The world's montane forests are vitally important for conservation and water catchment. Because logging regimes have significant impacts on biodiversity as well as water quality and water quantity, the management of these forests has often been a major source of conflict amongst rural communities, government agencies, and conservationists. Although much information on ecologically sustainable managment practices is now available, further organizational change and policy tranformation is needed to see a transition to sustainable practices inplemented on the ground.

Towards Forest Sustainability contains practical essays by some of the world's leading forests ecologists and managers from the United States, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. The authors describe the changes that have taken place in forest management- highlighting what worked, what didn't, and the lessons that have been learned.

This unique collection of essays documents the drivers of the change in the logging industry and the resulting outcomes, both the good and the bad. The book provides real-world insights from an international perspective into government policy, industrial concerns, and conservation and biodiversity issues.

Contents
Preface	v
Participants at the Forestry Roundtable Meeting	viii
Acknowledgments	ix
Challenges to temperate forest stewardship--focusing on the future	Jerry F. Franklin	1
Are forests different as a policy challenge?	Stephen Dovers	15
Towards ecological forestry in Tasmania 	J.E. Hickey and M.J. Brown	31
Integrating wildlife conservation and wood production 
in Victorian montane ash forests	David Lindenmayer 	47
The role of large mammals in US forests	Michael Soulé	73
Resolving forest management issues in British Columbia 	Fred Bunnell and Laurie Kremsater	85
Finnish forestry in transition--finding ways to sustainable forest management 	Jari Niemelä	111
The role of science in the changing forestry scene in the USA	David Perry	127
Forest biodiversity management--the Swedish model	Per Angelstam	143
Sustainable forest management in New Zealand	David Norton	167
A new forest and wood industry policy framework for Australia	Judy Clark	189
Transitions to ecological sustainability in forests--a synthesis	David Lindenmayer and Jerry Franklin	205
References and bibliography	215
 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Sustainable forestry