Global Fibre Supply Model
Author : Gary Bull
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,88 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251042496
Towards Sustainable Forest Management
Author : Arnoldo Contreras-Hermosilla
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 1999
Category :
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Unnatural Law
Author : David R. Boyd
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 13,90 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0774840633
Book Description
While governments assert that Canada is a world leader in sustainability, Unnatural Law provides extensive evidence to refute this claim. A comprehensive assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian environmental law, the book provides a balanced, critical examination of Canada's record, focusing on laws and policies intended to protect water, air, land, and biodiversity. Three decades of environmental laws have produced progress in a number of important areas, such as ozone depletion, protected areas, and some kinds of air and water pollution. However, Canada's overall record remains poor. In this vital and timely study, David Boyd explores the reasons why some laws and policies foster progress while others fail. He ultimately concludes that the root cause of environmental degradation in industrialized nations is excessive consumption of resources. Unnatural Law outlines the innovative changes in laws and policies that Canada must implement in order to respond to the ecological imperative of living within the Earth's limits. The struggle for a sustainable future is one of the most daunting challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Everyone - academics, lawyers, students, policy-makers, and concerned citizens - interested in the health of the Canadian and global environments will find Unnatural Law an invaluable source of information and insight. For more information on Unnatural Law visit David Boyd's site, www.unnaturallaw.com.
Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Author : Clair Gough
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1119237726
Book Description
An essential resource for understanding the potential role for biomass energy with carbon capture and storage in addressing climate change Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) offers a comprehensive review of the characteristics of BECCS technologies in relation to its various applications. The authors — a team of expert professionals — bring together in one volume the technical, scientific, social, economic and governance issues relating to the potential deployment of BECCS as a key approach to climate change mitigation. The text contains information on the current and future opportunities and constraints for biomass energy, explores the technologies involved in BECCS systems and the performance characteristics of a variety of technical systems. In addition, the text includes an examination of the role of BECCS in climate change mitigation, carbon accounting across the supply chain and policy frameworks. The authors also offer a review of the social and ethical aspects as well as the costs and economics of BECCS. This important text: Reveals the role BECCS could play in the transition to a low-carbon economy Discusses the wide variety of technical and non-technical constraints of BECCS Presents the basics of biomass energy systems Reviews the technical and engineering issues pertinent to BECCS Explores the societal implications of BECCS systems Written for academics and research professionals, Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) brings together in one volume the issues surrounding BECCS in an accessible and authoritative manner.
Sustainable Development Goals
Author : Pia Katila
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108486991
Book Description
A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
The International Timber Trade
Author : Tim Peck
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 2001-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781855731905
Book Description
Wood and wood products are essential to large areas of the world economy, yet until now there has been no single definitive reference source to which those new to or requiring a strategic overview of the industry could turn for a comprehensive picture of the market chain from forest to consumer. "The International Timber Trade "remedies this, providing a detailed overview of the entire timber and timber products business in an authoritative and accessible style. Written by a leading expert, "The International Timber Trade" is essential reading for a wide range of interested groups including managers in the timber industry and trade, the financial community with interests in the sector, academics and students in forestry management and related studies, government agencies and their advisers in helping to develop policies for the sector and international trade, and finally those working in international development organizations and in national and international non-governmental bodies.
The Forestry Chronicle
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 18,47 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN :
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Unasylva
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Forest products
ISBN :
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Certification's Impacts on Forests, Stakeholders and Supply Chains
Author :
Publisher : IIED
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 1899825878
Book Description
People like forests- they have many emotional and cultural attachments to them. They also like forest products - and need increasing quantities of them. But they often don't like, don't understand, and don't trust what comes in between: forest management, which lies at the interface of public services (biodiversity, watersheds, etc) and private goods (timber, food, etc). Certification was developed to independently verify the quality of forest management, to communicate this to market players, and so to improve market benefits for the products of good management. The growing influence of the Forest Stewardship Council is one of the most striking recent developments in forestry. Certification is increasingly common in all continents. But has it actually improved forest management? Has it created sufficient market incentives? Above all, has it enabled trust to develop between stakeholders, so that they can work together better, to build the institutions required for sustainable forest management? This book is the result of two years' study by IIED and collaborators in several countries: it provides evidence for considerable policy and institutional change as a result of certification, and the beginnings of change in forest and market practice.
Multiple-use Forest Management in the Humid Tropics
Author : César Sabogal
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
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This paper reports on three regional assessments carried out to identify and draw lessons from on-the-ground initiatives in multiple-use forest management in the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. In all three regions, information was collected through interviews with country-based forestry experts, forest managers and technicians. A complementary, web-based questionnaire further examines the reasons for the successes and failures of multiple-use forests management initiatives.
