Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management

Forests are critical ecosystems that are essential for human health and for mitigating the effects of climate change through the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere and their sequestration of carbon. However, increased global deforestation and exploitation of this vital resource have diminished th...

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Main Authors: McDiarmid, Daniel, John, Michele, Wilson, Sam
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2025
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97156
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description Forests are critical ecosystems that are essential for human health and for mitigating the effects of climate change through the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere and their sequestration of carbon. However, increased global deforestation and exploitation of this vital resource have diminished these benefits. Sustainable forest management offers a number of values, principles and practices that can inform and enhance sustainability education. This chapter examines a number of important sustainability concepts that are applied in sustainable forest management, including carbon mitigation, an awareness of the challenges associated with the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and the important role of natural resource management, policy and regulation. These values and principles are applicable to a broad range of global natural resource issues and can provide valuable knowledge and understanding in the development and presentation of sustainability education.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-971562025-03-28T01:32:40Z Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management McDiarmid, Daniel John, Michele Wilson, Sam John, Michele Forests are critical ecosystems that are essential for human health and for mitigating the effects of climate change through the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere and their sequestration of carbon. However, increased global deforestation and exploitation of this vital resource have diminished these benefits. Sustainable forest management offers a number of values, principles and practices that can inform and enhance sustainability education. This chapter examines a number of important sustainability concepts that are applied in sustainable forest management, including carbon mitigation, an awareness of the challenges associated with the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and the important role of natural resource management, policy and regulation. These values and principles are applicable to a broad range of global natural resource issues and can provide valuable knowledge and understanding in the development and presentation of sustainability education. 2025 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97156 10.4324/9781003171577-53 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Taylor and Francis fulltext
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Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management
title Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management
title_full Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management
title_fullStr Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management
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title_short Seeing the wood and the trees: Sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management
title_sort seeing the wood and the trees: sustainability education lessons from sustainable forest management
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97156