Forest Ltd.-Kelowna, Canada

1 Introduction

2 Evolving concepts of sustainability

3 Appropriate scales for assessment of SFM

4 SFM trade-offs at different scales

5 Defining terms in SFM

6 Land-use types in SFM

7 Challenges for SFM in the tropics

8 Ways forward

9 References

Chapter 2 The scope and challenge of sustainable forestry: Philip J. Burton, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

1 Introduction

2 The natural resilience of forests

3 The evolution of a concept

4 Multiple interpretations of sustainability

5 Challenges in implementing sustainable forestry

6 Boosting the sustainability agenda

7 Conclusions

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 3 The role of certification schemes in sustainable forest management (SFM) of tropical forests: James Sandom, formerly Woodmark Scheme/Responsible Forest Programme - Soil Association, UK

1 Introduction

2 The need for change

3 Responses to the introduction of forest certification

4 The development of forest certification

5 Rates and spread of certification

6 Assessing the impact of forest certification

7 Conclusion

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 4 Sustainable forest management (SFM) of tropical moist forests: the Congo Basin: Paolo Omar Cerutti and Robert Nasi, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Kenya and Indonesia

1 Introduction

2 Logging concessions, the land and management plans

3 Land zoning

4 Sustainable forest management plans

5 From 'nesting dolls' to improved policies

6 Improving processes and institutions

7 From theory to practice

8 Conclusions

9 References

Chapter 5 Trade-offs between management and conservation for the provision of ecosystem services in the southern Patagonian forests: Yamina Micaela Rosas, Laboratorio de Recursos Agroforestales, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cient­ficas (CADIC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient­ficas y T©cnicas (CONICET), Argentina; Pablo Luis Peri and H©ctor Bahamonde, Instituto Nacional de Tecnolog­a Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient­ficas y T©cnicas (CONICET), Argentina; Juan Manuel Cellini and Marcelo Daniel Barrera, Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP), Argentina; and Alejandro Huertas Herrera, Mar­a Vanessa Lencinas and Guillermo Mart­nez Pastur, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cient­ficas (CADIC), Argentina

1 Introduction

2 Provision of forest ecosystem services in southern Patagonia

3 Developing strategies of sustainable forest management

4 Forest ecosystem services in a changing world

5 Where to look for further information

6 References