Forest Dynamics in Heavily Polluted Regions

Main Description
Air pollution has been recognised as a potential problem for forests for nearly 150 years. Today, sulphur dioxide, fluorides, heavy metals and ozone are a significant problem, usually from large scale sources in industrial and urban areas. Problems are exacerbated in those regions where there is a poor understanding of the factors involved in forest decline and destruction and no rigorous control over it has been established.

Main Contents

• Air Pollution and Forests in Heavily Industrialised Regions: an Introduction, J Oleksyn and J L Innes
• Risks to Forests in Heavily Polluted Regions, A Luttermann and B Freedman, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
• General Characteristics of the Damage to Forest Ecosystems in Russia Caused by Industrial Pollution, N P Vassilieva et al, All-Russian Institute for Nature Conservation, Moscow, Russian Federation
• The Impacts of Air Pollution on the Northern Taiga Forests of the Kola Peninsula, Russian Federation, O Rigina, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden and M V Kozlov, Department of Biology, University of Turka, Turka, Finland
• The Impact of Heavy Metals on the Microbial Diversity of Podzolic Soils in the Kola Peninsula, G A Evdokimova, The Institute of the North Industrial Ecology Problems, Kola Science Centre, Apatity, Russian Federation
• Air Pollution Impacts on Subarctic Forests at Noril’sk, Siberia, V I Kharuk, Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
• Landscape Degradation by Smelter Emissions Near Sudbury, Canada and Subsequent Amelioration and Restoration, K Winterhalder, Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
• Impact of Air Pollution on the Forests of Central and Eastern Europe, K Vancura et al, Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
• Ozone Impacts on Californian Forests, P R Miller and M J Arbaugh, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, USDA, Riverside, USA
• Ozone in the Mediterranean Region: Evidence of Injury to Vegetation, M –J Sanz and M M Millan, Centre for Environmental Studies of the Mediterranean, Valencia, Spain
• Revitalisation and Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests Damaged by Air Pollution, M V Kozlov, Department of Biology, University of Turka, Turka, Finland
• International Activities to Reduce Pollution Impacts at the Regional Scale, K Bull, ITE Monks Wood, Huntingdon, UK and G Fenech, Environment Canada, Downsview, Canada
• The Future for Forests in Heavily Polluted Regions, J L Innes and J Oleksyn