Table of Contents

Forest Management: Challenges & Opportunities; Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR), Forestry & Plantations: Opportunities under Kyoto Protocol; Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Forest Management; An Adaptive Management Process for Forest Soil Conservation; Forest Resources & Public Policy in India: An Overview; Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005 (Bolivia); Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005 (Brazil); Global Change & Radiation in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems: A Meeting Point for Ecology & Management; Reducing Poverty through Community-Based Forest Management in Asia; Role of Community Institutions in Joint Forest Management.

About the Author

Azmal Hussain holds a doctorate degree in Anthropology from Gauhati University. He has handled several action and research ventures independently for different organisations working for the underprivileged and particularly addressing issues like nutrition and education with a focus on women and children. He is also commissioned as a research and documentation expert in the projects sponsored by different development agencies like Lutheran World Relief, Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam, UNICEF etc. Presently, he is working as a Faculty Associate at Icfai Business School Research Center, Kolkata. He has already edited a few books in the areas like health, nutrition and community development, published by the Icfai University Press.