Author: Frances Seymour
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2016-12-27
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 1933286865
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.
Author: New Hampshire State Library
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 866
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Christos Gallis
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2020-08-10
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1527557901
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Forests have diverse values and functions that produce not only material products, but also non-material services. The health functions provided by forests have been used for a very long time, but they have only been emphasized in many fields of society in recent years. The rapid increase in urbanization and the problems of stress, sedentary occupations, and hazardous urban environmental conditions due to modern life may be factors that place great demand on forests’ health functions. Scientific research has shown that there are various psychological and physiological human health benefits of exposure to forests, parks, and green spaces. This collection of papers highlights up-to-date findings and evidence to reveal the beneficial effects of forests on human and public health. The findings provided here can be implemented in practice and policy using forests and nature for human and public health.
Author: New York Society Library
Publisher:
Published: 1893
Total Pages: 798
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Serial no. 103-82, Committee on Agriculture."
Author: Arnold Arboretum. Library
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 608
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Arnold Arboretum. Library
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 612
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2019-04-01
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0309482887
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The American chestnut, whitebark pine, and several species of ash in the eastern United States are just a few of the North American tree species that have been functionally lost or are in jeopardy of being lost due to outbreaks of pathogens and insect pests. New pressures in this century are putting even more trees at risk. Expanded human mobility and global trade are providing pathways for the introduction of nonnative pests for which native tree species may lack resistance. At the same time, climate change is extending the geographic range of both native and nonnative pest species. Biotechnology has the potential to help mitigate threats to North American forests from insects and pathogens through the introduction of pest-resistant traits to forest trees. However, challenges remain: the genetic mechanisms that underlie trees' resistance to pests are poorly understood; the complexity of tree genomes makes incorporating genetic changes a slow and difficult task; and there is a lack of information on the effects of releasing new genotypes into the environment. Forest Health and Biotechnology examines the potential use of biotechnology for mitigating threats to forest tree health and identifies the ecological, economic, and social implications of deploying biotechnology in forests. This report also develops a research agenda to address knowledge gaps about the application of the technology.