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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"forest owners"”.
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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 impacts of federal-state death and gift taxes on private nonindustrial forest owners
The families of forest owners face potentially serious death tax problems. Increasing timberland values and demand for alternative land uses creates higher forest land and timber valuations. When coupled with federal and state death taxes, the estates of timber owners may experience a heavy …
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Planning for small forest landscapes: facilitating the connection between people and nature
A significant area of forest land in the United States is held by a diverse group of people known by the US Forest Service as family forest owners. Surveys reveal that family forest owners own forest land for a variety of reasons including scenery, nature protection, recreation, privacy, timber …
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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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The Estonian forest sector in transition to sustainability? : Capturing sustainability with the help of integrated assessment
… tools in a case study in order to determine how forest sector can better contribute to sustainable development in Estonia. The first aim is addressed in a theoretical section that provides an overview and categorization of the existing tools and methods for assessing sustainability. In the case …
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Woodland Owners Motivations for Involvement in Landscape Scale Forest Stewardship
West Virginia is mainly covered by forest, most of which is in the hands of private forest (PF) owners. The decisions taken about the management of these properties affect the landscape beyond their parcel boundaries. These forests provide ecological services to society, timber products and …
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A Compartive Analysis Of The Evolution Of Forest Management In The United States In General, With A Focus On Oregon, North Carolina
… is to evaluate and discuss the evolution of forest management practices in the United States. The paper discusses the trends in forest management that have occurred within the United States in general, and specifically within the western (Oregon) and southern (North Carolina and Florida) …
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The Value of Cooperative Extension's Public Benefit Explored through Enhancements to Forest Ecosystem Services Provision
… programming that benefits the greater community. Forests provide numerous valuable benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services. Cooperative Extension educational programming positively impacts forest owners, who in turn conduct actions that enhance ecosystem services. A …
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A comparison of Scottish and Norwegian hutting traditions, with particular reference to the communities of Carbeth and Lindøya 1905-2013
… of widespread and relatively uncontested landownership made Norwegians feel connected to nature and able to obtain individual hut sites in desirable, secluded, wooded settings with relative ease compared to the precarious and strictly-ordered hutting communities established by Scots. The …
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A Biosocial Case Evaluation of Wood Biomass Availability Using Silvicultural Simulations and Owner Intentions on Family Forests in Virginia and North Carolina
… energy initiatives (Dincer 2000). Family forests have potential to play an important role in supplying wood biomass for energy production. However, access depends mostly on the management intentions among family forest owners. Enhanced biomass markets in regions where family forest …
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Cost share payment and willingness to participate in Virginia's Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program
Forest management practices which reduce southern pine beetle (SPB) risk benefit not only the landowners who perform them, but all those who draw benefits from southern pine forests in Virginia, especially other forest owners within the same region. One such management practice is pre-commercial …
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A Study of Cooperative Ventures Addressing the Needs of Forest Landowners in Southern Appalachia
… social, economic, and ecological conditions for forest landowners throughout the United States. One possible response to these new and recurring challenges is economic cooperatives, an old idea being retooled and reapplied, keeping more of the power, control, and profit generated by natural …
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Real Options Analysis of Carbon Forestry Under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
… price in the economy. Under the NZETS, new forests planted on and after 1st January 1990 (known as post-1989 forests) are eligible to earn carbon credits and sell them domestically and internationally, with a condition that the credits will have to be repaid back upon harvest of the forests. …
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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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Social-Economic Benefits of Payment for Environmental Services in Yaque del Norte Watershed, Dominican Republic
… research analyzes private and social costs of forest conservation in Yaque del Norte watershed, DR. It calculates private costs as average annual income from farming activities and social costs as the externalities from erosion and CO2 emissions. Social cost estimates are based on the …
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Áhrif nýskógræktar á kolefnisbindingu í jarðvegi á Íslandi
Afforestation does not only establish new forests on treeless lands, but also changes many other aspects of the ecosystem, including the fauna, ground vegetation and soil properties. One of the most important ecosystem changes is the influence on the ecosystem carbon (C) stocks in different …
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ASSESSING THE SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF FOREST PLANNING WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILY FORESTS
Family Forest landowners, also known as Non-Industrial Private Forests (NIPF) are subject to much scrutiny by public agencies because they own the majority of forested lands across the United States and because it is difficult to quantify what they are doing with their lands. Significant federal …
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ASSESSING THE SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF FOREST PLANNING WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILY FORESTS
Family Forest landowners, also known as Non-Industrial Private Forests (NIPF) are subject to much scrutiny by public agencies because they own the majority of forested lands across the United States and because it is difficult to quantify what they are doing with their lands. Significant federal …
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Empirische Untersuchung von Durchforstungsbeständen im Bergwald und deren ökonomische Bewertung zur Prioritätsmodellierung, als Bestandteil forstlicher Managementstrategien
Thinning interventions in the mountain forest have to be, from silvicultural points of view, best possibly analyzed to constantly and critically question common processes in professional practice. The problem with significant topicality was summed up in a research question. Can thinning stocks …
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Forest conservation through voluntary carbon offsetting interventions
Ongoing deforestation in the tropics is destabilising planetary carbon cycles, impacting biodiversity and affecting societies the world over. Multiple strategies have been put in place to reduce threats to tropical forests through integrated conservation and sustainable development projects. …
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