Written and edited by a group of experts in the field, this groundbreaking reference work sets the standard for engineers, students, and professionals working in forestry, agriculture, ecology, and environmental science, offering the scientific community a way toward combating climate change and land degradation.

This outstanding new volume covers the diverse issues of land degradation around the world and its restoration through forestry, agroforestry, and other practices. The editors have integrated many different concepts and applications into a single place from which scientists, research scholars, academicians, and policymakers can benefit. New insights in this area are critical, as our very existence depends on forest sustainability and land restoration management.

The work consists of chapters addressing the issues of land degradation, deforestation, intensive agricultural practices, sustainable intensification, soil and forest-related services, land and environmental management, and overall sustainability of the ecosystem. The contributors address current issues and their management through a holistic and integrated approach, presenting the context of land degradation and its problem, identifying the potential areas of research in the field of land restoration, identifying the land-based services and their potential role for ecosystem sustainability, creating awareness so that future policies can be framed for the betterment of human civilization, and addressing sustainable intensification for land and environmental management and service.

A standard reference work for the disciplines of forestry, agriculture, ecology, and environmental science, it will also be a way forward for combating climate change. Useful to academics, researchers, ecologists, environmentalists, students, capacity builders, and policymakers, it is a must-have for any library.

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Yes, you can access Land and Environmental Management Through Forestry by Abhishek Raj,Manoj Kumar Jhariya,Arnab Banerjee,Sharad Nema,Kiran Bargali in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Botany. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Editors
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 Land Degradation and Restoration: Implication and Management Perspective
Chapter 2 Land Resources and Its Degradation in Asia: Its Control and Management
Chapter 3 Deforestation Activities in Ezekoro Forest: Implications for Climate Change Risks in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria
Chapter 4 Land Degradation and Its Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Chapter 5 The Vulnerability of Forest Resources to Climate Change
Chapter 6 Impact of Continuous Cover Forestry on Forest Systems
Chapter 7 Forest Landscape Restoration for Environmental Management
Chapter 8 Ecological Restoration of Degraded Land through Afforestation Activities
Chapter 9 Sustaino-Resilient Agroforestry for Climate Resilience, Food Security and Land Degradation Neutrality
Chapter 10 Land and Environmental Management through Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) System
Chapter 11 Eco-Restoration of Degraded Forest Ecosystems for Sustainable Development
Chapter 12 Forest for Sustainable Development
Chapter 13 Unfolding Environmental Repercussions of Land Degradation in the Lone Municipal Council of Andaman, India, Using Geospatial Technologies: A Case Study
Chapter 14 Acacia nilotica: A Promising Species for Soil Sustainability
Chapter 15 Farmland Evaluation to Stimulate the Rational Land Use and Soil Quality Enhancement: The Ukrainian Case
About the Editors
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