Atlantic region / Birgit Elands [and others] -- Nordic region / Odd Inge Vistad, Joel Erkkonen, and Dan Rydberg -- Central region / Peter Breman [and others] -- Mediterranean region / George Pattichis [and others] -- Eastern region / Agata Cieszewska [and others] -- Cross-European comparison / Birgit Elands and Veronika Wirth -- Good practice in European recreation planning and management / Berit C. Kaae [and others] -- Lessons learned, trends and strategies for the future / Ulrike Pröbstl.

This book provides for the first time a Europe-wide overview on the state of the art of management of recreation and nature tourism in forests. It describes the current situation and conflicts in the different regions of Europe and provides solutions illustrated by good practise examples. It addresses traditions, differences and similarities in European forests as well as new tasks, goals and strategies. The final discussion provides a profound insight into future trends regarding forest recreation and nature based tourism.