Forest Plantation Articles & Analysis
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Another example is Indonesia, where people burn down forests to clear land for oil palm plantations, causing forest fires that El Niño aggravates. ...
As a result, the production of palm oil has led to loss and deterioration of lowland rainforests, including extensive areas of former tropi-cal peat swamp forests. Palm oil plantations are one of the main drivers of rainforest and peatland destruction in both Indonesia and Malaysia. ...
Today, we launch Global Forest Watch (GFW), a free, online system that aims to shine a light on what is happening to forests everywhere. ...
One of the most promising developments on this front is the use of degraded land for new oil palm and other agricultural plantations. This practice involves siting plantations on already-deforested or degraded land as opposed to clearing valuable forest. ...
Demand for sustainably produced forest products will create an incentive to properly manage forests and preserve forested lands. ...
This paper for the first time estimates the Genuine Saving for forests in China. The results show that the Genuine Saving for forests in 1999 was 10290.25 billion Yuan (RMB) and 19402.52 billion Yuan in 2003. ...
Disney commits to maximize the use of recycled fiber, maximize the use of paper made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests (as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or an equivalent forest certification scheme), and maximize the use of paper products processed without chlorine or chlorine compounds. Disney will also eliminate ...
Forest plantations can reduce pressures on the earth’s remaining forests as long as they do not replace old-growth forest. ...
“We think the model will help policy makers and forest managers make informed decisions to maintain forest productivity while minimizing the environmental impact of managed forest plantations,” says Dr. ...
Forest plantations can reduce pressures on the earth’s remaining forests as long as they do not replace old-growth forest. As of 2005, the world had 205 million hectares in forest plantations, an area equal to nearly one third of the 700 million hectares planted in grain. ...
The impacts of plantation forest management on soil C stocks in New Zealand need to be better understood for the purposes of C accounting under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
Forest genetics as a science has existed since the 1940s. With the depiction of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Watson and Crick, some forest geneticists were inspired to apply this knowledge to trees. ...