Essays about: "Afforestation and deforestation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Afforestation and deforestation.
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1. 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 DevelopmentAbstract : 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
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2. You are a widow and you will die, so why should you plant trees? : intersectionality in local development activities in connection with a carbon forestry plantation in Kachung, Uganda
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Carbon forestry plantations are a way to achieve statutory global emissions reductions and are also claimed to decrease deforestation. Carbon forestry is not a new system, but has greatly increased in use in recent decades. One such afforestation project, owned by a Norwegian company, is located in northern Uganda. READ MORE
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3. Estimating carbon sequestration cost function for developing countries
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Carbon sequestration is considered as the cost effective way of reducing carbon dioxide emission and other greenhouse gases. This study estimated the carbon sequestration cost function considering land use change in developing countries. READ MORE
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4. Comparison of yield of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in Skorradalur, West Iceland
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : Iceland has suffered from massive deforestation since the Vikings settled on the island in 874. Thewoodland cover has gone from 25-30% to 1 %. Since the beginning of the 20th century, effort hasbeen made to regain the forest. In these afforestation efforts many tree species have been used bothindigenous and exotic. READ MORE
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5. Carbon storage and forest fire influences in tropical rainforests : an example from a REDD project in Guatemala
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Deforestation and degradation account for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions today – playing a key role in the complex system of climate change. Most deforestation is undertaken in developing countries, resulting in loss of biodiversity and livelihoods for millions of people and animals. READ MORE
