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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"timber industry"”.
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Deforestation--policies toward a more sustainable tropical timber industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1993.
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The economic and ecological sustainability of the Amazonian timber industry
… This thesis examines the degree to which timber harvests beyond the first-cut can be financially profitable or demographically sustainable, both of which remain poorly understood. Data on legally planned logging of ~17.3 million m3 of timber were obtained from 824 government-approved …
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Corporate social disclosure in the timber industry in Western Australia 1989-1998 : A test of legitimacy theory
In recent years, accounting researchers have turned their attention to media agenda setting theory in addition to legitimacy theory as the theoretical framework for researching voluntary social disclosure in the annual report of a company. Their research has tended to show a significant …
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Early Survival and Growth of Introduced Western Coast and Mexican Pine Species in East Texas
… States produces almost a quarter of the world’s timber. With this region being vital to timber industry, a potential for a shift in growing conditions could be detrimental to the current species in the southeastern United States. In anticipation of the shifting climate in the East Texas region …
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Alluvial Sedimentation Associated with Logging in Low Gradient Watersheds in DeSoto National Forest, Mississippi
… (Mississippi Forestry Commission, 2006). The timber industry is not only important in Mississippi but is an important sector of the economy throughout the Gulf Coast region. While providing positive economic benefits to the region, the forestry industry can also negatively affect soil …
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The relationship between tourism and timber harvesting: A social psychological approach
… of tourism and the traditional importance of timber industries in some states, it is necessary to understand the relationship between the two. This concern is based on the fact that for some regions, such as the Northwest, the physical environment, which serves as a prime attraction for …
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Nature and identity in the creation of Franconia Notch: Conservation, tourism, and women's clubs
… not only brought tourists to the region but the timber industry as well. By the beginning of the twentieth century, many New Hampshire natives and summer residents voiced their concerns for the preservation of New Hampshire forests. These concerns provided the basis for the White Mountains …
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Land suitability studies for the growing of deciduous berries in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
… In Haenertsburg, most viable land is held by the timber industry. In Pietersburg, soil and climatic conditions vary greatly, representing a site selection risk. Using accepted site selection processes, a study was conducted which identified the need to select land qualities and characteristics …
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REDD+ and Costa Rica, another form of colonialism and commodification of natural resources? An indigenous perspective
… include small landowners, representatives of the timber industry, and indigenous nations. Notwithstanding some native groups' opposition to and misunderstanding of the REDD+ program, the Costa Rican government signed an agreement with the World Bank (WB) in 2013 guaranteeing the sale of up to $63 …
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Impact Of Timber Harvest On Mercury Mobilization In A Mixed Pine And Hardwood Forest And Adjacent Lake In Mississippi
… in forest, Mississippi is a leader in the timber industry. Whereas forestry provides numerous benefits for humans and wildlife, forest harvest has been hypothesized to increase mercury (Hg) mobilization to aquatic systems. In a forest, Hg mostly accumulates in the upper layer of soil, where …
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RECENT TIMBERING ACTIVITY AS A VARIABLE IN PREDICTIVE MODELING
This thesis explores how the presence of recent timbering activities affects the predictive power of predictive models in regard to precontact archaeological sites. Predictive models have been used to assess the likelihood of identifying cultural resources in a given area for decades. A county-wide …
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Emergence Phenology and Nematode Associates of the Woodwasp, Sirex nigricornis F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), in Arkansas and Mississippi forests
… negatively affect the multi-billion dollar pine timber industry of the southeastern United States. Effective monitoring tools are necessary to track the spread and establishment of S. noctilio. Deladenus siricidicola Bedding (Tylenchida: Neotylenchidae) is a parasitic nematode associated with S. …
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Live crown ratio model and lumber recovery for intensively managed loblolly pine
… managed as well as a major contributor to the timber industry. Various silvicultural treatments are commonly applied to pine plantations including thinning and sometimes pruning. Tree crowns contain the active photosynthesis region and play a vital role in tree growth. Among various tree crown …
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Integrating Forest Ecological Processes, Management, and Carbon Payments to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs
… trade-offs between carbon sequestration, total timber harvested, and habitat provision for sustaining biodiversity?'' In particular, when i. different management regimes; ii. carbon prices; and iii. natural disturbances; interact with each other. The first step is to develop a model that …
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Catalystic Pyrolysis for the Production of Stable Phenol Rich Bio-Oil from Wood Biomass
… is abundant availability of wood waste from the timber industry; hence wood can be used as biomass raw material for the production of bio-chemicals. Pyrolysis is the most promising technology for the conversion of biomass into liquids. In this research, wood pellets obtained from a lumber company …
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Land use change and natural Araucaria forest degradation : northeastern misiones - Argentina
… 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 century these forests were strongly exploited and cleared. In only 50 years, of the original existence of A. angustifolia …
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Developing Management Guidelines that Balance Cattle and Timber Production with Ecological Interests in the Black Hills of South Dakota
… States (US) economy by providing livestock and timber production. Livestock grazing of forested lands has been widespread throughout the western US since the settlement era, and currently occurs on 51.4 million hectares (ha) representing 16% of all US grazing land and 22% of all US forested land …
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Physicochemical characterization of ten blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) cultivars, their bioactivity related to type 2 diabetes and inflammation, and chemical changes after lactic acid fermentation
… from the spread of a fungus that threatened the timber industry. However, new fungus resistant cultivars of blackcurrants have been created, and the high amounts of bioactive compounds, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in the currants, have started to create growing interest in developing the …
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Money Does Grow on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Lumber Baron
… Industrial Era (1877-1920). The "captains of industry" thesis holds that America's industrial and economic might depended on creative capitalists freely pursuing individual wealth. The opposing "robber baron" perspective holds that the capitalist free-market system engendered a great disparity …
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