The wellbeing of forests : an e-tool for assessing environmental and social sustainability

Complete Title
The wellbeing of forests : an e-tool for assessing environmental and social sustainability

Publication Year
Language(s)
English

Description

This report brings together 27 indicators of human and ecosystem wellbeing using IUCN's pioneering Sustainability Assessment method. It is intended to complement Wellbeing Scores software, which allows users to explore different standards and combinations of what comprises sustainable development. The publication may provoke debate amongst forest conservationists and critics and provide them with a platform for exploring this new software.

ISBN
978-2-8317-0662-7
2-8317-0662-9
Author(s)
Moiseev, Alex
Dudley, Eric
Cantin, Danielle
Organization(s)
IUCN, Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme
IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Imprint
Gland : IUCN, 2002
Physical Description
50p. : ill., maps + 1 cd-rom
Notes

Includes bibliographic references, and a computer program, Wellbeing Scores, on a cd-rom.

Keywords
Forest ecosystems
Forest conservation
Sustainable development
Monitoring
Methodologies
Computer programmes
Call number
IUCN-2002-055

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Publisher
IUCN
Bibliographic level
Monograph/item
Physical medium
Printed
PDF
CD
Number of library copies
2
Print availability status
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