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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Tree planting"”.
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Influence of Tree Planting Program Characteristics on Environmental Justice Outcomes
Urban trees provide a variety of benefits to human physical and mental health. However, prior research has shown that urban tree canopy is unevenly distributed; areas with lower household incomes or higher proportions of racial or ethnic minorities tend to have less canopy. Urban tree benefits are …
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Influence of tree planting guidelines on street tree distribution along bus corridors
… experience and environmental resilience, as street trees can significantly reduce urban heat island effects and enhance the comfort of bus users. This study examines how municipal tree planting regulations influence street tree density along bus routes in 15 U.S. cities. Analysis of street …
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TREE PLANTING STRATEGIES AS NATURE-BASED SOLUTION FOR THE PROVISION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
… Nature-based Solutions (NBS), and particularly tree-based interventions such as urban afforestation and agroforestry, are increasingly promoted as effective strategies to enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and improve regulating ecosystem services. However, the outcomes of tree …
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Fuelwood and tree planting : a case study from Funyula Division in Western Kenya
This dissertation examines village fuelwood and tree planting in four villages in Funyula Division of Busia District, Western Kenya. It also explores gender issues and the existence of cultural norms and beliefs that might influence tree planting activities. The actual study involves an …
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Trees Outside of the Forest: A Political Ecology of Tree Planting in Kenya
Over the last two decades, tree planting has been viewed as a silver bullet to some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental issues, most notably climate change. This is especially the case in sub-Saharan Africa, which has seen a proliferation of tree planting projects and targets. …
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Investigating the Impact of Urban Tree Planting Strategies for Shade and Residential Energy Conservation
… by increased impervious surfaces and decreased tree canopy, is contributing to rising urban temperatures. This trend has implications for energy consumption, which strategically placed trees can modify by casting shade upon building and ground surfaces. However, urban densification, a paradigm …
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Impact of protected forests on rural household fuel tree planting and deforestation: Chiro District, Ethiopia
… intervention on rural households’ private fuel tree planting in Chiro district of eastern Ethiopia. The study results revealed a robust and significant positive impact of the intervention on farmers’ decisions to produce private household energy by growing fuel trees on their farm. As …
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The financial feasibility of tree-planting under agroforestry: a case study from the Groundnut Basin of Senegal
… of resource management which includes the planting of trees and agricultural crops on the same piece of land, either simultaneously or sequentially. In Senegal, this new approach has been praised, mainly because it came along at a time when private participation in reforestation was badly …
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The Influence of Cost-sharing Programs on Southern Non-industrial Private Forests
… the decreasing levels of funding for government tree planting cost share programs will result in significant reductions in non-industrial private tree planting efforts in the South. The purpose of this study is to quantify how the funding of various cost share programs, and market signals …
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Sustainable Environmental Management Practices through Skill Empowerment in Tree Planting Among Youths: A Case Of Mtakuja, Bakiri Muluzi And Bunju Girls Secondary Schools In Dar Es Salaam
This dissertation is an outcome of the research study conducted and the project being implemented in three secondary schools of Mtakuja, Bunju Girls and Bakili Muluzi in Dar es Salaam. It covers the period between December 2010 up to June 2011.The participatory community assessment conducted in the …
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General assessment of urban community forestry activities in Iowa 1994 to 1996
Since 1990, there has been an increase in tree planting in Iowa communities largely due to programs sponsored by investor-owned utilities. However, no data are available on the potential impacts of these planting, programs on community forest management in Iowa communities. Objectives of this study …
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Land use intensity and trees on farms in Malawi
… species that are planted and maintained. These trees provide products and services that are vital, yielding food, firewood, building materials and medicine, replenishing soil fertility and protecting against soil erosion. Following a Boserupian approach, this study attempts to establish the …
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Potential effects of technical assistance foresters on pine planting on non-industrial private forestland in the South
… is regarded as a significant factor in NIPP tree planting accomplishment. This study compares technical assistance available to NIPFs from various sources and attempts to measure response to technical assistance in terms of acres planted. Four sources of technical assistance are considered: …
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Effects of land tenure on soil and water conservation measures in Tanzania?s Kigoma Region
… ridging, terracing, stone or soil bunds, and tree planting. Land tenure is measured by whether participants hold a Certificate of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCRO). A heteroskedastic probit model shows that CCROs are significantly, positively associated with tree planting. This demonstrates …
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Occupational Biomechanics of Tree-Planters: A study of musculoskeletal symptoms, posture and joint reaction forces in Ontario tree-planters
Tree-planters are likely to suffer from musculoskeletal injuries during their short work season. The objective of this research is to identify the biomechanical mechanisms that contribute to these injuries with an overall goal of reducing injury frequency and severity. Pre- and post-season …
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Economic Tools to Improve Forest Practices' Outcomes
… centers on a dataset collected in India about tree planting species choice followed by a second model that incorporates socio-economic, as well as revealed preference management choices, and tree planting species as explanatory variables in a binary crop loss model. The findings reveal that …
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Trees in Urban Environments: How Soil Quality Impacts Tree Performance
… urban soil conditions can be unfavorable for tree growth. Street trees are widely known to suffer from poor soil quality, but there has been no comprehensive review of this topic so far. Clean soils can be transported from nonurban areas to support cities’ green projects, but this approach is …
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Impacts of and willingness to pay for conservation and restoration in the U.S.
… focuses on one of the largest and well-funded tree planting programs in the U.S., the MillionTreeNYC Program. It examines the impact of urban tree plantings on housing values and neighborhood compositions. The third study of my dissertation analyzes the relationship between an individual’s …
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Afforestation For Mitigating Against Land Degradation on Kilimanjaro Highlands,Kibosho West Ward,Moshi Rural District
… members and Village leaders and second was tree seedlings production and tree planting by community members. During project implementations training on tree nursery operation at grass root level was conducted. Implementation results show that tree nurseries groups were formed and a number of …
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