Conservation Biology Principles for Forested Landscapes

Book excerpt: This book is intended to provide information to those who wish tointeract with the landbase in an ecologically sustainable manner.Practitioners charged with the administration of land-based programs inindustry and government will find the information presented useful. Itshould also be a resource for many community groups involved inland-use decision-making. Humans continue to use forests and make decisions about land usewithout perfect information. Conservation Biology Principles forForested Landscapes is intended to enable the improvement ofplanning and decison-making processes by providing ecologicalinformation on issues of forest use. Current approaches are notworking. Where information exists on new, ecologically sustainableapproaches, practitioners should switch. Where the information on abetter approach is not yet available, practitioners should replace thecurrent, inappropriate approach with a variety of flexible ones thatoffer the opportunity to change with new knowledge.