Essays about: "afforestation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the word afforestation.

  1. 21. Butterfly monitoring in Sweden reveals changes in occurrences over a five-year period

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Vibeke Gunneng; [2015]
    Keywords : Butterfly; Lepidoptera; monitoring; semi-natural grassland; Sweden;

    Abstract : Many of the European butterfly species have declined rapidly over the past decades. The cause is thought to be habitat loss due to factors such as increased tree cover, afforestation and intensified agriculture. READ MORE

  3. 22. Estimating carbon sequestration cost function for developing countries

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Mohammad Nur Nobi; [2013]
    Keywords : Carbon Sequestration; Carbon Sequestration Cost; Emission Reduction; Deforestation Halted; Afforestation Reforestation; Sustainable Agricultural Practice; CDM; Per Capita GDP;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 23. Native forest conservation within the framework of forest promotion policy in Uruguay

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Andrés Normey; [2012]
    Keywords : conservation; forest policy; legislation; native forest; Uruguay;

    Abstract : Environmental changes due to anthropogenic causes have brought a negative effect on Uruguayan native forest. Governments at the beginning of the 20th century began to promote the importance of the forest. In 1968 was passed the “Resources and Forest Economy Law” and in 1987 was passed the “Forest Law”. READ MORE

  5. 24. Alternativt resursutnyttjande av nedlagd jordbruksmark : finansiell analys vid beskogning respektive utarrendering av jordbruksmark

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Oskar Eliasson; Marcus Hallenberg; Matilda Thelin; [2012]
    Keywords : ekonomi; nuvärde; investeringskalkyl; jordbruksarrende; beskogning av jordbruksmark; hybridpoppel; vårtbjörk; gran; markersättning;

    Abstract : Under den senare delen av 1900-talet har beskogning av jordbruksmark till och från applicerats i det svenska jord- och skogsbruket (Eriksson et al., 2011). I och med "Omställning 90"erbjöds lantbrukare omställningsstöd för att lägga jordbruksmark i träda eller på annat sätt minska verksamheten (www, Riksdagen, 1, 1995). READ MORE

  6. 25. Planting and Uprooting Natures: The Judaization of the Arab Landscape in Israel through Afforestation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Jessica Marx; [2011]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I examine the forest as the nexus of social and environmental worlds in Israel. By exploring the history of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and afforestation, I synthesize the given literature using a lens of human ecology to delve into the cultural, social, political, and ecological processes by which afforestation is simultaneously a tool of nation-building and a mechanism of ethno-nationalist dominance. READ MORE