Essays about: "conservation of trees"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 170 essays containing the words conservation of trees.

  1. 41. The potentials of agroforestry systems in Denmark and southern Sweden : a comparative study on farmers’ perceptions and agroforestry-related policies

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Carolina Yang; [2020]
    Keywords : temperate agroforestry; agriculture; forestry; agroecology; farmers’ attitude; Common Agricultural Policy; policy; financial support; Sweden; Denmark;

    Abstract : In the face of climate change, the urgent need for sustainable food systems has brought agroforestry under the spotlight in the Global North, for its provision of ecosystem services. Despite being less known in the Danish and Swedish context, the traditional practice of managing livestock in the semi-natural pastures, similar to the cut-and-carry systems in the tropics, is undeniably a form of agroforestry system. READ MORE

  3. 42. Accuracy of mobile forest inventory application KatamTM Forest : evaluation of accuracy in different forest types and comparison to conventional inventory methods

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Kristjan Täll; [2020]
    Keywords : KatamTM Forest; mobile application; novel forest inventory methods; Norway spruce; habitat protection stands;

    Abstract : In recent decades with the advancement in technology, novel forest inventory techniques for quicker and cost-efficient results have been developed. A Swedish start-up company has developed an application for smart phones called KatamTM Forest which can do a forest inventory by recording videos in the stand. READ MORE

  4. 43. Prescribed burning in Sweden : an evaluation of structural outcomes from restoration oriented prescribed burns

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Virginia Hermanson; [2020]
    Keywords : prescribed burning; restoration; boreal forest; biodiversity burning; dead wood;

    Abstract : The application of prescribed burning as a conservation measure is a growing trend in Fennoscandia to restore forest landscapes that have been heavily impacted by humans. Both intensive management for forestry and wildfire suppression altered the disturbances shaping boreal forests over the past centuries, which seen today are more homogenous, lacking dead wood and deciduous trees, and are in the successional process towards darker Picea abies (Norway spruce) dominated stands. READ MORE

  5. 44. Vårdprogram och underhållsplan för den historiska trädgården vid soldattorpet Rensmyran

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

    Author : Marita Bergström; [2020]
    Keywords : soldattorp; vårdprogram; underhållsplan; historisk trädgård; kulturmiljö;

    Abstract : Soldattorpet Rensmyran med anor från sent 1600-tal är beläget på landsbygden sydväst om Uppsala. Torpet Rensmyran drivs som fritidsjordbruk med en liten uppfödning av hästrasen Gotlandsruss. På hag- och åkermark förekommer bete. READ MORE

  6. 45. Luckhuggning med friställning av asp och sälg : påverkan på epifytiska lavar

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

    Author : Maria Michold; [2020]
    Keywords : luckhuggning; Populus tremula; Salix caprea; ljus;

    Abstract : I norra Sverige har effektivt skogsbruk och minskad brandfrekvens under det senaste århundradet medfört att äldre skog med gamla lövträd är sällsynt förekommande. I denna del av landet har framförallt asp och sälg stor betydelse för den biologiska mångfalden. READ MORE