The Management of Industrial Forest Plantations

Preface.- Part 1. Industrial forest plantations management planning.- 1. The importance of industrial forest plantations; Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez et al.- 2. An overview of forest management planning and information management; Marc McDill.- 3. Forest growth and yield models for intensively managed plantations; Aaron R. Weiskittel.- 4. Management of industrial plantations; José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves et al.- 5. Economics and management; L. Diaz-Balteiro.- 6. Strategic management scheduling; J. G. Borges et al.- 7. Tactical and operational management scheduling; A.F. Marques.- 8. Transportation and routing; J.F. Audy.- Part 2. Advanced management planning topics.- 9. Integrating management planning levels with decision support systems; J.G. Borges et al.- 10. Addressing risk and global change scenarios; Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo et al.- 11. Integrating nursery and planting activities; Silvana Ribeiro Nobre, Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez.- 12. Dynamic design of treatment units; Timo Pukkala et al.- 13. Developing a sustainability index for industrial plantations; J.C. Gimenez et al.- Part 3. The industrial forestry supply chain.- 14. Carbon sequestration and industrial plantations; Bruce Manley.- 15. Certification of industrial plantations; Anna Tikina, John Innes.- 16. Forestry raw materials supply chain management; Kevin Boston.- 17. Pulp and paper supply chain management; Sophie D’Amours et al.- 18. Environmental impact assessment of forest operations and pulp manufacture; Sara González-García et al.- Index.