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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Sustainable Forest Management"”.
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Climate change adaptation and sustainable forest management in the boreal forest
Climate change will pose increasing challenges to forest managers working to achieve sustainable forest management in the boreal forest. A logical starting point for climate change adaptation is to proactively identify management practices and policies that have a higher likelihood of achieving …
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Application of a land use planning decision support tool in a public participatory process for sustainable forest management
… stakeholders and complex trade offs among forest values have created a difficult decision environment for sustainable forest management. Tools developed for decision support in land use planning are essential for managing these challenges. This research study is an interactive assessment of …
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Tree-ring analysis and stem biomass estimation of limba (Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels) in the framework of sustainable forest management
Sustainable forest management primarily depends on the availability of quantitative data, often not available in tropical forests. The lack of long-term data on tree growth, wood production and carbon stocks hampers the implementation of sustainable forest management and possible financing by Kyoto …
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Detecting and predicting land use and land cover change in the cross-sanaga-bioko coastal forest region for sustainable forest management
This study assesses forest, agriculture and built-up areas change in the Cross-Sanaka-Bioko (CSB) region from 2000 to 2021, aiming to provide reliable data for sustainable forest management practices. This analysis will be accomplished with the aid of GIS tools (Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS Pro) …
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Location – Based Information for Sustainable Development of Forests
… and coherent decision making to achieve a sustainable future. Location based information has played an important role in sustainable decision-making for decades. The role of this information as an aid for sustainable forest management has been lightly explored by academia, policy makers and …
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Dynamics of Forest Cover Extent, Forest Fragmentation and Their Drivers in the Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda From 1989 to 2009
Despite the important values forests play in the tropics, sustainable forest management still remains a challenge as manifested through continued forest loss. The objective of this study was to provide information on the dynamics of forest cover and their drivers vital for enhancing sustainable …
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Sustainable management of indigenous forests on private land in New Zealand
Indigenous forests in New Zealand are nationally and internationally recognized as significant and highly valuable ecosystems. They are the country's most biologically diverse ecosystems, containing 70% of New Zealand's biomass and contributing to New Zealand's heritage and green image. They are …
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Social Impact Assessment of the Natural Forest Protection Program on forest-dependent communities and households in Western China - Case studies in Gansu Province and Chongqing Municipality
… The primary purpose of SIA is to bring about a sustainable and equitable biophysical and social environment. SIA is a prerequisite in FAO and World Bank aided projects which cover sectors of mining, agriculture, fishery, dams and transportation. In forestry it has the great potential of …
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Reforestation Management to Prevent Ecosystem Collapse in Stochastic Deforestation
The increasing rate of deforestation, which began decades ago, has significantly impacted on ecosystem services. In this context, secondary forests have emerged as crucial elements in mitigating environmental degradation and restoration. This study is motivated by the need to understand the …
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Market prospects for wood products certified for forest management and/or legality in Japan
… regarding demand of wood products certified for sustainable forest management. Current pressures that may indicate a shift in market conditions include: the recent economic recovery, increasing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and the new government’s public purchasing policies (PPP) titled …
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CBFM (community-based forest management) : participation and perceptions. a case study in Malang, Indonesia
… MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) has been implemented since 2001 in Indonesia involving timber-state enterprise and local communities in order to achieve the sustainable use of forest resources. The objectives of this study are to investigate the …
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Willingness to pay for eco-labelled forest products in Northern Ireland
… of market and non-market benefits, but rising deforestation, contributed to by pressures on landowners to clear forested areas to use as pasture and arable land, may cause the irrevocable loss of these benefits. To combat this, there is a need to encourage landowners to create or retain wooded …
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Factors Associated with Ohio Tree Farmers'; Forest Management and Outreach Needs
Seventy-three percent of Ohio forest land is owned by non-industrial private forest owners (NIPFs). These owners play a large role in what products are offered in the market place as well as environmental quality and ecosystem services. Ohio certified tree farmers, a subpopulation of NIPFs, …
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From metacommunity dynamics to rapid biodiversity assessment: DNA-based approaches expand horizons in both fundamental and applied ecology
… for informing decision-making in environmental management and biodiversity conservation. COI metabarcoding data are used to analyse patterns of arthropod diversity in the contexts of sustainable forest management (Chapter 5), agricultural management (Chapter 6), and habitat restoration (Chapter …
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Adoption of sustainable forestry practices by Non-Industrial Private Forest owners in Virginia
The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has been promoted in the past few decades all over the world. Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners play an important role in that aspect in the U.S. because of their number (about 16 millions), the size of forest land under their control …
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The Next Generation of Residential Construction: Adoption of Green Building Programs, Environmentally Certified Wood Products and the Transparency of Environmental Friendliness
… used in the United States coming from domestic forests. Reacting to the recent push for sustainable forest management, forest certification standards such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) allow for third-party audits of forest lands to …
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Aboriginal forest tenure and governance in British Columbia : exploring alternatives from a Stellat'en First Nation community perspective
… contribute to the identification of appropriate forest tenure and governance designs that are in congruence with Aboriginal values, interests and rights. The research is highly relevant to current societal deliberations on sustainable forest management as well as to the future of the forest …
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Carbon and nitrogen cycling in watersheds of contrasting vegetation types in the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia
… (N) and land-use changes associated with planted forests have important implications for sustainable forest management and associated water quality. The purpose of the research for this dissertation was to explore how N deposition will affect the long-term health, productivity, and carbon (C) and …
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Economic analysis of participatory forest management in Kenya
… failure of the centralized top down approach to management of common pool resources such as forests led policy makers and donors to conclude that devolution of forest management to local communities can be the only solution to such failures. Developing countries have thus resorted to devolution …
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Soil rutting prediction using Random Forest model
Soil rutting in forest operations is a critical phenomenon, characterized by depressions or tracks on the forest floor, often caused by heavy machinery use such as logging equipment. These disturbances can have profound impacts on forest health and ecosystem integrity, disrupting soil structure, …
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