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Shipbuilding and timber management in the Royal Dockyards 1750-1850 : an archaeological investigation of timber marks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This work presents a study of shipbuilding and timber management in the Royal Dockyards in the period 1750 – 1850, focusing on an archaeological investigation of ship timber marks.
Atkinson, Daniel Edward
core   +2 more sources

Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests Can Reduce Carbon Emissions and Stabilize Timber Production

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2016
The REDD+ scheme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has provided opportunities to manage tropical forests for timber production and carbon emission reductions.
Nophea Sasaki   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private vs. Community Management Responses to De-Collectivization: Illustrative Cases from China

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2020
Over the last several decades, China has undergone several distinct episodes of collectivization and de-collectivization of forest property rights. China’s latest round of collective forest property reforms, launched in 2003, have promoted individual ...
Jinlong Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deforestation‐Free Cocoa: Implications for Organizational Adaptation and Compliance Costs

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mandatory due diligence is an emerging policy instrument for addressing global environmental challenges, yet how such regulations reshape firm‐level organizational structures and generate compliance costs remains poorly understood. Drawing on organizational theory, this study examines how companies in the German cocoa and chocolate sector ...
Daniel Braun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Business R&D in Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From the Nordic Countries

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As environmental sustainability becomes an increasingly important concern for advanced economies, the role of business innovation in relation to environmental outcomes has attracted increasing attention. This study examines the relationship between business enterprise research and development (BERD) and environmental sustainability in the ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mind the Gaps! Legitimacy and Expectation Misalignments in Sustainability Disclosure: Case Evidence From a Public Forestry Sector Organization

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability disclosure by public sector organizations remains under‐examined, particularly in the forestry and natural resources sector, where organizations combine strong public accountability obligations with operations in environmentally sensitive ecosystems.
Dimitra Panori   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carroll Round Proceedings 2007

open access: yes, 2007
Undergraduate economic research papers presented at the 5th Annual Carroll Round Conference at Georgetown ...
Carroll Round
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Modelling of timber joints in traditional structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Original unstrengthened timber connections and the effects of different strengthening techniques have been evaluated experimentally with tests on full-scale birdsmouth joints.
Cruz, P.   +7 more
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Performance assessment of a potential underground thermal storage facility: Case study of the closed mine Prosper‐Haniel in the Ruhr coal mining area in Germany

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates the feasibility of an underground closed‐loop thermal storage facility at a post‐mining site, intended for seasonal heat energy storage. Its principal design shows water flow directions in winter and summer (1, 2), heat pumps (3), an upper water reservoir (4), and connecting pipes (5).
Dmytro Rudakov, Oleksandr Inkin
wiley   +1 more source

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