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January, 2012
Australia
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012AustraliaThe impact of reforestation on water supplies is often considered in terms of impacts on water yields. In specific circumstances, reforestation will improve water quality, to the extent that previously unusable water can be utilised. Such is the case with salinisation, a process that threatens up to 17million hectares of Australian farmland, major fresh water resources, biodiversity and built infrastructure.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Australia, United States of America, Northern America
SUMMARYPrescribed burning in forestry is a valuable land management tool that has been extensively used in Australia, Eurasia, and North America. Nevertheless, fire is inherently dangerous and may impose risk upon humans, properties, and other natural resources. With the case of southern United States, the objective of this study is to assess the trend of administrative law reforms for forestry prescribed burning within the theoretical framework of management-based regulation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Australia
Land-use emissions accompanying biomass loss, change in soil organic carbon (ΔSOC) and decomposing wood-products, were comparable with fossil fuel emissions in the late 20th century. We examine the rates, magnitudes and uncertainties for major carbon (C) fluxes for rangelands due to commercial grazing and climate change in Australia. Total net C emission from biomass over 369Mha of rangeland to-date was 0.73 (±0.40)Pg, with 83% of that from the potentially forested 53% of the rangelands. A higher emission estimate is likely from a higher resolution analysis.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Chile, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Guinea, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Nepal, Liberia, Uganda, Australia, Portugal, Argentina, India, Senegal
En la 10.a edición de El estado de los bosques del mundo se desarrolla una verdad fundamental: los bosques, la actividad forestal y los productos forestales contribuyen de forma decisiva al desarrollo sostenible. El estado de los bosques del mundo se publica cada dos años. A lo largo de la historia, la deforestación ha acompañado el desarrollo económico. El concepto de desarrollo sostenible surgió y evolución dentro de la ciencia forestal fundamentalmente en respuesta a la deforestación.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Switzerland, United States of America, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Asia
Following the ban in logging of natural forests in 1989, Thailand instituted a number of measures to promote private sector involvement in forest plantations. Small farmholders were encouraged to invest in forest plantations, especially by raising long rotation indigenous timber species. While the programme achieved much enthusiasm at the start, only about 40 percent of the planned 1.2 million hectares were planted despite the provision of various incentives.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012France, United States of America, Chile, Ukraine, China, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Finland, Thailand, Italy, Brazil, Russia, Norway
This report presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO’s 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey. It is the first report of its kind to present systematic estimates of global forest land use and change. The ambitious goal of the Remote Sensing Survey was to use remote sensing data to obtain globally consistent estimates of forest area and changes in tree cover and forest land use between 1990 and 2005.
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