Sentences with phrase «timber production in»

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

In summary, potential increases in forest productivity from climate shifts (Lin et al. 2010; NPS 2010) could result in increased timber production in Montana (Garcia - Gonzalo et al. 2007).

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.

Not exact matches

U.S. softwood lumber production is on the rise, with more Canadian - owned sawmills located in the U.S. than in Canada due to lower labour costs, higher timber availability, and higher demand.

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.

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.

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 studIn 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 studin the center of the tree trunk is particularly valuable, and it was this wood that was investigated in the studin 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 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.

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

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.

Though the company is known for its high quality timber, especially in the Pacific Northwest, it has its hands in timberland acreage, wood products production, cellulose - fibers for consumer goods, and even housing construction.

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.

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.

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.

Illegal and legal deforestation, driven by cattle ranching, soy production for livestock feed and logging for timber and charcoal, continues to be a significant problem in Brazil today.

«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.

Reece has responsibility for credit teams in five U.S. loan production offices focused primarily in food & agribusiness, and specializing in, among other things, the beef, pork, poultry, grain and timber and forestry sectors.

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.»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.»

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.

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / CNC / Production maintenance Quedgeley # 20k - # 25k doe Our client is an expanding, successful E-commerce furniture company with multiple sites in the UK and Europe fabricating bespoke solid timber products for the retail and trade market.

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.