Regional consequences of reducing employment within farming and forestry in the interior of Northern Sweden: a presentation of a research project in (Mélanges en l'honneur d'Ilmari Hustich).
this context, the overall aim of this paper is to examine some of the non-market - or rather non-timber production related - benefits of forests. Forestry investment has been identified as a means of promoting economic development in rural areas. The survey
results presented here suggest that there are likely to be substantial public good benefits to the promotion of the forestry sector. More specifically, given the frequency of visits nationally, forest parks are shown to be a recreational resource which
, the general public rated forest landscape elements quite highly relative to a variety of other landscape elements. For the most part, those surveyed did not feel that too much of the country’s land area was currently in forestry use. Finally, respondents held
the biodiversity and carbon sequestration benefits of forestry to be more important than benefits in terms of timber production.
Using photomaps to support participatory processes of community forestry in the Middle Hills of Nepal
Aerial photographs and participatory photomapping (tracing maps over air photos) are evaluated in order to support participatory processes of community forestry in Parbat District of the Middle Hill Region. A. finds that most people, regardless
Tree growth and microclimatic mitigation in Mahogany-black pepper agro-forestry at Parque Ecológico de Gunma, PA, Brazil
Meteorological parameters were measured in mahogany-black pepper agro-forestry sites in Santa Bárbara do Pará, Brazil, in September 2001, in order to investigate the differences in microclimatic mitigation in relation to forest structure and growth
Environment ; Forest ; Forestry ; Land use ; Nature conservation ; Project ; Scotland ; United Kingdom
Afforestation is not subject to development control in Britain, but local planning authorities may exert an influence on it through consultation procedures relating to Forestry Commission planting grants. The operation of these procedures
Forestry, environmental and tree breeding potential of Himalayan conifers in Western Himalaya : environment, problems and development. Volume 1. Environment.
Fishing and forestry in The geography of tropical African development. A study of spatial patterns of economic change since Independence. Second edition.