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Eco-Economy Indicators: FOREST COVER
Well-planned and managed plantations can efficiently satisfy timber demand. Unfortunately, the world has seen many plantations raised at the expense of old growth or ... areas. In Indonesia, for example, 9 million hectares have been allocated for development as industrial timber plantations, but only 2 million hectares have been replanted. Areas bereft of their original ...
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Global Forest Watch: Indonesia
In many cases, conversion contradicted legal requirements that such plantations be established only on degraded land ... offset in part by timber obtained from forests cleared to make way for plantations. But this source appears to have peaked in 1997. Industrial timber plantations have been widely ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Lakes 14. Artificial/Terrestrial 14.1. Arable Land 14.2. Pastureland 14.3. Plantations 14.4. Rural Gardens 14.5. Urban Areas 14.6. Subtropical/Tropical ... farming 1.1.2. Wood plantations 1.1.2.1. Small-scale 1.1.2.2. Large-scale 1.1.3. Non-timber plantations 1.1.3.1. ... pollution 6.3.1. Agriculture 6.3.2. Domestic 6.3.3. Commercial/Industrial 6.3.4. Other non-agricultural 6.3.5. Thermal pollution 6.3 ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Threat Types Classification Scheme (Version 2.1)
Wood plantations 1.1.2.1. Small-scale 1.1.2.2. Large-scale 1.1.3. Non-timber plantations 1.1.3.1. Small ... pollution 6.2.1. Agricultural 6.2.2. Domestic 6.2.3. Commercial/Industrial 6.2.4. Other non-agricultural 6.2.5. Light pollution 6.2. ... Water pollution 6.3.1. Agricultural 6.3.2. Domestic 6.3.3. Commercial/Industrial 6.3.4. Other non-agricultural 6.3.5. Thermal pollution 6.3. ...
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Climate Change Blog: October 2006 Monthly Archives
Polar Ecological Collapse The result of humanity's burgeoning populations and emissions of industrial pollutants can best be seen at the poles. This year's Antarctic ozone hole ... climate change including massive sea level rises and mass extinctions. Expansion of oil palm plantations, illegal logging and timber plantations have been identified as the main drivers of the destruction. Posted by ...
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Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) - Strategic Plan 1999--2003 - Development and Challenges of Forestry Research in Kenya
Between Supply and Dmand of Forest Products The supply and demand of wood products (timber, pulpwood, poles and fuelwood) shows that the country is able to meet its ... industrial wood from large-scale plantations is therefore uncertain and urgent measures ought to be taken to improve plantation management and develop alternative sources. There are potentials of increasing production of industrial ...
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SBN Feature Article: November 1997
Southeast Asia have been subjected to unprecedented industrial rainforest harvest. Tremendous fortunes, political clout and short-term economic advancement have been ... this had shrunk to 68%, and recent satellite photographs indicate that forest cover - including timber plantations - is now down to about 55%. Around 64 million hectares - one-third of Indonesia ...
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OPINION: European Voice
Sadly, my friend’s optimism is very misplaced: the FAO figures he cited inaccurately equate plantations with ... endangered Canadian temperate rainforest – are being replaced with large-scale mono-culture industrial tree plantations. To some, plantations seem a blessing: Surely they are a ‘clean and ethical’ ...
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Sustainable Management Project B3
Develop a schedule for managing effluent irrigation of plantations managed for solid wood. Study the determinants of non-industrial private owners' timber harvest and management decisions. Clarify how ...
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China Olympics 2008 dumping illegal unsustainable timber USA furniture EU plywood finance subsidies import export Beijing Fujian CO2 Carbon Offset plantations
USA furniture EU plywood finance subsidies import export Beijing Fujian CO2 Carbon Offset plantations China Sum of exports during the twelve months upto ... for industrial usage from China's timber plantations, in which there is significant considerable (private and World Bank) foreign investment, appears unknown. Given that the quality of most of that timber ...
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