Description: This collection reviews the wealth of research on tropical forest management. Parts 1 and 2 explore key challenges facing tropical forests as well as the ecosystem services they deliver. Parts 3 and 4 review the management structures and techniques required for sustainable forest management (SFM). Part 6 includes case studies of SFM of different tropical forest types.
Brief description: Alice Muchugi has over 20 years of experience in research on sustainable utilisation and conservation of tropical tree genetic resources. Since 2014, she is the Manager of Genetic Resource Unit at World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in Nairobi where she coordinates the activities of the ICRAF seedbank in Nairobi and regional field genebanks to ensure that superior tree germplasm is available for ICRAF collaborative projects and other interested users. Formerly, Alice was a senior lecturer at the Kenyatta University where in addition to teaching Genetics, she mentored and supervised several graduate students. She has a PhD in Population Genetics from Kenyatta University, Kenya. She has published over 90 publications.
Review Quotes:
"The book is very effective in communicating the many aspects, dimensions and interpretations of sustainable forest management (SFM)...It is clearly born out of an ambitious remit to present an overview of SFM across all its dimensions. In this, it is by and large successful... It provides an effective entry into almost any SFM topic."
Review in Scottish Forestry by Professor Jaboury Ghazoul, ETH Zurich/University of Edinburgh
Journal of Forestry - Society of American Foresters