This book is intended to provide information to those who wish to interact with the landbase in an ecologically sustainable manner. Practitioners charged with the administration of land-based programs in industry and government will find the information presented useful. It should also be a resource for many community groups involved in land-use decision-making.

Humans continue to use forests and make decisions about land use without perfect information. Conservation Biology Principles for Forested Landscapes is intended to enable the improvement of planning and decison-making processes by providing ecological information on issues of forest use. Current approaches are not working. Where information exists on new, ecologically sustainable approaches, practitioners should switch. Where the information on a better approach is not yet available, practitioners should replace the current, inappropriate approach with a variety of flexible ones that offer the opportunity to change with new knowledge.

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Joan Voller is a wildlife biologist with the Research Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Forests. Scott Harrison is a member of the Centre for Applied Conservation Biology in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia.

Conservation Biology Principles for Forested Landscapes is a great leap forward in the evolution of forest biology and management at large spatial scales in Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. It is the single best book on this topic and deserves a spot on the bookshelf of everyone who studies and manages forest ecosystems ... the material contained in the book spans an impressive array of ecological information applied to the management of forest ecosystems. It is written in an engaging style accessible to both scientists and students, and provides a common base of knowledge with which ace managers should be familiar. I predict that Conservation Biology Principles for Forested Landscapes will become a classic in the forest biology literature.

Northwest Science, 73:1