Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing World: a European Perspective

1. Introduction: Some Basic Remarks on Sustainable Forest Management, Environment and Global Ethics
Hartmut Ihne, Peter Spathelf

2. Sustaining the World’s Forests: Managing Competing Demands for a Vital Resource – The Role of the World Bank
Gerhard Dieterle

3. Conservation of Tropical Forests and Climate Change Mitigation
Pierre L. Ibisch, Lars Schmidt

4. The State of Europe’s Forests: 2007 – Report of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe for Sustainable Forest Management in Europe
Michael Köhl, Ewald Rametsteiner

5. Sustainable Forest Management in the Tropics – Still a Long Way to Go?
Leif Nutto, Peter Spathelf, Ulrich Eberhard Schroeder

6. Non–wood Forest Products for Livelihoods and Sustainable Development
Wulf Killmann

7. Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources: The Basis for Adaptability in Managed Forests
Ralf Kätzel

8. Adaptive Forest Management: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Forestry in the Face of Climate Change
Andreas Bolte, Christian Ammer, Magnus Löf, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Peter Schall, Peter Spathelf

9. A Scientific Perspective for Silviculture
Thomas Knoke

10. Forest-Related Climate Mitigation Options: Dialogues for Exploring Opportunities and Threats
Martin Welp

11. Key Challenges in Forest Protected Area Management
Monika Bertzky, Bastian Bomhard

12. Forest Organisations in Change: Examples from the Tropics and Subtropics
Jürgen Pretzsch

13. Forestry or “The Art of Flying Blind”. Sustainability in an Era of Global Change
Ulrich Schraml, Roderich v. Detten

14. Sustainable Forest Management as a Model for Sustainable Development: Conclusions Toward a Concrete Vision
Peter Spathelf

Keywords: Life Sciences, Forestry Management, Climate Change, Renewable and Green Energy, Applied Ecology, Nature Conservation