Forest utilization and its impacts on biodiversity.- Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity.- Degradation of longicorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniidae) fauna caused by conversion from broad-leaved to man-made conifer stands of Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) in central Japan.- Genetic and reproductive consequences of forest fragmentation for populations of Magnolia obovata.- Ecological function losses caused by monotonous land use induce crop raiding by wildlife on the island of Yakushima, southern Japan.- Degradation and loss of forest land and land-use changes in Sarawak, East Malaysia: a study of native land use by the Iban.- The basis and practice of sustainable management of forests and biodiversity.- Sustainable use of tropical forests by reduced-impact logging in Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia.- When is it optimal to exhaust a resource in a finite time?.- Bio-economic resource management under threats of environmental catastrophes.