Forests are valuable in our daily lives, crucial to our nation's ecomony, and integral to the long-term health of the environment. Yet, forestry research has been critically underfunded, and the data generated under current research programs is not enough to meet the diverse needs of our society.
Forestry Research provides a research agenda that should yield the information we need to develop responsible policies for forest use and management. In this consensus of forestry experts, the volume explores:
- The diverse and competing concerns of the timber industry, recreational interests, and wildlife and environmental organizations.
- The gap between our need for information and the current output of the forestry research program.
- Areas of research requiring attention: biology of forest organisms, ecosystem function and management, human-forest interactions, wood as raw material, and international trade and competition.
Forestry Research is an important book of special interest to federal and state policymakers involved in forestry issues, research managers, researchers, faculty, and students in the field.
- Forestry Research
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- AREAS OF RESEARCH NEEDED TO ADDRESS MAJOR ISSUES
- THE STATUS OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- SUPPORT FOR FORESTRY RESEARCH
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS FROM FORESTRY RESEARCH
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- SUMMARY
- 1—Societal Needs and Concerns for the Forest
- 2—The Gap Between Society's Needs and the Status of Forestry Research
- FUNDING FOR FORESTRY RESEARCH
- Federal Sources of Support
- USDA Forest Service.
- Competitive Research Grants.
- McIntire-Stennis Funds.
- State Sources of Support
- Industrial Sources of Support
- Private Universities and Foundations as Funding Sources
- Organization of Research Funding
- Extension Forestry
- THE STATUS OF FORESTRY EDUCATION AND INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP
- The Production of Ph.D.s
- Intellectual Leadership in Conservation
- Employment
- 3—Areas of Research
- BIOLOGY OF FOREST ORGANISMS
- Physiological and Genetic Bases of the Mechanisms Underlying Forest Health, Productivity, and Adapta ...
- Molecular Genetics of Forest Organisms.
- Molecular Markers for Stress Responses in Forests.
- Genetic Markers.
- Genetic Engineering.
- Cell and Tissue Culture of Forest Trees.
- Evaluating the Potential Risks of Genetically Modified Organisms in Forests.
- Biotechnology and the Forest Environment.
- Long-Term Site Productivity
- Pest Management
- ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT
- Forest Ecosystem Research
- Landscape Ecology
- Global Change
- Biological Diversity
- Alternative Silvicultural Systems
- Intensive Management for Wood Production
- HUMAN-FOREST INTERACTIONS
- Sociology and Forestry
- Community Systems.
- Urbanization of the Forests and Urban Forests.
- Regional Resource Systems.
- Recreation and Aesthetics.
- Natural Resource Sociology in an International Context.
- Extension of Forest Sociology.
- WOOD AS A RAW MATERIAL
- The Need for a Major and Sustained Commitment to Forest Products Research in the United States
- Timber Harvesting Research
- Research to Avoid or Minimize Negative Environmental Impacts During Harvesting.
- Research to Improve the Efficacy of Silvicultural and Harvest Machinery and Operations.
- Research to Reduce Harvesting Costs and Improve Profitability and Safety.
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE, COMPETITION, AND COOPERATION
- Information, Supply, and Demand
- Utilization, Marketing, Employment, and Exchange.
- Interdependence and Externalities.
- International Competition and Cooperation.
- Policy Research.
- 4—Conclusions and Recommendations
- THE NATURE OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
- More Scientists Should Do Forestry Research
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Recommendations
- Conclusion.
- Recommendation
- Result.
- Adopt a New Approach to Forestry Research
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Recommendations
- Result.
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Recommendations
- Result.
- MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS FROM INCREASED FORESTRY RESEARCH
- Conclusion.
- Recommendations
- Conclusion.
- Recommendations
- Result.
- SUPPORT FOR FORESTRY RESEARCH
- Equipment and Facilities
- Conclusion.
- Recommendation
- Funding
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Conclusion.
- Recommendations
- Result.
- SUMMARY
- References
- Appendix A—Workshop on ''The Future of Forestry Research''
- Appendix B—Research Needs
- BIOLOGY OF FOREST ORGANISMS
- Physiological and Genetic Bases of the Mechanisms Underlying Forest Health, Productivity, and Adapta ...
- Long-Term Site Productivity
- Pest Management
- ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT
- Forest Ecosystem Research
- Landscape Ecology
- Global Change
- Biological Diversity
- Alternative Silvicultural Systems
- Intensive Management for Wood Production
- HUMAN-FOREST INTERACTIONS
- WOOD AS A RAW MATERIAL
- The Need for a Major and Sustained Commitment to Forest Products Research in the United States
- Timber Harvesting Research
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE, COMPETITION, AND COOPERATION
- Information, Supply, and Demand
- Appendix C—Biographical Information on Committee Members
- Appendix D—Membership Rosters
- BOARD ON BIOLOGY
- COMMISSION ON LIFE SCIENCES
- BOARD ON AGRICULTURE
- Index
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