The implementation of ecosystem management is one of the manychallenges facing the forest industry today. This book contains theproceedings from a gathering of industry, government, and academicleaders who met in Nelson, British Columbia, to discuss state of theart concepts in ecosystem management of forested landscapes. With akeynote address by Hamish Kimmins, this book contains 25 papers on awide variety of topics including natural disturbance, landscapeecology, forest certification, landscape planning, socialacceptability, and forest policy and regulation. This book is animportant resource for anyone interested in the management of forestsin British Columbia and elsewhere.