Essays about: "Clear-Cutting"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 110 essays containing the word Clear-Cutting.

  1. 6. Comparison of Gap-Cutting and Clear-cutting Management and Their Ecosystem Services : a Simulation Study

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Mary Motunrayo Ogunleye; [2023]
    Keywords : ecosystem services; gap-cut management; Scots pine; clear-cut; forest management;

    Abstract : Forests as a natural ecosystem provide many functions and services that contribute to livelihood. Moreover, to provide multifaceted services, the forest management strategy employed is vital in establishing desired ecosystem services. READ MORE

  3. 7. To clear-cut or not to clear-cut; Cost-benefit analyses of post-fire management approaches in the Ljusdal fire-complex

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Bella Blomqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Clear-cut forestry; Continous cover forestry; Nature reserve; Cost-benefit analysis; Wildfires; Sweden; Ljusdal; Post-fire management; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Wildfires causes natural disturbances to ecosystems which can have potentially damaging results for ecosystem services and economic income from timber production. The post-fire management approach can be essential for the environmental work regarding the recovery of ecosystems and maintaining ecosystem services. READ MORE

  4. 8. Ekonomi och virkesproduktion för hyggesfritt respektive trakthyggesbruk : en analys av ekonomiska och produktionsmässiga konsekvenser

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Elias Källmark; Petter Tillberg; [2023]
    Keywords : trakthyggesbruk; hyggesfritt; blädningsbruk; skärmställning; hyggen; PlanWise; nuvärde; kalkylränta;

    Abstract : Skogsbruket som bedrivs i Sverige har under de senaste åren kritiserats av myndigheter och allmänheten. En ny skogsstrategi från EU har tagits fram för öka andelen skogsbruksmetoder, så som hyggesfria alternativ, som främjar den biologisk mångfalden samt minska koldioxidutsläppen från skogen och därav minska andelen trakthyggesbruk som bedrivs i dagsläget. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Effects of Clear-Cutting a Hemiboreal Forest on Local CO2 Fluxes in Norunda, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Mads Carlsen; [2023]
    Keywords : CO2 flux; Clear-cutting; Coniferous forest; Flux footprint; Sustainable forestry; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : As CO2 builds up in the atmosphere causing global climate change (IPCC, 2022) trees have become an international symbol of combatting this, and for good reason. Trees take up CO2 which as a result combats these changes, and when these trees are cut down fewer individuals remain to take up the CO2 that we humans emit (Chapin et al., 2011). READ MORE

  6. 10. Effects of Forest Ditch Cleaning on Surface Water Quality

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Emeli Arvidsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Ditch cleaning; forest clear-cut; water quality; water chemistry;

    Abstract : Ditch cleaning (DC) is recommended by authorities to Swedish landowners to maintain forest productivity after forest harvest by lowering groundwater tables of catchment soils. Knowledge regarding the impact of this practice on surface water quality is limited, and results from previous research vary. READ MORE