The chapters included in this book were selected from papers presented on 25-27 March 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia, at a conference titled Global Initiatives and Public Policies: First International Conference on Private Forestry in the 21st Century.

This book addresses key issues currently shaping the future of private forestry. The main subjects covered in the 27 chapters include the emergence of a new paradigm for public involvement in private forestry, the challenges of sustainability, forest certification programmes, and country experiences from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forestry in the Long Sweep of History / C.S. Binkley -- International Dialogue on Forests : Impact on National Policies and Practices / J.S. Maini -- New Trends in Forest Policy and Management : an Emerging Postmodern Approach? / J. Schelhas -- Utilizing Issue Network Analyses to Assess Potential Policy Implications of Sustainable Forest Management in the United States / S.O. Moffat, F.W. Cubbage, T.P. Holmes and E. O'Sullivan -- Private Sector Participation on Public Forestlands : Challenges and Policy Issues / B.N. Ganguli -- Planning Private Native Forest Use in Australia / R.D. Spencer, M.F. Ryan, P.K. Tickle and C.I. Howell -- The Three Impediments : Time, Fire and Taxes / G.H. Weyerhaeuser, Jr -- Global Initiatives, Public Policies and Private Forestry in Bolivia : Lessons to Date and Remaining Challenges / G.F. Taylor II, J. Nittler and I. Kraljevic -- Today and Tomorrow of Private Forestry in Central and Eastern Europe / J.P. Siry -- Redesigning Forest Policy Tools Under a Transitional Economy Setting / M. Polyakov and L. Teeter -- Private Land and Public Goods : Process Lessons from Habitat Conservation Planning / D. Ostermeier and D. Keele -- Ensuring the Application of Sound Forest Practices on Private Forests : Challenges Facing the Design and Implementation of State Compliance Monitoring Programmes / M.A. Kilgore, P.V. Ellefson and M.J. Phillips -- Spatial Assessment of a Voluntary Forest Conservation Programme in North Carolina / K. Cassingham, E. Sills, S. Pattanayak and C. Mansfield -- Policy Developments Affecting Demand, Supply and International Trade of Forest Products : a European Perspective / B. Solberg -- Private Forest Management and Investment in the US South : Alternative Future Scenarios / R.J. Alig, D.M. Adams, J.R. Mills, B.J. Butler and R.J. Moulton -- An Economy-wide Assessment of a Forest Carbon Policy in the USA / G.Y. Wong, J.R.R. Alavalapati and R.J. Moulton -- Forestry Implications of Agricultural Short-rotation Woody Crops in the USA / P.J. Ince and A.N. Moiseyev -- Management of the Forest Biodiversity : Feasibility, Efficiency and Limits of a Contractual Regulation / A. Stenger and D. Normandin -- Case Studies Examining the Economic Impacts of New Forest Practices Regulations on NIPF Landowners / K. Zobrist and B.R. Lippke -- Effect of the Federal Estate Tax on Rural Landholdings in the USA / J.L. Greene, T. Cushing, S. Bullard and T. Beauvais -- Global Trade Liberalization and Forest Product Trade Patterns / J. Gan and S. Ganguli -- Gaining Leverage : NGO Influence on Certification Institutions in the Forest Products Sector / E.N. Sasser -- Company Choices on Sustainable Forestry Forest Certification : the Case of JD Irving, Ltd / J. Lawson and B. Cashore -- Improving Forest Management Through the Supply Chain : an Assessment of Wood Procurement Management Systems in the Forest Products Industry / S. Harris and R. Germain -- Perspectives on Forest Certification : a Survey Examining Differences Among the US Forest Sectors' Views of their Forest Certification Alternatives / G. Auld, B. Cashore and D. Newsom -- Certification : a Comparison of Perceptions of Corporate and Non-industrial Private Forestland Owners in Louisiana / R.P. Vlosky and J.E. Granskog -- Forest Certification in the Heart of Dixie : a Survey of Alabama Landowners / D. Newsom, B. Cashore, G. Auld and J.E. Granskog.

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