Unsustainable Logging is a Major Threat to Forest Ecosystems
... Use gentler logging methods Buy certified lumber and wood products ...
... Use gentler logging methods Buy certified lumber and wood products ...
biology - People Server at UNCW
... Tropical Productivity facts Rainforests are at least 2x as productive as northern coniferous forests. Rainforests produce approximately 50 billion tons of dry organic matter annually compared to about 15 bill tons for temperate forest! 46% of the worlds’ living terrestrial carbon is stored in rainfo ...
... Tropical Productivity facts Rainforests are at least 2x as productive as northern coniferous forests. Rainforests produce approximately 50 billion tons of dry organic matter annually compared to about 15 bill tons for temperate forest! 46% of the worlds’ living terrestrial carbon is stored in rainfo ...
Jun16_2010_SB_poster_ad - Ministry of Forests, Lands and
... forest biomass harvesting industry in British Columbia is moving ahead under the umbrella of the BC Energy Plan. In this seminar, I will explore some of the concerns, risks, and mitigation options for maintaining site productivity and biodiversity and providing the foundation for ecologically-sustai ...
... forest biomass harvesting industry in British Columbia is moving ahead under the umbrella of the BC Energy Plan. In this seminar, I will explore some of the concerns, risks, and mitigation options for maintaining site productivity and biodiversity and providing the foundation for ecologically-sustai ...
Presentation - the United Nations
... A New Formulation Robert Socolow Princeton University [email protected] Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge Panel on Mitigation Strategies in the context of Sustainable Development ...
... A New Formulation Robert Socolow Princeton University [email protected] Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge Panel on Mitigation Strategies in the context of Sustainable Development ...
Chapter 10
... to Forest Ecosystems Major tree harvesting methods: • Selective cutting: intermediate aged or mature trees in an uneven-aged forest are cut singly or in small groups • Clear-cutting: all trees removed from an area • Strip cutting: clear cutting a strip of trees along the contour of the land within ...
... to Forest Ecosystems Major tree harvesting methods: • Selective cutting: intermediate aged or mature trees in an uneven-aged forest are cut singly or in small groups • Clear-cutting: all trees removed from an area • Strip cutting: clear cutting a strip of trees along the contour of the land within ...
Cerro Prieto-Cerro La Luz Reserve, Queretaro, Mexico
... their Joya del Hielo A.C. Foundation. This strategy has been very effective in protecting areas were economic activities (cattle ranching, logging or clearings for agriculture) once were the norm. To date, almost 5,000 hectares (12,350 acres) of cloud, temperate and tropical forest has been protecte ...
... their Joya del Hielo A.C. Foundation. This strategy has been very effective in protecting areas were economic activities (cattle ranching, logging or clearings for agriculture) once were the norm. To date, almost 5,000 hectares (12,350 acres) of cloud, temperate and tropical forest has been protecte ...
chapt05_lecture_Terrestrial Biomes Fall 2014
... Rapid decomposition and nutrient cycling Thin soil cannot support continued cropping and cannot resist erosion. Rapid deforestation occurring as people move into the forests One half to two thirds of all the species of terrestrial plants and animals live in tropical forests. ...
... Rapid decomposition and nutrient cycling Thin soil cannot support continued cropping and cannot resist erosion. Rapid deforestation occurring as people move into the forests One half to two thirds of all the species of terrestrial plants and animals live in tropical forests. ...
File - Environmental Science
... Forests cover 30% of the world’s land surface. Most forests are in tropical and boreal regions. These two ecosystems provide many essential resources such as lumber, paper pulp and livestock grazing. They also provide environmental services such as regulating climate, controlling water runoff, purif ...
... Forests cover 30% of the world’s land surface. Most forests are in tropical and boreal regions. These two ecosystems provide many essential resources such as lumber, paper pulp and livestock grazing. They also provide environmental services such as regulating climate, controlling water runoff, purif ...
Western Interior Forest
... – Intermediate – These trees also occupy the average canopy level, but receive sunlight only from above. – Suppressed – These are trees that receive no direct overhead or side sunlight. They are usually are slow growing and are weak. – Dead trees (snags) – These can be found in the canopy, understor ...
... – Intermediate – These trees also occupy the average canopy level, but receive sunlight only from above. – Suppressed – These are trees that receive no direct overhead or side sunlight. They are usually are slow growing and are weak. – Dead trees (snags) – These can be found in the canopy, understor ...
What is considered a Shade Tree? Benefits of Shade Trees
... addition, mature landscaping can increase the sale-ability of property and development of equity. In areas with denser tree canopy, apartments and offices normally rent more quickly and have higher occupancy rates. Trees Increase Economic Stability A community’s trees usually provide the first impre ...
... addition, mature landscaping can increase the sale-ability of property and development of equity. In areas with denser tree canopy, apartments and offices normally rent more quickly and have higher occupancy rates. Trees Increase Economic Stability A community’s trees usually provide the first impre ...
US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) Dry Forests
... goals … “What are the effects on focal species (wildlife, fish, plants and invertebrates) habitat over time?” ...
