Timber Forest Articles & Analysis
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Women and food-centric interventions through the NATURE+ Initiative aim to increase the resilience of rural women. This years’ International Day of Rural Women puts a spotlight on, “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.” The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions (NATURE+) aims to re-imagine, co-create and implement nature-positive, solutions-based agri-food systems ...
About a third of wood extracted from natural forests worldwide is used for timber products. In the countries that account for most of the deforestation, wood products contribute about 10% of the total. Forests—especially tropical forests—store enormous amounts of carbon. ...
The Unlimited Studio at the Valtra factory in Suolahti has also specialised in fitting Kesla forest equipment. Forest contractors Kyösti Tiainen and Heikki Pulkkinen from Punkaharju in Finland have used Valtra tractors with Kesla forest equipment for recovering timber from forests for decades. ...
Some of the issues include: Abuse of the Forest Source Document system (DOF): The DOF tracks and cross checks timber harvested from a forest operation against the volume of timber approved by the government under the forest management plan. ...
For example, some communities in Latin America are actively monitoring their forests and halting illegal logging. Halt the Illegal Timber Trade The forest industry can and should be part of the deforestation solution. Demand for sustainably produced forest products will create an incentive to properly manage ...
Rajasthan, the largest state in India, has about 5% of the Indian population, but supports the highest cattle and livestock population. The pressure on the state's forests for the collection of fuel wood, fodder and other Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) is, therefore, very severe. ...