Forestry Books
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Ecological Basis of Agroforestry
Faced with the growing problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security, modern agricultural scientists look for potential relief in an ancient practice. Agroforestry, if properly designed, can mitigate greenhouse effects, maintain ecosystem health and biodiversity, provide food security, and reduce poverty. Poorly implemented ...
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Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories
Sound forest management planning requires cost-efficient approaches to optimally utilize given resources. Emphasizing the mathematical and statistical features of forest sampling to assess classical dendrometrical quantities, Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories presents the statistical concepts and tools needed to conduct a modern forest ...
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Plastics (II): D 3222 - D 5083
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Plastics (II): D 3222 - D 5083
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Plastics (III): D 4329 - latest
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Wood
Test methods feature how to perform chemical analysis of wood and how to evaluate mechanical and physical properties. Others detail structural grading and a few specifications for wood and timbers such as wood paving blocks and modified wood. Under the heading of wood preservatives, this volume covers specifications that fix the property requirements for various preservatives and tests that ...
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Plastics (I): D 256 - D 3159
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Plastics (I): D 256 - D 3159
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Plastics (III): D 5117 - latest
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Plastics (II): D 2383 - D4322
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Wood
Test methods feature how to perform chemical analysis of wood and how to evaluate mechanical and physical properties. Others detail structural grading and a few specifications for wood and timbers such as wood paving blocks and modified wood. Under the heading of wood preservatives, this volume covers specifications that fix the property requirements for various preservatives and tests that ...
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Wood
Test methods feature how to perform chemical analysis of wood and how to evaluate mechanical and physical properties. Others detail structural grading and a few specifications for wood and timbers such as wood paving blocks and modified wood. Under the heading of wood preservatives, this volume covers specifications that fix the property requirements for various preservatives and tests that ...
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Plastics (III): D 5117 - latest
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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Plastics (I): D 256 - D 2343
These 3 volumes feature over 400 plastics-related standards. Plastics test methods establish standard procedures for assessing physical, mechanical, optical, permanence, and thermal properties. Specifications fix standard property requirements for thermoplastic, thermosetting, and reinforced thermosetting materials. Others cover film and sheeting, and cellular plastics.Tests, ...
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The Economic Value of Wild Resources in Senegal: A Preliminary Evaluation of Non-timber Forest Products, Game and Freshwater Fisheries
The contribution of wild plants and animals to human welfare is widely appreciated but not routinely measured. Reliable and up-to-date information on the economic importance of wild resources is needed to ensure that development policies and investments take account of the full costs and benefits of alternative land uses. This report presents a summary of findings of recent research on the value ...
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Forests and Protected Areas: Guidance on the Use of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
Protected areas are the cornerstone of virtually all national and international conservation policies. About 10% of the world’s forests are to be found in protected areas, and Forest Protected Areas make a critical contribution to conservation. The purpose of this publication is to address two questions, both of which are strategic, complex and politically significant: What is, and what is not, a ...
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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Current State and Trends - Vol. 1
Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively in the last 50 years than in any comparable period of human history. We have done this to meet the growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber, and fuel. While changes to ecosystems have enhanced the well-being of billions of people, they have also caused a substantial and largely irreversible loss in diversity of life on Earth, ...
By Island Press
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Ecology and Management of a Forested Landscape: Fifty Years on the Savannah River Site
Can land degraded by centuries of agriculture be restored to something approaching its original productivity and diversity? This book tells the story of fifty years of restoration and management of the forested landscape of the Savannah River Site, a 310-square-mile tract of land in the coastal plain of South Carolina that has been closed to the public for more than five ...
By Island Press
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Legal Aspects in the Implementation of CDM Forestry Projects
Among the various innovative instruments linked to the Kyoto Protocol is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which offers developed countries a chance to offset some of their greenhouse gas emissions by funding development projects in areas such as renewable energy and forestry. Over the last two years, the rules of the CDM and those relating in particular to afforestation and reforestation ...
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Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests
While the commitment to protect and restore forest ecosystems has become a policy goal in many countries since the Rio Conference, there is still no general consensus on what constitutes restoration. This authoritative reference presents the best practices for fostering increased sustainability, enhancing biodiversity, and repairing ecosystem functions in one comprehensive ...
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