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Today there is common agreement that forests are natural resources of vital importance and that they have to be managed, restored and created with great care in order to sustain healthy and productive ecosystems for future generations. Important global agreements, such as the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, the Montreal Process 1993 and the Helsinki Process 1993 (FAO 1997) have been ratified by many countries, however we have a long way to go before words are put into action. Still, forest operations around the world are too often examples of shortsighted, profit-oriented business. Also, the poverty situation in many countries is such that the struggle for survival overwhelms considerations for environment and future generations. We therefore need to develop methods and techniques for silviculture as well as tools for communication that will allow economical forest management at the same time as high biodiversity and good health conditions in our forests can be maintained.
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Sennerby-Forsse, L. (1998). Environment and Production — Two Sides of the Same Coin or Incompatible Goals?. In: Sassa, K. (eds) Environmental Forest Science. Forestry Sciences, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5324-9_3
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