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Jurnal Penelitian Sosial dan Ekonomi Kehutanan, 2017 Regional economic growth is determined by the potential of existing natural resources, including for fisheries and mining. The development of the two sectors also opens up potential for conflict with other sectors.
Sylviani , Elvida Yosefi Suryandari
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15 years of Forest Certification in the European Union. Are we doing things right? [PDF]
, 2011 Forest certification is one of the most important issues that have entered the forest sector in the past 15 years. There are many detractors and supporters of this instrument, but merely looking at the number of hectares certified and products carrying ...
Caparros, Alejandro +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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Frontiers in ClimateThe effects of climate change events such as wildfires, storms, flooding, and pest outbreaks remain a constant threat to the health of Canadian forests.
Effah Kwabena Antwi +5 more
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Strategic Planning of the Forest Sector: Summary Report of a Nordic Meeting [PDF]
, 1983 Strategic planning of the forest sector in Nordic countries focuses on the major long-term problems and issues which are or will be confronting forestry and the forest industry. In this paper these problems and issues are described. Examples of strategic
Loennstedt, L. +2 more
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Awareness towards chain of custody certification in Africa: the case of Ghana [PDF]
, 2010 Forest certification was introduced in the early 1990s to address concerns of deforestation and forest degradation and to promote the maintenance of biological diversity, especially in the tropics.
Abrudan, Ioan Vasile +3 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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Overview of industrial forest concessions and concession-based industry in Central and West Africa and considerations of alternatives [PDF]
, 2007 Concessions in Africa have a long history and mixed records. From the 1980-90¿s onwards, concessions were gradually requested to bear new responsibilities, previously carried out by governments, such as the management of production forests and the ...
Karsenty, Alain
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Current Landscape: Use of Supercritical CO2 in the Wood Industry
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.The application of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) to successfully dewater as well as extract resin from wood is becoming increasingly popular due to its greener and less energy‐intensive approach. With world focus shifting to developing methods with greater efficiency while decreasing harm to the environment, scCO2 applications have begun to set ...
Anthony Dahdah, Subashani Maniam
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Biological ControlRice bakanae disease, caused by Fusarium fujikuroi, nowadays represents the main threat for rice seed producers. With recent European guidelines progressively reducing the use of chemical fungicides, new disease management strategies are urgently needed.
Simone Bosco +3 more
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