GPHY 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sustainable Forest Management, Silviculture, Land Ethic
24 Dec 2016
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Lecture 21- forest use and management a history of philosophies and. Key things the prof said (study along with the online pdf file) Global concepts and past philosophies that guide us to managing forests. They were hunted to extinction thousands of years ago (most large mammals) Mediterranean forests that are now open canopy used to be closed. Romans needed wood so timber was imported from other areas. He no longer had people cutting and working in those forests. It was the temporary cooling period so those lands were abandoned. Kings try to come up with policies to prevent the population from exploiting the forests lack of resources and increase of demand: peak oil . Early publications of modern silviculture & sustainable forestry: He was trying to overcome the same types of challenges back in 1713. Balance resource inventory and how much we use: how much time we have and how fast the forests regenerate.
