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Russian Karelian old-growth forests; Pjaozero-Lake Paanajarvi
Karelia was considered by the Soviet Government as one of main regions with forest raw materials resources Huge logging volumes, which in the 60s reached 19.2 million cu m timber ... of the Paanojarvi lake remained intact - about 30% of the original area of the lespromkhoz forest raw materials base. It's natural that inside the intact natural territory (which was also the least ...
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Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. Chapter 8 SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY Protecting Forest Products and Services Yangtze River basin flooding deforestation reforestation soil erosion aquifer recharge logging forest loss paper recycling Amazon water
(For further discussion of forest certification, see Chapter 11.) There are several forest products certification programs, which have varying success in promoting ... sustainable forest products industry, Brazil has also developed a national certification program. It is called Cerflor, a System for the Certification of Origin of Forest Raw Materials. This ...
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The Ekuri Forest
(NTFPs). These include food and medicinal plants, but also the raw materials for making cooking utensils, furniture, tools and buildings. Some ... population of about 2,000 is 95% covered in primary or good secondary forest, probably the largest communally controlled forest in Nigeria had, until recently, only one road and that was ...
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Forest Management
Forest Management Promote Tree Growth Weeding out competing plants gives preferred trees a head start. Foresters ... sun have a better chance of surviving insect and disease infestations. Rapid tree growth provides raw materials at a faster rate for wood products. Compare Eastside and Westside.
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Forest Management
The forest covers and protects the soil from extremes of heat and cold and the erosive forces of water, wind and gravity. The soil sustains the forest and provides raw materials for ...
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The Ekuri community forest
Chapter 4 Nigeria and its forests The Ekuri forest Threats to the forest Solutions Disclaimer © World Land Trust 2008-2009 The Ekuri Community forest The villagers have ... collect and use at least 100 different non-timber forest products (NTFPs). These include food and medicinal plants, but also the raw materials for making cooking utensils, furniture, tools and buildings. ...
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ForestHarvest - past use of non-timber forest products in Scotland
Scots with vital sources of food, medicine and other raw materials. We know from archaeological evidence, for example, that they ate huge numbers of hazelnuts, ... to gather seed from the woods. 18th-century Highlanders prepared exotic liqueurs by soaking forest fruits such as rowan, bird cherry and blaeberry in whisky. Elder leaves were used ...
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Environmental History Resources - Essays - Walk through the forest
I will take you on a walk through the forest. The forest we visit is a modern one. Walking through it we ... be fed by raw materials mass produced in the forests'.9 The emergence of a wood processing industry turned forestry into a 'forest industry' with ... pp. 99, 123-124. 3 Wightman, A. D. (ed.), A Forest for Scotland. A Discussion Paper on Forest Policy (WWF, 1992), p. 6 4 Cleghorn, H., ...
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About Global Forest Watch - FAQs
Washington, DC, 1997). 1) How much forest is left? Region Thousands of square kilometers Original forest cover Current frontier & non-frontier forest Current frontier forest Africa 6,799 2,302 527 ... ) in goods and services annually. These services include nutrient cycling, climate regulation, and raw materials.4 Cultural values -- some 60 million people (indigenous and non-indigenous) inhabit forests ...
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NRG Systems - Materials
NRG> Tour Our Facilities> Materials Materials Buildings use 40% of raw materials globally, or about 3 billion tons each year (Worldwatch Institute). Through careful selection and sourcing of materials, green buildings help ... place of wood fiber so it does not deplete hardwood forest growth. Even our heating system relies on recycled materials. Wood waste from lumber milling and other sources is ...
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