Aside from the oceans, the world’s forests constitute the most vital element in
maintaining a climate which sustains life on Earth. The forests supply all living
creatures with the basic elements essential for our survival.
In this volume, experts, scientists and scholars from a wide range of disciplines
set out to discuss a broad range of aspects concerning humans’ relationship to
forests. What do forests mean to us? Are we destroying them? And what can we
do to achieve a healthy relationship between forests and mankind?
In order for this relationship to become sustainable—and we claim it must be
made so—all stakeholders in politics, industry and science must work together.
With this anthology, we make a call for cooperation in sustainable policies
towards a sustainable society.