Sentences with phrase «of timber production»

Illegal logging accounts for more than half of timber production in Russia, Indonesia, Brazil, and Cameroon.

Not exact matches

U.S. production of timber continues to increase, Canada West stated.

This means all aspects of production such as upholstery, frame construction, pattern cutting, sewing and also some timber staining are supervised and quality assured on site.

Additionally, urban expansion, mining, petroleum extraction, dams, and irresponsible timber production have all led to a massive loss of forestlands.

She also was key in the passage of the Timber Theft Law, which deals with those who steal timber from private or public lands, and in expanding net metering to encourage investment in renewable power production including solar, wind and waste eTimber Theft Law, which deals with those who steal timber from private or public lands, and in expanding net metering to encourage investment in renewable power production including solar, wind and waste etimber from private or public lands, and in expanding net metering to encourage investment in renewable power production including solar, wind and waste energy.

«Farm operation» means the land and on - farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this section.

Currently there only a few spots throughout Europe where researchers could find simultaneous high levels of all the ecosystem processes that contribute to timber production, climate regulation and biodiversity conservation.

European forest managers can have their cake and eat it, because according to a new study maximizing timber production in a forest does not necessarily have to come at a cost of reduced species diversity or the capacity to regulate climate change by the same forest.

In timber production, the older, darker heartwood in the center of the tree trunk is particularly valuable, and it was this wood that was investigated in the study.

Different landscapes are exploited with different intensity: whilst forests will yield up to a fifth of their annual production in fuel, fibre or timber, cropland allows us to grab an impressive 83 per cent of the yearly productive share per hectare.

Timber harvests in Pará equate to almost half of all native forest roundlog production in Brazilian Amazonia — the largest old - growth tropical timber reserve controlled by any coTimber harvests in Pará equate to almost half of all native forest roundlog production in Brazilian Amazonia — the largest old - growth tropical timber reserve controlled by any cotimber reserve controlled by any country.

The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current civil war on the country's wildlife and other natural resources shows that significant wildlife populations have so far survived, but poaching and commercial wildlife trafficking are increasing, as well as illegal mining, timber harvesting and charcoal production, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said in a report issued today.

The «Allowable» scenario shows the potential of energy wood assuming full utilization of the annual allowable cut, based on current logging technology and increasing sawn timber production.

New research has highlighted the value of a modern logging technique for maintaining biodiversity in tropical forests that are used for timber production.

The program is in place in 26 of China's 31 mainland provinces and, while its central goal is to prevent erosion, most of the reestablished forest is now used for the production of timber, fiber, tree fruits and other cash crops.

Sustainability proves surprisingly problematic in the quest to reconcile conservation with the production of tropical timber

The EU and China are the largest importers of carbon dioxide emissions linked to deforestation for the production of beef, soy, palm oil and timber between 2000 - 2009.

More recently, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range launched an Assisted Migration Adaptation Trial, testing out nine tree populations from the U.S. in that Canadian province, to ensure that the latter nation's timber production stays strong as the climate warms.

The rail line was built to carry timber to Bordeaux, for the production of wine casks, though its current name comes from its later use as a method of truffle transportation from the market of nearby Martel.

By making a plank of wood out of plastic paint, Livingston also points to the role of mechanized production in the timber industry.

The book advocated for the replenishment of England's forests, as industrialization and a recent Civil War had caused an increase in timber production, greatly depleting the nation's woods.

The production of a relatively limited number of commodities — cattle, palm oil, timber, pulp and paper, and soybeans — is directly responsible for the bulk of the damage.

Note that in the 1930s, when this happened, conversion of old - growth to sustained yield timber production was considered to be best - practice by scientific foresters.

The ecological value of old growth wasn't appreciated at the time, and future pressure for wholesale conversion of old growth to timber production on US Forest Service land wasn't anticipated.

Although the State of the Forest report lists logging as one of the five primary direct threats to forest cover, the report emphasises that log production in the formal sector — which has been negatively affected by a steep drop in demand due to the 2007 - 2008 global economic downturn — accounts for just 3 percent of global tropical timber production, far behind Latin America and the Asia - Pacific region.

Tenure - secure indigenous and other community forestlands are often linked to low deforestation rates, significant forest cover, and the sustainable production of timber and other forest products.

«We hope that via a commercial approach to conservation, we may be able to contribute to a sustainable landscape on Borneo that includes palm oil, timber production, and wildlife conservation, all being managed on a commercial basis in harmony,» David Brand, managing director of New Forests, said.

Application of the International Tropical Timber Organization guidelines for managing secondary forests can promote the sustainable development of these forests for wood energy production (ITTO, 2002).

A recent study analysed the possibility of combining the harvesting of traditional species for the timber industry with less - known or less - used species for energy production (ITTO, 2005).

Estimated production of legal and illegal timber, 2013 (Sources: Chatham House estimates of illegality, ITTO, UN Comtrade and national agencies)

«Plantation» refers to an area allocated by a government or other body for the establishment of fast growing tree plantations for the production of oil palm, timber, or other wood products, including pulp and paper.

Their business objective is to connect producers of biochar soil amendment, which is made from forest litter and other timber waste, with farmers who can use the product to boost production and save water.

But the good news for tropical forests was tempered by developments including Indonesia announcing its intentions to open up more than 2 million hectares of carbon - dense peatlands to old palm development; the collapse in law enforcement in Madagascar, contributing to an explosion of commercial timber (and lemur) harvesting in that country's spectacular rainforest parks; a breakdown at the RSPO meeting over efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production; violent conflict in Peru between government security forces and indigenous groups over land rights and resource extraction; massive foreign land acquisitions in the Congo Basin; dodgy REDD dealings in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; and large - scale expansion of oil palm agriculture in the Amazon.

About two - thirds of the 2 quads of wood energy is in the 15 main timber - producing states in the Southeast and Northwest, and growth will track lumber and paper production.

«The fires are burning in plantation forests where they may have been set purposely in rotation as a method of boosting crop production on oil palm plantations and timber plantations — a practice known as swidden — or slash - and - burn agriculture,» writes CIFOR's Julie Mollins in a blog post.

We are going to have to increase food and timber production to meet the demand of a growing population, but we know we must do so in a way that addresses climate change.»

What are the impacts of future tree mortality on timber production, on carbon sequestration, and on the exchanges of carbon, water, and energy between a region and the atmosphere?

Rather that amount was tied up in timber sales deposits and a sufficient cushion of logs and lumber to meet the mill's requirements and to provide flexibility to ramp up production in the event of peaks in the lumber market.

• Facilitate weekly production meetings with the mill's operational leaders to determine and set goals for timber and fiber procurement based on total production cost and a review of the market pricing.

You'd have to find a timber company that is willing to pay for the trees on the property (they'll usually just take the largest trees and leave the smaller stuff behind - as most of it isn't going to be large enough for production).

It's worth noting that most of the world's bamboo timber is grown in China and India, and therefore requires international shipping, and not all companies conform to the greenest methods of production.