Tree Cutting Articles & Analysis: Older
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Therefore, it is crucial to maintain a balance to prevent excessive tree-cutting [7]. – Forests provide humanity with many materials used in construction, such as wood, paper, and even medicine. ...
America loves farmers, and the data proves it. The Industry of Farming & Agriculture has the highest favorability ratings of all U.S. industries, and farming is regularly ranked one of the most trustworthy professions… so why is there still a major disconnect between food producers and the end consumer? There’s a feeling of “us vs. them” on both sides, and it ...
But in the proposed car park was a huge old tree. The tree could be cut down and the roots dug out or the tree could be left, with open soil above the root system to allow for infiltration to keep the tree healthy; but this would lose at least six car spaces. ...
While many trees provide beauty and variation to a property, large trees can often cause unforeseen problems when inclement weather occurs. When ice, lightning, high winds or heavy impacts damage a tree, there is usually no choice left but to determine the best plan for removal. Unfortunately, this isn't always as simple as dusting off the chainsaw from the shed and getting to work when dealing ...
It is “tree spade”. The tree spades can make this crucial job easyer to be done. ...
As demand for African and Asian tree-based superfoods grows, researchers and entrepreneurs eye ways to maximize benefits for the environment. ...
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Beginning with the primer, the loss of forests has been a result of trees being physically cut down. As large trees provide the breeding ground for the African Greys, the removal of these trees ends up limiting that process. ...
The ranches in the earlier stages could still be cutting down trees for cattle pastures. Still, Gibbs sees these developments as a sign that the market can play a much-needed role in reducing deforestation across supply chains. ...
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Another famous winner, Wangari Maathai, who engaged Kenyans in planting trees rather than cutting them down, was later elected to Kenya’s national parliament with 98 percent of the vote and won the Nobel Peace Prize. ...
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Cinnamon processing is by far the major activity in the plant, as the cinnamon, the inner bark of laurel trees, has to be cut into the appropriate lengths, dried, and blended to obtain the desired volatile oil content in accordance with customer specifications. ...
Yet, mangrove mud coasts are under severe pressure. Mangrove trees are sometimes cut for extravagant reasons, such as the production of charcoal for barbecuing – this charcoal gives a very exotic flavour to your meal. ...
The alternative is to selectively cut only mature trees, leaving the forest largely intact. This ensures that forest productivity can be maintained in perpetuity. ...
Fifteen years earlier, in 1989, the government of Thailand announced a nationwide ban on tree cutting following severe flooding and the heavy loss of life in landslides. And in August 1998, following several weeks of record flooding in the Yangtze River basin and a staggering $30 billion worth of damage, the Chinese government banned all tree ...
After suffering record losses from several weeks of nonstop flooding in the Yangtze River basin, Beijing noted that when forest policy was viewed not through the eyes of the individual logger but through those of society as a whole, it simply did not make economic sense to continue deforesting. The flood control service of trees standing, they said, was three times as valuable as ...
This involves a climber tying off above the ball of the crane and then being lifted and swung over the hillside to the tree. The climber “chokes” the tree by securing it to the crane with steel cables and descends from the crane to make a cut from the ground. If the crane cannot lift the whole tree, the climber makes ...
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Part of this power struggle led to the creation of large, 20-foot tall stone statues in memory of their ancestors, which can still be seen on the island today. Trees were cut to move the stones to their final position. The combination of all of these acts led to soil erosion. Without vegetation, top soil was eliminated due to winds, which led to poor ...
Vegetation development in 20 JFM villages was assessed. Stem density ranged up to 321 trees/ha. Number of cut stems/ha varied from 49–92 indicating tree removals. Tree species were over 50 in Ghats, 40 in sub plains and 30 in plains indicating biodiversity improvement. Size-class distribution of trees indicates ...