Essays about: "timber description"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words timber description.

  1. 11. A value chain analysis for timber in four East African countries : an exploratory case study

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Daniel Hulusjö; [2013]
    Keywords : Value chain; analysis; timber; East Africa; värdekedja; analys; virke; Östafrika;

    Abstract : This study is a value chain analysis for timber in East Africa. It was commissioned by Vi Agroforestry, a nongovernmental organisation registered in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania engaged in a rural development program that involves promoting tree planting and enterprise development (Vi Agroforestry, 2012). READ MORE

  3. 12. Glued laminated timber space truss systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Konstruktionsteknik; Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI)

    Author : Nicola Moggio; [2012]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Space structures are a leaf taken from Nature. Natural forms possess exceptional rigidity and use minimum materials to maximum structural advantage. To quote Makowski, "Natural forms act in the direction of minimum effort". Man has not been slow in copying these examples drawn from Nature. READ MORE

  4. 13. Sugarcane and agroforestry farming in western Kenya : a comparative study of different farming systems in the Nyando district

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Ida Lindell; Gustaf Magnusson Kroon; [2011]
    Keywords : agroforestry; carbon; farming system; Kenya; manure;

    Abstract : In the past 50 years, the demand for food, fuel, timber, fibre and fresh water has increased in East Africa. Because of this, the high growth rate of the population and the economic dependence on agriculture, large areas in Kenya have been deforested. READ MORE

  5. 14. Tillämpning av kNN-Sverige i Södra Skogs verksamhet : behovsinventering, databearbetning och förberedelse för praktisk implementering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Robert Blomberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Fjärranalys; virkespotentialer; kNN-Sverige; virkesköp; skogsbruksplan; kartering;

    Abstract : The digital map product kNN-Sweden contains nationwide data of the country’s forest land. The estimated forest variables are mean age, mean tree height, volume per tree species and total volume. Today Södra Skog’s assessments of timber potentials are mainly based on experience rate and subjective assumptions. READ MORE

  6. 15. Description and analysis of Institutions for Communal Forest Management in Monte Verde, Bolivia.

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Remberto Salazar; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study contributes to the Common Pool Resources debate by describing and analysinginstitutions that currently structure governance of community-based forest management inSanta Mónica and Palestina, within the Monte Verde region, Bolivia. It explores theinterplay between innovative communal and central-authority institutional features, theway they work and how they enable forest conservation. READ MORE