Essays about: "the role of individual in conservation of forest"

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1. 1. Understanding women's stewardship in the Amazon : A decolonial-process-relational perspective

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Taís Gonzalez; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender; Landscapes Stewardship; Process-relational perspective; Decoloniality; Knowledge; Amazon;

   Abstract : The widespread and increasing forest degradation in the Amazon contrasts with a range of individual or collective practices developed by local agents, which have the potential to reconcile conservation and local understanding of the quality of life and economic development. The role of women among these initiatives has been overlooked or not well understood. READ MORE

3. 2. Creating the landscape, one stand at a time : the role of timber buyers in landscape-level planning in southern Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Keeli Jo Curtis; [2020]
   Keywords : landscape; forestry; biodiversity; cross-scale interactions; Hägerstrand; conservation; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A central tension within forestry is balancing timber production and nature. This tradeoff is important when managing individual stands, but also has effects on biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales. READ MORE

4. 3. Forest owners and attitudes towards conservation policy in Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

   Author : Miguel Riviere; [2016]
   Keywords : Swedish forestry model; principal component analysis; PCA; cluster analysis; survey;

   Abstract : In 1993, Sweden issued a new forestry act, which gives equal importance to timber production and nature protection, and uses a wide range of policy tools, known as the Swedish forestry model, to achieve its goals. However, there is evidence that the Swedish forestry model does not perform as well as expected, especially regarding the involvement of Non Industrial Private Forest owners (NIPFs) in conservation. READ MORE

5. 4. 'Benefits beyond carbon' : for whom? : gender analysis of communal forest governance and forest resource use in the Democratic Republic of Congo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Larissa Stiem; [2014]
   Keywords : REDD ; women; sustainable forest management; feminist political ecology; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In an effort to mitigate global climate change, the REDD+ mechanism (an acronym for ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stock’) continues to be put forward as an attractive carbon sequestration and forest conservation tool. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hosting more than 63% of the Congo Basin rainforests, is the biggest receiver for REDD+ funding in Africa. READ MORE

6. 5. Forest fire drives long-term community changes of wood-decaying fungi in a boreal forest archipelago

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för naturvetenskap

   Author : Mikael Gudrunsson; [2013]
   Keywords : wood-decaying fungi; polypores; species richness; species composition; fire history; disturbance; spatiotemporal dynamics; forest succesion; species-area relationship; dead wood; boreal forest;

   Abstract : Conservation of wood-decaying fungi requires improved knowledge about the long-term effects of forest management; regarding habitat loss, fragmentation and fire suppression. To better understand such effects, I examined the influence of area, isolation, fire history and forest stand characteristics on communities of wood-decaying fungi. READ MORE