European forests: heritage of the past and options for the future
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2008
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The present distribution of forests and the degree of their transformation by man are the results of natural factors and cultural development. The limit between forested areas and open spaces, as well as differences between intensively used forests and those showing little or no traces of human intervention, is determined by social needs and values, economic
opportunities, and political regulations. This paper considers how forests are currently perceived by the population as physical and social spaces profoundly influenced by timber use and forest management, and it shows that forests’ social meaning and political signification is in full evolution.
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ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Sciences
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02350 - Dep. Umweltsystemwissenschaften / Dep. of Environmental Systems Science
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Source: Sample V.A. and Anderson S., eds. 2008: Common goals for sustainable forest management - divergence and reconvergence of American and European forestry, p. 126-248 [i.e.216-248], Durham, North Carolina, Forest History Society.