Compensation Payments: Opportunities, Risks, and Considerations
The description of economic environmental and forest-related compensation payment mechanisms and arrangements demonstrates the sector's relevance for tropical forestry, revealing opportunities and risks. The present chapter provides a synthesis of the pre
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Tropical Forestry Handbook Second Edition
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Tropical Forestry Handbook
Laslo Pancel • Michael Köhl Editors
Tropical Forestry Handbook Second Edition
with 995 Figures and 370 Tables
Editors Laslo Pancel Deutsche Gesellschaft f€ur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH La Libertad, El Salvador
Michael Köhl Center for Wood Sciences Institute of World Forestry University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-54600-6 ISBN 978-3-642-54601-3 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-642-54602-0 (print and electronic bundle) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-54601-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015957807 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993, 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg
We dedicate this Handbook to our Heavenly Father and entrust ourselves to His guidance and protection as we reverently manage His marvelous donation to humanity so that future generations may experience the harmony, peace, and spirit of tropical forests.
Preface
Long ago, European forests were wild and undisturbed. Our ancestors did not experience those forests as locations of harmony and well-being but as spooky and scary scenes of creepy stories with kidnapped princesses, ruthless witches, and cruel noblemen. Then, humans entered the forests, utilized their timber, and cleared forests for other land use. They shaped forests according to their interests and later invented treatments to increase their sustainable productivity, which resulted in uniform, single-species stands. At the beginning of the last century, a slow shift of paradigm took place in Europe. Forest sustainability was understood as the interplay of different ecological, economic, and social functions and a continuous cover forestry with mixed species stands, layered structures, and selective cutting became the desirable forest practice. It looks as Europe has been saved by the
