Forestry Books and Publications

Thermal Energy and Ignition Propagation Estimates of Watermelon Peel Briquettes

The idea of utilizing biomass as renewable energy source is appealing due to its accessibility, cheapness and ecological friendliness. Briquette is an alternative source of fuel to firewood and charcoal which can avoid some environmental problems that can be generated from their use. Briquettes were produced from watermelon peels with cassava starch and gum Arabic as binders, the two binders were ...

By The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management

Evapotranspiration: Principles and Applications for Water Management

This book covers topics on the basic models, assessments, and techniques to calculate evapotranspiration (ET) for practical applications in agriculture, forestry, and urban science. This simple and thorough guide provides the information and techniques necessary to develop, manage, interpret, and apply evapotranspiration ET data to practical applications. The simplicity of the contents assists ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Concentration Dynamics of Fecal Indicators in Hawaiian Coastal and Inland Sand, Soil, and Water during Rainfall Events

Available as eBook only The contamination of recreational waters by waterborne pathogens poses a health threat to beach users. Recently, the importance of beach sand to the biological quality of beach water has been realized and verified. This study examined how urban rainfall runoff from a tributary stream affects the concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria (FIBs) in beach sand at a marine ...

By IWA Publishing

Hidden forestry revealed: Characteristics, constraints and opportunities for small and medium forest enterprises in Ghana

This report reviews the status of SMFEs in Ghana. It provides information on the various issues confronting the sub-sector and identifies mechanisms for harnessing the potential of SMFEs to effectively contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable forest management in ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Promising African plants

This full-colour publication highlights 25 promising African plants, a selection from 10 years PROTA programme. They include vegetables (e.g. spider plant, roselle, African eggplant), cereals and pulses (e.g. African rice, tef, bambara groundnut), dyes and tannins (e.g. dye-sorghum, n’galama, turmeric), vegetable oils (e.g. Allanblackia, shea butter tree), timbers (e.g. alstonia, moabi, ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Forests for People : Community Rights and Forest Tenure Reform

In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them . This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Plastics (III): D 5117 - latest

These 3 volumes feature 429 plastics-related standards, including test methods that establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties.These volumes include specifications that fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film, sheeting, and cellular ...

By ASTM International

Plastics (III): D 5117 - latest

These 3 volumes feature 429 plastics-related standards, including test methods that establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties.These volumes include specifications that fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film, sheeting, and cellular ...

By ASTM International

Plastics (I): D 256 - D 3159

These 3 volumes feature 429 plastics-related standards, including test methods that establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties.These volumes include specifications that fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film, sheeting, and cellular ...

By ASTM International

Plastics (II): D 3222 - D 5083

These 3 volumes feature 429 plastics-related standards, including test methods that establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties.These volumes include specifications that fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film, sheeting, and cellular ...

By ASTM International

Plastics (I): D 256 - D 3159

These 3 volumes feature 429 plastics-related standards, including test methods that establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties.These volumes include specifications that fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film, sheeting, and cellular ...

By ASTM International

Plastics (II): D 3222 - D 5083

These 3 volumes feature 429 plastics-related standards, including test methods that establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties.These volumes include specifications that fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film, sheeting, and cellular ...

By ASTM International

Corporate Guide to Voluntary Sector Initiatatives in CSR

Get the inside track from some of the world's key sector initiatives. This report examines leading global initiatives across a range of industries and tells you what works (and pays!), why some initiatives are doomed to fail and why and how you should get involved. This report will: Update you on the progress of the various sector initiatives, highlighting which have developed a strong ...

By Ethical Corporation - Reuters Events Sustainable Business

Non-farm income from non-wood forest products

Non-wood forest products comprise a wide range of forest goods, providing traditional sources of food, fodder, fertilizer, fibre, medicine, organic construction materials and cultural products, as well as raw industrial materials, making valuable socio-economic, cultural and ecological contributions. This booklet describes how such products are used to meet basic subsistence needs, and the role ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Small and medium forest enterprises in Mozambique

Small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) in Mozambique account for 95.8% of the formally registered enterprises in the forest sector and more than 99.9% of the enterprise numbers if the predominant informal enterprises are included. Total forest sector employment exceeds 600,000 people, 80% of which is based in SMFEs. Despite their significance to the economy and potential for sustainability ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Small and medium forest enterprises in Ethiopia

The annual value of small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) in Ethiopia amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars – dominated in rough order of value by fuelwood, herbal remedies, wild coffee, honey and beeswax and timber furniture. The majority of these enterprises are informal and remain largely unregulated and untaxed by any government authority. Nevertheless these enterprises appear to ...

By Earthprint Ltd

State of the World’s Forests 2009

What will be the impact on forests of future economic development, globalized trade and increases in the world’s population? The 2009 edition of the biennial State of the World’s Forests looks forward, with the theme “Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future”. Part 1 summarizes the outlook for forests and forestry in each region, based on FAO’s periodic regional forest-sector ...

By Earthprint Ltd

State of the World's Forests 2009 (Russian version)

What will be the impact on forests of future economic development, globalized trade and increases in the world's population? The 2009 edition of the biennial State of the World's Forests looks forward, with the theme "Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future". Part 1 summarizes the outlook for forests and forestry in each region, based on FAO's periodic regional forest-sector ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Bees and their role in forest livelihoods. A guide to the services provides by bees and the sustainable harvesting, processing and marketing of their

This volume provides basic information about managing wild bees and on the use of their products. It identifies and describes major bee species and their importance for nature conservation and for sustaining livelihoods of rural people. Bee products are considered at both subsistence and commercial level, and particular attention is given to the potential for further development of managing wild ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Compilation of Agrinews videos (2005-2007) / Compilation des videos Agriflash (2005-2007)

This compilation contains the following Agrinews videos: 1) Cashew nut, artemisia, compost; 2) Wheat rust, purifying water, keep chicken health; 3) Wamis-net, botanic clinics, striga; 4)Banana, anthurium, practical guide: duck raising; 5) Gluten free, bamboo, goat rearing; 6) Mango kernel, aguide for exporters, the bird flu; 7) Banana leaves, fruit fly, fish preservation; 8) Organic pineapple, ...

By Earthprint Ltd