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Structural adjustment and forest resources - the impact of World Bank operations [PDF]

Over two decades, the World Bank has undertaken many structural adjustment operations withgovernments of developing countries. During negotiations for structural adjustment loans (SALs), partner governments agree to specific policy reforms, whose ...
Pandey, Kiran D., Wheeler, David
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Emergence, growth, and quality of Calycophyllum spruceanum plants produced in different containers and substrates

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2025.
Abstract The growing demand for Calycophyllum spruceanum is causing strong pressure on natural populations due to anthropogenic activities. For this reason, it is urgent to develop propagation technologies and production of plants for reforestation activities and establishment of forest plantations for their use and conservation.
Wilson Francisco Guerra‐Arévalo, José Roy Cercado‐Delgado, Héctor Francisco Espinoza‐García, Tatiana Mildred Ucañay‐Ayllon, Diego Gonzalo García‐Soria, Carlos Abanto‐Rodríguez, Dennis del Castillo‐Torres, Luis Ernesto Freitas‐Alvarado, Rossana Díaz‐Soria, Héctor Guerra‐Arévalo   +9 more
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Economic benefit of maximum truck weight regulation change for Estonian forest sektor. Veokite täismassi regulatsiooni muutmise majanduslikud mõjud eesti metsatööstuse sektorile

Eesti Majanduspoliitilised Väitlused, 2012
Current paper is focused on analysing the economic benefit of increasing maximum allowed truck weight for Estonian forest sector. It is producing economic benefits to the firms of forest sector in two broad areas.
Oliver Lukason, Kadri Ukrainski, Urmas Varblane   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Reforestation in Brazil [PDF]

This paper analyzes the evolution of reforestation in Brazil and makes an evaluation of federal government policies used to stimulate that activity. Despite the huge increase of reforestation areas in Brazil since the 1970s, what put up Brazil as the ...
Carlos Bacha
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A multiple criteria decision analysis approach for assessing the quality of hardwood species used by Greek timber industries

Folia Oecologica
Timber industries make an essential contribution to economies worldwide, while the sustainable supply of timber generates revenue, supports employment, and contributes to economic activity. The strategic choice of wood species using specific criteria can
Tsiaras Stefanos, Chavenetidou Marina, Koulelis Panagiotis P.   +2 more
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Effects of the Free Trade Area of the Americas on Forest Resources [PDF]

The effects of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement on the forest sectors and resources of member countries are investigated. A model of wood supply within the spatial partial-equilibrium Global Forest Products Model is developed to link ...
Buongiorno, Joseph, Turner, James A., Zhu, Shushuai   +2 more
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Report on LPG infrastructure impact at the WUI microscale [PDF]

, 2019
Preprin
Cozzani, Valerio, Pastor Ferrer, Elsa, Salzano, Ernesto, Scarponi, Giordano Emrys, Tugnoli, Alessandro, Vacca, Pascale   +5 more
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Production economics and carbon footprint of an integrated timber harvesting operation in the Northeastern US

Energy Nexus
Woody biomass has tremendous potential to reduce the reliance on non-renewable energy, however, the high cost, uncertain harvesting carbon footprint, and policies may hinder it from becoming a predominant component of the US renewable energy sector ...
Ashish Alex, Anil Raj Kizha, Libin T. Louis, Alex K. George   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward Globalization of the Forest Products Industry: Some Trends [PDF]

This paper examines the hypothesis that changes have been brought about in the forest industry that allow it to participate fully in globalization. The forest industry has undergone profound changes in recent years in large part by new technologies ...
Bael, David, Sedjo, Roger A.
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Delving the environmental impact of roundwood production from poplar plantations

Science of The Total Environment, 2018
The environmental impact of timber production from poplar plantation was evaluated by means of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using an attributional approach. A comparison was performed between a baseline scenario and an alternative one in which different harvesting operations were identified.
Lovarelli, Daniela, Fusi, Alessandra, Pretolani, Roberto, Bacenetti, Jacopo   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources