Forest History : International Studies on Socioeconomic and Forest Ecosystem Change - Report No. 2 of the Iufro Task Force on Environmental Change

by M. Agnoletti; S. Anderson

• ISBN13: 9780851994192
• ISBN10: 0851994199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-31
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

This book presents edited and revised versions of more than 30 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and Forest Resources, held in Florence in 1998. The conference was organized by the Italian Academy of Forestry Science and working group on Forest History of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO). As a whole the papers present detailed analyses of the interrelationships between forest ecosystems and socioeconomic development from 13 different countries of the world. Main economic and social factors, techniques and local practices, as well as legal and political aspects related to forest changes are discussed, according to the latest achievements in forest history research. The book is a companion volume to Methods and Approaches in Forest History.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Factors and Processes in the History of Forest Resources	1	(20)
Mauro Agnoletti
Les Ressources Forestieres et le Developpement Economique de la Vallee Mosane du 11e au 17e Siecle d'apres l'Etude du Trafic Fluvial	21	(16)
M. Suttor
`The Coveted Tree': the Industrial Threat to the Vosges Forest in the 16th and 18th Centuries	37	(12)
E. Garnier
The War of the Plants: Botanical Exchange and Agricultural Conquest of the New World during Colonial Times	49	(16)
E. Amodio
The Historic Evolution of the Haitian Forest	65	(14)
F. Hatzenberger
Forests and Forestry Culture in Tuscany in the 18th and 19th Centuries	79	(14)
P. Nanni
Earlier Images of the Amazon in the USA	93	(16)
L.F. Sedrez
The Tree and the Machine: Manufacture, Communities and Institutions in the Woods of Southern Italy	109	(10)
M. Armiero
The Muniellos Forests (Asturias, Spain) in History	119	(8)
J.P. Torrente
Une Illusion Francaise: la Penurie des Ressources Ligneuses, 1814--1914	127	(16)
A. Corvol-Dessert
Shortage of Wood? Towards a New Approach in Forest History: the Palatinate in the 19th Century	143	(10)
B.-S. Grewe
Socio-economic Development and Changing Mental Concepts (Re)shaping the Woods in a German Region of Low Mountain Ranges: Contributions of a Study on a Regional Level to the Discussion of Major Issues of Forest History	153	(8)
G. Modert
Historical Interactions Between Agricultural and Forest Utilization in the Austrian Alps and their Impact on the Present Forest Condition	161	(10)
E. Johann
Exploiting the Last Phase of the North European Timber Frontier for the International Market 1890--1914: an Economic-Historical Approach	171	(14)
J. Bjorklund
`Impossible' Roads and `Inaccessible' Woods: Aspects and Problems of Wood Transport in the 18th Century, Southern Italy	185	(10)
M. Gangemi
Parks, Plebs and the Picturesque: Sherwood Forest as a Contested Landscape in Later Georgian England, 1770--1830	195	(16)
B. Cowell
Social and Environmental Determining Factors of Forest Fire History: the Case of Eastern Andalusia, 1840--1890	211	(12)
S. Cruz Artacho
M. Gonzalez de Molina
M.N. Delgado
A. Ortega
Common Woodlands in Mediterranean Societies: Commercial Management Versus Forms of Peasant Resistance in Andalusia (Spain), 1750--1930	223	(14)
A.O. Santos
Biodiversity Conservation in Central Himalaya: a People's Approach	237	(16)
A.S. Rawat
People's Struggle Against the Institution of Royal Forest Reserves in England in the 11th--14th Centuries	253	(10)
J.J. Serovayskay
In the Wood of Neglect	263	(16)
J. Dargavel
Law, Forest Resources and Management of Territory in the Late Middle Ages: Woodlands in Tuscan Municipal Statutes	279	(10)
F. Salvestrini
A Brief History of Forest Changes in the Sila Greca Mountains	289	(18)
M.A. Gallo
F. Iovino
Economic Culture and Forest Policy in Italy, 1861--1915	307	(6)
T. Raffaelli
Forest Policy and Public Forest Production in Spain, 1855--1936	313	(8)
D.G. Martinez
J.I.J. Blanco
J.A.S. Amarilla
J.F.Z. Pineda
S.Z. Blanco
Economic Policy and Forest Resources in Spain: the Case of the Province of Pontevedra, 1926--1956	321	(16)
E. Rico Boquete
The Impact of Five Forest Commissions on the History and Practice of Forestry in British Columbia, Canada	337	(14)
P. Mitchell-Banks
A Brief History of Italian Forest Policy	351	(12)
A.L. Freschi
L. Hermanin
A History of the French Coniferous Forest	363	(8)
V. Moriniaux
Imagining and Creating Forests in Britain, 1890--1939	371	(16)
J. Tsouvalis
C. Watkins
Some Aspects of Forest Management in Spain from the 16th to the 19th Century	387	(10)
C.M. Manuel
The Impact of Economic, Social and Political Factors on the Ecology of Small English Woodlands: a Case Study of the Ancient Woods in South Yorkshire, England	397	(14)
I.D. Rotherham
M. Jones
Index	411