During the past twenty years there has been an explosive growth in research into environmental issues from a social science perspective. Ecological economics, in particular, has emerged as a true transdiscipline which seeks to conceptualise environmental concerns, thus allowing for the...

Written by international authors, this book presents a comprehensive view of forests in mountain regions, and their sustainable development. It is based on a report prepared by the UUFRO Task Force in Sustainable Mountain Development, for the IUFRO Congress held in August 2000.