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Forest Management and Planning, Second Edition, addresses contemporary forest management planning issues, providing a concise, focused resource for those in forest management. The book is intermixed with chapters that concentrate on quantitative subjects, such as economics and linear programming, and qualitative chapters that provide discussions of important aspects of natural resource management, such as sustainability.

Expanded coverage includes a case study of a closed canopy, uneven-aged forest, new forest plans from South America and Oceania, and a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation.

Helps students and early career forest managers understand the problems facing professionals in the field today
Designed to support land managers as they make complex decisions on the ecological, economic, and social impacts of forest and natural resources
Presents updated, real-life examples that are illustrated both mathematically and graphically
Includes a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation
Incorporates the newest research and forest certification standards
Offers access to a companion website with updated solutions, geographic databases, and illustrations

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1. Management of Forests and Other Natural Resources 2. Valuing and Characterizing Forest Conditions 3. Geographic Information and Land Classification in Support of Forest Planning 4. Estimation and Projection of Stand and Forest Conditions 5. Optimization of Tree- and Stand-Level Objectives 6. Graphical Solution Techniques for Two-Variable Linear Problems 7. Linear Programming 8. Advanced Planning Techniques 9. Forest and Natural Resource Sustainability 10. Models of Desired Forest Structure 11. Control Techniques for Commodity Production and Wildlife Objectives 12. Spatial Restrictions and Considerations in Forest Planning 13. Hierarchical System for Planning and Scheduling Management Activities 14. Forest Supply Chain Management 15. Forest Certification and Carbon Sequestration 16. Scenario Analysis in Support of Strategic Planning

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Bettinger, Pete
Pete Bettinger is a professor of forestry at the University of Georgia. He teaches forest planning, forest measurements, and aerial photogrammetry; and conducts research in applied forest management with particular emphasis on harvest scheduling, precision forestry, and geospatial technologies. Dr. Bettinger has worked with the forest industry in the southern and western United States, and maintains this connection to forestry professionals through his leadership in the Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Management GIS Conference and other continuing education courses he offers. Dr. Bettinger is also a co-author of two other books published by Academic Press, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, and Forest Plans of North America.

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