The development of societies, including spiritual development, is closely connected to
forests. The larger interrelations among changing societies, transforming forest landscapes …

Spiritual values are part of major global forest-related policies and strategies for sustainable
forest management. Despite ongoing research and current debates, the significance of …

People value forests for many reasons. Historically, market and utilitarian values
predominated both in forestry practice and the academic literature. Since the 1980s, forest …

This paper emphasizes the role of planning and management in providing for forest social
values to current and future citizens. Taking a western-world orientation, it examines how …

This book is the product of World Forests, Society and Environment (WFSE), a Special
Project of the International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO). WFSE is a …

The European continent still has a rich heritage of rural landscapes built up over thousands
of years. The UNESCO-sCBD Florence Declaration of 2014, describes it as being …

With 20% of the world's forests, Russia has global potential in bioeconomy development,
biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. However, unsustainable forest …

Among government agencies, practitioners and researchers there is growing interest in the
potential of natural environments for human health and wellbeing. In parallel, conserving …

Once so effective in providing sustained-yield conservation values, visions and models for
the Western worlds' transition to an industrial society, it is time again for foresters (plus many …

Humans sometimes, perhaps often, form deeply personal and important attachments to
'things' such as trees. Such attachments reflect the value these 'things' have in our lives and …