The Challenge of Sustainable Forest Management

The loss and degradation of the world's forests could have far-reaching consequences for humanity. This text stresses the importance of an informed public in debate and decisions leading to policy formulation. Improved methods of assessing the value of services provided by forests are described, including those which are indirect and could greatly increase prospects for funding the management of sustainable forests. Also addressed is the need to confront many economic and social problems which, although arising outside the forests, have major impact on the forest resource.