While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the "matr

Discusses the ways in which we can continue to benefit from forests, while conserving their biodiversity.

As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. Forestry and Biodiversity advocates adaptive man

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Forests harbour a large proportion of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity, which continues to be lost at an alarming rate. Deforestation is the single most i