... goals … “What are the effects on focal species (wildlife, fish, plants and invertebrates) habitat over time?” ...
Forest - Cabarrus County Schools
... both economic and environmental factors Provide for and protect regional diversity Ensure research and monitoring of management Permit only sustainable harvest levels Ensure that profit alone does not guide harvest method Protect soils and wetlands Assess all impacts before logging to pr ...
... both economic and environmental factors Provide for and protect regional diversity Ensure research and monitoring of management Permit only sustainable harvest levels Ensure that profit alone does not guide harvest method Protect soils and wetlands Assess all impacts before logging to pr ...
General Themes
... different tree species per hectare of which only 1 or 2 may be of commercial importance. - 300 species per hectare have been recorded in Peruvian Amazon. ...
... different tree species per hectare of which only 1 or 2 may be of commercial importance. - 300 species per hectare have been recorded in Peruvian Amazon. ...
Document
... information are needed to calculate the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, water and energy within a given ecosystem. Up to 50 parameters describe the ecophysiology, phenology, growth and allocation structure, as well as intrinsic and externally driven biomass mortality of: (i) single species, (ii) assembl ...
... information are needed to calculate the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, water and energy within a given ecosystem. Up to 50 parameters describe the ecophysiology, phenology, growth and allocation structure, as well as intrinsic and externally driven biomass mortality of: (i) single species, (ii) assembl ...
biome
... – population: a group of interacting individuals of same species – community: populations of different species in given area – ecosystem: community + non–living environment (e.g. nutrients) – biome: an ecosystem that covers a large geographic area where plants of certain types live due to the specif ...
... – population: a group of interacting individuals of same species – community: populations of different species in given area – ecosystem: community + non–living environment (e.g. nutrients) – biome: an ecosystem that covers a large geographic area where plants of certain types live due to the specif ...
Document
... Conservation Concessions Governments or private conservation organizations pay nations for agreeing to preserve their natural resources. Another similar approach is to allow corporations and countries that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases such as CO2 to help offset such emissions by protect ...
... Conservation Concessions Governments or private conservation organizations pay nations for agreeing to preserve their natural resources. Another similar approach is to allow corporations and countries that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases such as CO2 to help offset such emissions by protect ...
loss of forest cover - India Environment Portal
... State Governments and Regional Offices of MOEF & CC to ensure that diverted forest land is used for the purpose for which it has been diverted. The protection and management of Forest is primarily the responsibility of the concerned state /UT Government and hence action to protect such forest lands ...
... State Governments and Regional Offices of MOEF & CC to ensure that diverted forest land is used for the purpose for which it has been diverted. The protection and management of Forest is primarily the responsibility of the concerned state /UT Government and hence action to protect such forest lands ...
CDM and forestry
... Greenhouse Gas emission is carbon dioxide (mainly from land use change, including deforestation), 70 percent is both methane (ruminant digestion and rice paddies) and nitrous oxides from fertilizers use, while most of the carbon dioxide stems from fossil fuel use. ...
... Greenhouse Gas emission is carbon dioxide (mainly from land use change, including deforestation), 70 percent is both methane (ruminant digestion and rice paddies) and nitrous oxides from fertilizers use, while most of the carbon dioxide stems from fossil fuel use. ...
You Asked for it…..
... •The picture above shows orchids living in trees. This is good for the orchid, because it allows the orchid to get sunlight. It doesn't affect the tree, because the orchid doesn't help or hurt it. ...
... •The picture above shows orchids living in trees. This is good for the orchid, because it allows the orchid to get sunlight. It doesn't affect the tree, because the orchid doesn't help or hurt it. ...
You Asked for it….. - Dayton Independent Schools
... •The picture above shows orchids living in trees. This is good for the orchid, because it allows the orchid to get sunlight. It doesn't affect the tree, because the orchid doesn't help or hurt it. ...
... •The picture above shows orchids living in trees. This is good for the orchid, because it allows the orchid to get sunlight. It doesn't affect the tree, because the orchid doesn't help or hurt it. ...
File - Brandon`s Amazing APES
... including ecological services of forests in estimating their economic value, planting tree plantations on deforested and degraded land, and shifting government subsidies from harvesting trees to planting trees. 7: What is the Healthy Forest Restoration Act? What are the PROS and CONS? The healthy re ...
... including ecological services of forests in estimating their economic value, planting tree plantations on deforested and degraded land, and shifting government subsidies from harvesting trees to planting trees. 7: What is the Healthy Forest Restoration Act? What are the PROS and CONS? The healthy re ...
Ecology Powerpoint Review
... Food Webs – complex model that expresses all the possible feeding relationships in a community ...
... Food Webs – complex model that expresses all the possible feeding relationships in a community ...
Reforestation
Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation.Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber.The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past. Sometimes the term re-afforestation is used to distinguish between the original forest cover and the later re-growth of forest to an area. Special tools, e.g. tree planting bar, are used to make planting of trees easier and faster.