Forest Health and Restoration

Paper Summary:

The paper presents the thesis that a healthy forest environment and good forest management is essential in that forests are important for the general environment. The paper's thesis further states that maintenance and restoration of the forest systems in the United States and other areas of the world is directly related to the health of the global environment and related ecosystems. The paper provides a literature review and summarizes its findings in the conclusion.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature review
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"There is a plethora of evidence from studies on environmental research to suggest that healthy forests are of vital importance to the balance in nature and ultimately for human existence. Forests not only provide clean water but also "...support livelihoods, shelter wildlife and help maintain a stable climate" (Fire and Conservation). The last mentioned aspect, the maintenance of a stable climate, has in recent years become a central focus of ecological and environmental concerns in the light of global warming."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abrams J., Kelly E., Shindler B., and Wilton J. ( 2005) Value Orientation and Forest Management: The Forest Health Debate. Environmental Management, 36 (4), pp. 495-505
• Amodeo, C. (2003, December). Science in the Treetops: It's Home to a Vast Collection of Plants and Animals and Acts as the Planet's Lungs, Yet We Know Surprisingly Little about the Forest Canopy. Christian Amodeo Heads into the Treetops to Meet Some of the Scientist Studying the Final Terrestrial Frontier. Geographical, 75, 20+. Retrieved May 21, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002054502
• Fire and Conservation. Retrieved May 20, 2008, from http://www.natureconservatory.org/initiatives/fire/science/art23350.html?src=new
• Navarro M. R. ( 1999) The Once and Future Forest: A Guide to Forest Restoration Strategies. Journal of the American Planning Association, 65.
• Ross D., Daterman G., Boughton J. and Quigley T. Forest Health Restoration in South-Central Alaska: A Problem Analysis. Retrieved May 20, 2008, from http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr523.pdf.

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