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Wood quality of eucalyptus plantation in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The area of eucalyptus plantations in Brazil is 4,3 million ha, as a result of the fiscal incentives policies implanted in the 60's. That significant area concentrated mainly in the states of Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Bahia seeks to supply the demand ...
Chaix, Gilles   +2 more
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The Evolution of Wood-based Industries in Brazil and their Means of Securing Wood

open access: yesOxford Development Studies, 2003
This paper analyses the evolution of wood-based industries in Brazil and evaluates the methods they use to secure wood. Only industries that consume roundwood are analysed.
Carlos Jose Caetano Bacha
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Cultural use of wood in a historical building in Southern Brazil

open access: yesRevista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia
Wood is a biological resource that has been widely used by mankind and represents a large part of the Brazilian cultural heritage. Our goal was to identify the wood used in an old historic building in southern Brazil.
João Carlos Ferreira de Melo Jr.   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cultural Woods in Brazil: Historical Legacy and Future Frontiers [PDF]

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica
: Historical woods express cultural relations around the use of biodiversity by human societies. This article presents an overview of woods used for cultural purposes in Brazil based on the epistemological concept of historical anatomy.
João Carlos Ferreira de Melo Júnior   +17 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Plumatella pirassununga Wood & Okamura 2017

open access: yes, 2022
Plumatella pirassununga Wood & Okamura, 2017 Material examined. NHMUK 2021.11.23.22 from the Río Negro, municipality of Iranduba, 4 km SW of Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, 3° 9.956’ S, 60° 3.264’ W (Site 4), collected 5 May 2018 by T.
Wood, Timothy S., Okamura, Beth
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Effects of thermal treatment and weathering in the resistance against termites of a fast-growing pine wood

open access: yesMaderas: Ciencia y Tecnología, 2023
Considering the limited existing literature on the combined effects of thermal treatment and weathering on the resistance of fast-growing pine wood to subterranean termites, this work deals with the resistance against subterranean termites of a ...
Ricardo Ripoll de Medeiros   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomass resources for energy in North-Eastern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Due to the high dependency on hydroelectric power generation, Brazil faced a power shortage in 2001. In order to remedy the situation and avoid more severe power crises in the future, the Brazilian Government launched incentive programmes to encourage ...
Badr, Ossama, Filho, Pedro Anselmo
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Development and characterization of spark plasma sintered novel Ni, Cu, WC containing Nb-Based alloys for high-temperature applications

open access: yesJournal of Materials Research and Technology, 2022
Niobium (Nb)-based alloys have not yet been considered to replace nickel (Ni)-based alloys as engineering component in high temperature applications. In spite of its elevate melting temperature, Nb is known for very limited oxidation resistance as well ...
Yara Daniel Ribeiro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Classifying Wood Properties of Loblolly Pine Grown in Southern Brazil Using NIR-Hyperspectral Imaging

open access: yes, 2020
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is one of the most important commercial timber species in the world. While the species is native to the southeastern United States of America (USA), it has been widely planted in southern Brazil, where it is the most ...
Rosilani Trianoski   +5 more
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The use of wood in cultural objects in 19th century Southern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesIAWA Journal, 2015
Wood has been widely employed to manufacture cultural objects in the state of Santa Catarina, in 19th century Brazil. The present study examined historical buildings and machinery, mills, wagons, carriages, furniture, farming implements and everyday objects that are part of the collection of the Museu Nacional de Imigração e Colonização (National ...
João Carlos Ferreira de Melo Júnior   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

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