Essays about: "about deforestation in general"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words about deforestation in general.

  1. 1. "In this shift, the forest is a goldmine” : The alignment of sustainability and economic rationales in the Swedish forest industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Asra Bakar; Nina Kaiser; [2022]
    Keywords : bioeconomy; clusters; green economy; sustainability; Swedish forest industry;

    Abstract : Despite the high rate of deforestation and directed critique toward its industrial practices, the Swedish forest industry is declaring itself to be an accelerator of a green transition in the race toward carbon-zero. Seemingly, there is a discrepancy between the general perception of forest management and the actor's presentation. READ MORE

  3. 2. För- och nackdelar med köttkonsumtion : en sammanställning av de möjliga konsekvenserna med kött i människans diet, ur ett västerländskt perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Moa Rönnhagen; [2020]
    Keywords : kött; näring; hälsa; klimat; miljö och kultur;

    Abstract : Att livsmedel tar upp en stor del av människans liv är grundläggande och förståelsen för att det även har så stor betydelse på vår hälsa, miljö och klimatet, är en förutsättning för att framtida generationer ska kunna leva utan hunger och fattigdom. Köttkonsumtionen i västvärlden bygger framförallt på rekommendationer som tagits fram av världshälsoorganisationen samt respektive lands motsvarighet till Livsmedelsverket. READ MORE

  4. 3. Insect larvae (Hermetia illucens) as an alternative feed source for laying hens

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Victoria Linder; [2018]
    Keywords : fjäderfä; Hermetia illucens; djurfoder; insektsmjöl;

    Abstract : The European egg industry is dependent on imported soy which contributes to climate change, partly because of deforestation and transport. Therefore, alternative feed sources are needed. The levels of soy used in poultry feed in Sweden are lower than the general levels in Europe. READ MORE

  5. 4. What are trees for : an ethnographic study of local firewood practices in Uganda in the context of deforestation and climate change discourses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Filippa Giertta; [2016]
    Keywords : firewood; deforestation; climate change; carbon forestry; CDM; Kachung;

    Abstract : Interventions and schemes are being introduced all over the world to stop deforestation and reduce climate change. These interventions, on all levels of scale, follow a dominant global discourse based on a human-environment dichotomy and neo-Malthusian logic, and are driven by narratives of degradation by the local population and linear environmental change. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tättortsnära skogar i stadsutveckling och planering : en fallstudie i Uleåborg, norra Finland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Kalle Kemppainen; [2015]
    Keywords : urban forest; urban forestry; ecosystem services; urban sprawl; deforestation; land-use planning; Oulu; northern; Finland;

    Abstract : Urban forests in urban environments are under pressure in Finland. The urban expansion causes a loss of urban forests. Urban forests have been increasingly studied, and their properties of improving e.g. READ MORE