Essays about: "afforestation"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the word afforestation.
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16. Beskogning av åkermark – effekter på marken
University essay from SLU/School for Forest ManagementAbstract : The purpose of this report was to analyze the differences in soil chemistry composition and the vertical distribution of chemical components in soil, in former arable land (planted about 70 years ago) and in continuously forest covered land. There is also a brief summary of the idea using forest as a carbon sink. READ MORE
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17. 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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18. 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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19. Biophysical changes following landscape restoration : in Changting model restoration site in Fujian province, southern China
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : China has promised to tackle climate change by decreasing its emission and promote carbon sinks primarily by forest plantations and restorations. There is a growing debate about the impacts of large-scale restorations using few fast-growing species on the kind of ecosystem we are creating and its adaptation to the future environmental conditions. READ MORE
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20. The History and Di scourse of Kachung Forest
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This study examined the history of the Kachung forest plantation in northern Uganda and associated environmental discourses. The forest, a project aimed at environmental protection and carbon offsetting, was designated a forest reserve in 1939 by the colonial government, as part of wider efforts to promote Ugandan timber for export and ensure their regeneration as a renewable resource. READ MORE
