Contents: Introduction. I. Forest ecosystems and ecology: 1. Management of forest ecosystems/M. Shafi. 2. Deforestation and biospheric equilibrium/Mehdi Raza. II. Crisis of forests in the developing world. 3. Utilization and conservation of forests in India with special reference to social forestry/Mohammad Shafi. 4. Conservation and sustainable use of India's forest resources/J.B. Lal. 5. Conservation of woodlands in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh/R.C. Srivastava. 6. Himalayan forests and ecological balance/S.C. Joshi and D.D. Dani. 7. Teak forests of India/R.S. Dube and P. Soni. 8. The forest estate of Nigeria/R.K. Udo. III. Utiltization and management of forests in the developed world: 9. Pine forests in Poland: their productivity, distribution and degradation/Alicja I. Breymeyer. 10. Predictive models for estimating net rainfall and interception losses in Savanna vegetation/G. Du T. De Villiers. 11. Use and conservation of farm woodlands in south-east England/Clare T. Lukehurst. 12. Visually significant trees in Dutch landscape: survey, genetic and planning aspects/Aart A. De Veer. 13. Dynamic diversity of forest in Taiga landscape/Adolf Aebertovich Krauklis. 14. A comparison of yield class values for Sitka Spruce forests in Scotland/G.E. Jones. 15. Partial restoring of multiple use of forestland: forestry contra reindeer herding in Finnish Lapland/Reijo K. Helle. 16. The upper forest line in the Yugoslav Alps/Franc Lovrencak. 17. New Zealand forests/Peter Holland.

"In the biospheric system forests occupy a key position. Destruction and degradation of forests, therefore, initiates a chain reaction which, if not controlled, may destabilize the entire biospheric system. Large-scale destruction of forests is taking place the worldover and this is a matter of great ecological concern. In this context, the present volume examines various aspects of forest ecosystems in different parts of the world." (jacket)No. 7196

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