Natural Management of Woods : Continuous Cover Forestry

Advocating the conversion of woodlands to a more natural state, this guide reviews methods of silvicultural practice that could transform the countryside and make clear-felling of woods a thing of the past.

Drawing on his 45 years of forestry experience, ranging from a tropical rainforest in Malaysia to the gracious woodlands of England's stately homes, the author discusses the idea of woodlands in which there is permanent cover.

He shows how it is possible in such woods for the conservation of both wildlife and landscape to be compatible with the production of valuable timber.

The book should be of interest to woodland owners and their forestry managers, practical conservationists, land planners and university students in forestry, botany, soil science, town and country planning.