Essays about: "about tree importance"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 66 essays containing the words about tree importance.

  1. 16. Vila i träd : sambandet mellan gravträd och människors miljöengagemang och attityd till växtlighet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Klara Kristensson; [2022]
    Keywords : gravträd; antropomorfism; växtblindhet; miljöengagemang; gravskick; kyrkogård;

    Abstract : Idag står vi inför det brådskande hotet om en omfattande massutrotning av både växter och djur. Så många som hälften av världens växtarter kvalificeras som hotade till utrotning inom de närmsta decennierna. READ MORE

  3. 17. Elephants and aboveground carbon stocks in a South African protected savanna

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Camille Cheyenne Schröcker; [2022]
    Keywords : above-ground carbon stocks; climate change mitigation; elephant impacts; megaherbivores; conservation; wood density;

    Abstract : Savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) are known to exert transforming impacts on the vegetation. Due to these impacts, one would expect elephants to have significant effects on aboveground carbon stocks. However, we still know relatively little about the magnitude and direction of the effects of elephants on aboveground carbon stocks. READ MORE

  4. 18. Träds påverkan av luftföroreningar i urbana miljöer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Elna Henriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : PM10; PM2; 5; luftföroreningar; torrdeposition;

    Abstract : Luftföroreningar är ett hälsoproblem i dagens urbana miljöer och har varit ett problem i många årtionden. Många insatser görs för att minska mängden föroreningar i luften och framsteg har gjorts. Trots det dör omkring 7600 personer per år i Sverige en för tidig död på grund av skadorna partiklar och gaser i luften orsakar. READ MORE

  5. 19. Increasing Retention in Insurtechs Through Churn Prediction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : John Rapp Farnes; Oskar Christiansen; [2021]
    Keywords : Non-life insurance; Property and casualty insurance; Customer retention; Churn prediction; Predictive analytics; Classification; Machine learning; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, the Swedish insurance industry has seen decreased entry barriers due to deregulation and emerging new technologies, which have the potential to disturb the stagnated and consolidated competitive landscape of the industry. Initiated by newcomers like American insurance startup Lemonade, and later Swedish Hedvig among others, there is an increased push toward digitalization, transparency, and automation in the industry. READ MORE

  6. 20. Location decisions regarding forest plantations in Brazil : Which aspects are important to actors in the Brazilian tree industry?

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Katarina Nilsson Lannerstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : Eucalyptus; sustainable development; land use; decision-making; policy; legislation; independent forest certification; economic sustainability; environmental sustainability; social sustainability;

    Abstract : Brazilian productive forest plantations and sustainability is a continuous subject of debate, since such forest plantations constitute an increasing proportion of the Brazilian forest cover, and because of documented instances where some establishments have resulted in negative impacts on local ecosystems and communities. Meanwhile, balancing economic, environmental and social sustainability is becoming an important concern in industrial decision-making given the increasing importance of the global sustainability goals. READ MORE