Cedar Forest

Rainforests are a source of various commodities such as timber and non-timber products, but also have an ecological and social aspects as carbon storage or recreation land. While the private sector plays an important role in managing the forests due to the 'demand-offer ' market rules, communities, such as people living in the region, lack the opportunity for decision-making. Despite the various initiatives of governments and non-governmental agencies the difference between the market and…

roughly 7% of the forests in the world. This implies that Canada has an important role to manage their forests effectively. As we know, there are many factors that can disrupt the forest system, the two major groups of threats are seemed to be the natural disturbances and human activities. In terms of the human activities, such as farming and industrial development, are thought to be responsible for disrupting the forests. It is considered as rather a smaller effect in the forest of Canadian…

1.0 Introduction Owing to the excessive use of human, natural forests area has a continuous decline on a global scale, which is nearly 10 million hm2 net decrease per year. While the global plantation area has a rapid growth, which has been nearly 187 million hm2 since 2000. Meanwhile planted forests is becoming a significant part of world’s forests increasingly, accounting for about 5% of the total forest area. For example, China has world’s largest plantation resources, which plays an…

to make room for agriculture and plantations that are feeding the growing demand for products such as beef or palm oil. Forests have often been referred to as the “Earth’s lungs.” The reason for this is because of the forest’s ability to take in carbon dioxide from the world’s atmosphere and through the process of photosynthesis emit oxygen back into the air. Not only are forests responsible for the air we breath, but a majority of Earth’s fresh water. Forested watersheds generate more than…

native and other people from around the world. Many people depend on the natural resources that the rainforest provides. “Millions of people around the world depend on forests for hunting, gathering and medicine, forest products such as rubber…

or cease, is Deforestation. To many 's surprise, Deforestation has slowly taken center stage as global concern not only for humans, but, species inhabited within. What is Deforestation you ask? It 's fundamentally the cutting or burning of down of forests for humans needs. As displayed in the visual, you can evidently see a groundbreaking image that symbolizes the effects of such hazard. Deep within this image…

In his book, Land of Ghost: The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia, David G. Campbell describes his expedition into the Amazon with men who understand the Amazon in order to collect plants on the Brazilian side and to manage two forest inventories to document changes. Campbell stated that many tribes - Poyanara, Nokini, and Naua - are “losing their traditions, languages, and cultures,” therefore, the expedition is an attempt for Campbell to understand the Amazon…

The Monkey and the Crocodile A monkey named Raktamukha lived on a Jamun tree in the dense forests of India. The monkey was happy in his life spending most of the time jumping around on trees. This Jamun tree was on banks of a river which was home to a crocodile named Karalamukha. Karalmukha used to come on the banks and gradually he and the monkey became very good friends. Few days past, and their friendship grew stronger. Raktmukha used to pluck fruits from the tree and used to give it to…

Kowloon, and the New Territories. Despite being only a small place, a total of 24 country park and 22 special areas have been designated for the purposes of nature conservation. (Afcd.gov.hk, 2015) These country parks and special areas comprise hills, forest land, reservoirs and coast in all parts of Hong Kong, cover a total area of 44,300 hectares, but about 40% of the land area of Hong Kong, much higher than world average level. The most important function of these country parks and special…

Chinese proverb that states: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is today.” In 2011, the United Nations reported that Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean had experienced a combined loss of 300 million hectares of forests from the year 1990 to present. Deforestation rates today are 8.5% higher than what they were 20 years ago and the loss of tropical rainforests has increased by up to 25% since 1990. These are only a few of the horrifying statistics of how we…