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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Forest policies"”.
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An Investigation into Sustainable Forest Policies and Practices in Syria
Appreciation of how forest land can be managed in a sustainable way in arid and semi-arid zones (ASAZs) of centralized countries is limited. Accordingly, this thesis seeks to analyse the role of government and communities, including women, in the formulation and implementation of sustainable forest …
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Forest resource management in Ghana : an analysis of policy and institutions
… countries that they have adopted sustainable forest policies in return for bilateral and multilateral donor grants, deforestation rates are still quite high. In order to understand this problem, it has been suggested that forest policies of individual countries should be critically examined. …
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Survey and Analysis of Local Forestry-Related Ordinances in the Northeast, Mid-West, and Western United States
In the United States, federal, state, and local forest policies affect many aspects of the forest industry. Regulations from all levels dictate how resource professionals manage the forest resources of the country. This study examines state and local regulatory relationships with a primary focus on …
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Miljömålet i skogsbruket : Styrning och frivillighet
… analyzes the changes in the way Swedish forest policy has been developed and implemented in the past few decades. Its primary focus is on the period from the adoption of new legislation governing forestry in 1993 to date, though the historical antecedents of the more recent developments …
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Timber supply and economic impact of mountain pine beetle salvage strategies
… is to ensure quality and quantity of the future forest, policies have to complement AAC uplifts by strongly encouraging the salvage of mainly pine-leading stands and management options that minimize the “by-catch” of non-pine species and minimize destruction of advanced regeneration during …
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Local regulatory and economic instruments to encourage tropical forestry conservation : an analysis of the policy process in Costa Rica and Mexico
Forests are the most biologically diverse land ecosystems, providing shelter, jobs, and security to people who depend on them. However, global deforestation continues alarmingly; for decades, people destroyed approximately 13 million hectares (32 million acres) annually, largely in tropical …
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Making Albanian Forestry Work
… some segments of the economy, but to date the forestry sector has been negatively affected by the transition. The decline of forest resources accelerated and continues. Inefficiencies, price distortions, government fiscal austerity, rapid expansion of livestock, and illegal harvesting point to …
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Reimaging vacant urban land as green infrastructure: Assessing vacant urban land ecosystem services and planning strategies for the City of Roanoke, Virginia
… urban land. The analysis of Roanoke's urban forest revealed around 210,000 trees on vacant land, a tree cover of 30.6%. These trees store about 107,000 tons of carbon (worth $7.65 million) and remove about 2,300 tons of carbon ($164,000), and about 91 tons of air pollution ($916,000) every …
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Land use change and natural Araucaria forest degradation : northeastern misiones - Argentina
Originally, araucaria forest was characteristic of the northeast Misiones landscape, covering around 210.000 hectares. The broad variety of possible uses for araucarian timber, as well as a growing need for agricultural land, however, leads to the circumstance that since the middle of the past …
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Estudo em direito comparado de políticas florestais para as áreas de preservação permanente
O objetivo deste estudo foi trazer ao campo de conhecimento brasileiro a legislação estrangeira para um trabalho comparativo, que visa adicionar características externas ao atual modelo legislativo vigente no País. Fez-se um paralelo entre os modelos legislativos no âmbito ambiental, relativo ao …