Motives for Sustainability Certification—Private Certified Forest Owners’ Perspectives

State Forestry Agency Perspectives on Carbon Management and Carbon Market Assistance to Family Forest Owners

Family forest owners within the United States could potentially make significant contributions to sequestration efforts. However, we expect that landowners will need assistance if they are to successfully implement carbon management techniques and/or navigate through complex carbon market requirements. State forestry agencies were surveyed to gather their perspectives on carbon management and c...

Interactive Forest Planning with NIPF Owners

The participants of non-industrial private forest (NIPF) planning typically include the forest owner and the planning consultant. The computer interface of the forest planning software may also be seen as a participant that quickly answers computational questions related to the production of the forest. When additional human participants are involved the process may be called participatory plan...

Family forest owners and federal taxes

a USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, P.O. Box 12254, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254, USA b USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA c Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA d Family Forest Research Center, University of Massachusetts, 160 Hol...

Cultural Perspectives and Sustainability

1. A Conceptual Framework for Analysis 2. Cultural Monism and Spiritual Balance 2.1. North American Hunter-Gatherers 2.2. Australian Aborigines 2.3. Practical Effects of Hunter-Gatherer Conservation 2.4. Sacred Sites and Conservation 3. Traditional Ecological Knowledge 3.1. The Collapse of the Cod Fishery 3.2. Cultural Effects of the Collapse 3.3. TEK and New Ecological Thinking 4. Slash and Bu...

Feminist Perspectives on Sustainability