Sentences with phrase «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.

So after the lands were taken back, congress passed legislation to manage these sections for sustained - yield timber production, with the proceeds to go to the counties as I mentioned earlier.

These are typically timber production, climate regulation or conservation.

Or such fuels can be made from waste: corn stalks, leftover wood from timber production or even city garbage.

This diversification has generated profits, although timber production continues.

About half of the remaining tropical forests are designated for timber production.

The second paper (Murdock et al., 2013) examined the risks to forests from western spruce budworm and spruce bark beetle outbreaks under two different climate scenarios, as well as the potential effects on timber production in the Okanagan Timber Supply Area and at the provincial scale.

The proposal by our old pals the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could reopen the 1990s debate over timber production on federal lands; logging companies had argued that efforts to save the owl — declared a threatened species in 1990 — contributed to the Northwest timber industry's decline.

And a revision of government grants for forestry, announced in July, aims to maximise timber production by reducing the space between trees in broad - leaved woodlands, squeezing out wildlife and ramblers alike.

The «Potential» scenario shows availability of energy wood resources in the case of intensified forest management, which means a significant increase in thinnings, full utilization of annual allowable cut based on cut - to - length technology and the increase of sawn timber production according to available sawlog output in the region (no export).

To protect owl and salmon habitats, the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan reduced timber production on national forests in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California by more than 80 percent, resulting in mill closures and job losses that were particularly hard on rural areas with no other industry.

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

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

«One might think there is a conflict between timber production and biodiversity conservation.

To find out what goes on in European forests the researchers measured and correlated 28 ecosystem services and processes that underpin timber production, climate regulation and species diversity in six regions including Finland, Poland, German, Romania and Italy.

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.

The study confirms experience from European heathlands and other REDD + projects in the tropics, that ecosystem services such as timber production and carbon sequestration often compromise other services, such as biodiversity and local livelihoods.

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.

Giam Siak Kecil — Bukit Batu, Indonesia, is a peatland area in Sumatra featuring sustainable timber production and two wildlife reserves, which are home to the Sumatran tiger, elephant, tapir, and sun bear.

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.

They will provide ecologists and land managers with new and better information to support biodiversity conservation, wildfire risk assessment, and timber production while helping climate scientists and others to better understand the role that U.S. forests play in the global carbon cycle.»

Dominick DellaSala, director of the National Center for Conservation and Policy and a member of the spotted - owl recovery team, asserts that the changes are designed to favor timber production over the alleged owl conservation.

This move isn't a first: Several court rulings in the past have tossed out the Bush administration's plans to boost Northwest timber production by logging in critical owl habitats.

For example, if the forest fares well for timber production this also means the forest makes a positive contribution to climate regulation, as tree growth also means more carbon stored» says Dr. Fons van der Plas, a researcher at University of Leipzig, who conducted the study whilst working at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre.

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.

Our two - centre conference next month in Swedish Lapland begins in the coastal city of Luleå, a city transitioning from a centre of traditional heavy industry and timber production to a digitised, sustainable future providing...

The AFCP permits no timber production or harvesting, a model that has raised its carbon sequestration to impressive levels in comparison to the clear - cutting scenario that would likely have occurred without protection.

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.

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.

Finland claims that its timber production is ecologically sound, but environmental campaigners tell another tale

Financial objectives, such as land investment and timber production, are dominant objectives for far fewer family forest owners.

Areas that were inaccessible due to armed conflicts between the government and ethnic groups, for example, are starting to open up for timber production and commercial plantations.

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.

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

As well as an important source for timber production and rural employment for the region, these forests also have an important effect on watershed protection, biodiversity and the global carbon balance.

«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.

Second, they suggest that the growth and yield models developed from competition theory remain an important and useful management tool for projecting biomass growth, timber production, and forest change (37 ⇓ — 39).

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?

Timber exports also play a role, with 80 percent of the Congo Basin's timber production being exported, mainly to China and the European Union.

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.»

«The carbon cycle is intimately linked to just about everything we do, from energy use to food and timber production and consumption,» he adds.