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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"forest plantations"”.
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Mapping Smallholder Forest Plantations in Andhra Pradesh, India using Multitemporal Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 S10 Data
… was to develop a method by which smallholder forest plantations can be mapped accurately in Andhra Pradesh, India using multitemporal (intra- and inter-annual) visible and near-infrared (VNIR) bands from the Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instruments (MSIs). Dependency on and scarcity of wood …
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Use of Stable Isotopes to Trace the Fate of Applied Nitrogen in Forest Plantations to Evaluate Fertilizer Efficiency and Ecosystem Impacts
… to the conventional form of fertilizer N used in forestry, urea.
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ΔΥΝΑΤΟΤΗΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΥΠΟΘΕΣΕΙΣ ΑΞΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΚΩΝ ΕΚΤΑΣΕΩΝ ΜΕ ΦΥΤΕΙΕΣ ΔΑΣΟΠΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΙΔΩΝ
AGRICULTURAL LAND UTILIZATION WITH FOREST SPECIES ARE SUBSIDIZED FROM EEC REGULATIONS. THE WOOD PRODUCTION COMING FROM REFORESTATIONS IN VERTISKOS MOUNTAIN (DISTRICT THESSALONIKI) BY PINUS NIGRA AND P.BRUTIA X.P.HALEPENSIS WERE THE BASISFOR SCENARIO'S CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING FOREST …
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The role of the forestry sector in regional economic development: A case study of Minas Gerais, Brazil
For decades, governments have fostered the forestry sector for its economic returns and more recently for its environmental services. In a context of an increasing wood product market, especially in developing countries, the investigation of the socioeconomic impacts of this sector at local and …
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A Preliminary Preview of Compensatory Forest Plantation in Peninsular Malaysia
… and housing industries. Compensatory Forest Plantation Program (CFPP) is one of the methods taken by the Malaysian Government to avert this impending crisis. CFPP was officially launched in 1983, in four States of Peninsular Malaysia. By 1989, forest plantations totaling 36,874 …
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Diameter Estimation of Eucalyptus spp. Plantations in Southern Brazil Using Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Data and Support Vector Regression
Forest plantations make up a large percentage of managed forest land globally. Assessing plantation productivity is vital from both commodity production and carbon management standpoints. Measuring the productivity of these areas is essential given their rapid growth and turnover. Transparent …
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Energetiniai pasėliai: nuotekų dumblo naudojimo tręšimui galimybių vertinimas /
… ecological benefit from short rotation energy forests, the development of these plantations is going very passively in Lithuania. There were two main goals of this work: to analyze current situation of development of willow plantations in Lithuania and to evaluate potential of using sewage …
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Decision Support for Operational Plantation Forest Inventories through Auxiliary Information and Simulation
Informed forest management requires accurate, up-to-date information. Ground-based forest inventory is commonly conducted to generate estimates of forest characteristics with a predetermined level of statistical confidence. As the importance of monitoring forest resources has increased, budgetary …
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Impact of pine plantations on the form and mobility of nitrogen in soils of the eastern escarpment region of South Africa
… soil solution and stream water resulting from afforestation. There has been much research in the Northern Hemisphere regarding the qualitative and quantitative causes and consequences of N saturation in forest ecosystems. In order to assess the significance of local observations of …
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Nutrient Retention and Cycling in Southeastern U.S. Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) and Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) Plantations
Forest plantations in the southeastern U.S. are fertilized to increase growth on infertile, sandy soils. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are the most common growth limiting nutrients. A key question that arises following fertilization of these soils is whether the applied fertilizer benefits only …
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Uppfrysning i skogplanteringar på Island - en litteraturstutie med problemskrivning och åtgärdsförslag
… with big need for fuel wood. The Icelandic reforestation efforts reached an all time high in 1990-2000 when the state started to give economic assistance to different forestry projects. At that time different species and proveniences of trees had been collected and tested at The Icelandic …
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Spatial distribution and intensity of snare poaching in the Boland region of South Africa: implications for optimising anti-poaching efforts
… an elevation of 300 to 500 m, and in patches of forest plantations, wetlands, bare ground, and natural woody vegetation. There was also a strong interaction (interaction size = 116.56) between distance to street and proximity to a protected area. The predicted snare hotspots are centred around …
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Integrated or monofunctional landscapes? Agent-based modelling for evaluating the socioeconomic implications of land use interventions
… India, a tropical agricultural system at the forest frontier. The main findings show that through engaging local stakeholders in a participatory process, plausible land use strategies that align with their objectives could be identified. Stakeholders proposed three land use interventions. Two …
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Soil-plant dynamics of water, nitrogen and sulfur: A study on indigenous and exotic tree species in Munessa Forest, Ethiopia
Forest plantations are necessary to counteract the destruction of tropical montane forests. Sustainable forestry requires comprehensive knowledge of tree effects on site conditions and nutrient cycling, but substantial information is lacking even for widely-planted species. In my work, I aimed at …
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Effects of land-use changes on the properties of a Nitisol and hydrological and biogeochemical processes in different forest ecosystems at Munesa, south-eastern Ethiopia
The effects of conversion of natural forest into different exotic tree species plantations and crop cultivation were investigated at Munesa, south-eastern Ethiopia with the objectives of (i) determining changes on soil physical and chemical properties, (ii) quantifying water and nutrient fluxes …