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Book A guide to forest water management

Download or read book A guide to forest water management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive. Forests and trees are integral to the global water cycle and therefore vital for water security – they regulate water quantity, quality, and timing and provide protective functions against (for example) soil and coastal erosion, flooding, and avalanches. Forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our freshwater, delivering water to over half the world’s population. The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water ecosystem services. Intact native forests and well-managed planted forests can be a relatively cheap approach to water management while generating multiple co-benefits. Water security is a significant global challenge, but this paper argues that water-centered forests can provide nature-based solutions to ensuring global water resilience.

Book A Guide to Better Forestry Practices and Water Quality

Download or read book A Guide to Better Forestry Practices and Water Quality written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Planning for Forest Stewardship

Download or read book Planning for Forest Stewardship written by D. Ramsey Russell and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Management Impacts on Water Quality of Forests and Rangelands

Download or read book Management Impacts on Water Quality of Forests and Rangelands written by Dan Binkley and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sustainable Forestry

Download or read book Sustainable Forestry written by John J. Garland and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forestry and Water Quality

Download or read book Forestry and Water Quality written by George Wallace Brown and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide for Managing the National Forests in the Lake States

Download or read book Guide for Managing the National Forests in the Lake States written by United States. Forest Service. Eastern Region and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

Download or read book Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation's clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that precipitation becomes streamflow; therefore, in some areas, cutting trees causes a temporary increase in the volume of water flowing downstream. This effect has spurred political pressure to cut trees to increase water supply, especially in western states where population is rising. However, cutting trees for water gains is not sustainable: increases in flow rate and volume are typically short-lived, and the practice can ultimately degrade water quality and increase vulnerability to flooding. Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today's complexities, including climate change, wildfires, and changing patterns of development and ownership. This book identifies actions that scientists, forest and water managers, and citizens can take to help sustain water resources from forests.

Book Guide to Forestry Best Management Practices

Download or read book Guide to Forestry Best Management Practices written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Legislator s Guide to Forest Resource Management

Download or read book A Legislator s Guide to Forest Resource Management written by Gordon Meeks and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forest Harvest Residue Treatment Reforestation and Protection of Water Quality

Download or read book Forest Harvest Residue Treatment Reforestation and Protection of Water Quality written by James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art reference on the protection of water quality in planning and conducting forest harvest, residue treatment, and regeneration operations based largely on data collected in Region X which includes Alaska. Intended to be an aid for dealing with pollution from nonpoint sources.