Forestry

and lifts us up, everyone together, equally” (4). Equality is hopefully something someday all women can have. But until this, the way women are treated shapes how the society is. “If women worked there, they were cooks and custodial staff. The odd forestry professional or summer student. [The women would share] a single tiny bathroom” (188). Women are brave to do this kind of work, but so is everyone else who does…

Conservation of Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus and species: Ailuropoda melanoleuca Introduction The Giant Panda is classified as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Formerly widespread across southern and eastern China, Giant Pandas are now restricted to six mountain ranges at the western edge of their former range. Habitat restriction and degradation represents the…

“No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change” (Obama). Since the 1750’s Industrial Revolution, human activity has contributed substantially to the noxious warming of Earth’s atmosphere; the United States’ extensive burning of fossil fuels and its subsequent emission of greenhouse gases have consumed an equivalent to 7% of our GDP in 2006 alone, and an estimated $9 trillion in pollution-induced illness in just the past 30 years (Environment America). An…

techniques, she primarily refers to two reasons why less conventional methods need to be utilized. First, Marris explains that these new ideas are already a given new reality. For example, novel ecosystems exist in places like Puerto Rico and the forestry industry already engages in assisted migration. In this way, she conflates what is happening with what ought to be happening. Second, she argues that the threat of climate change is a reason to embrace more radical techniques since the whole…

Mangroves are the typical coastal ecosystems stand out as a distinct forest type at the interface between terrestrial, estuarine, and near-shore marine ecosystems, where sea water and fresh water mixes and creates the favorable salinity condition for the mangrove species to grow. Mangroves have special adaptability to grow in such harsh environment; also, it provides massive ecosystem services to the coastal communities (Yusuke et al, 2012). However, mangrove species are increasingly threatened…

With regards to population, employment and production, Finland’s capital and largest city known as Helsinki is one of the fastest growing economies and one of the richest capitals in Europe. Helsinki being one of the richest city in Europe, contributes one third of Finland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Researches show that Helsinki’s GDP per capita is roughly 1.3 times the national average. Finland’s Gross National Product on the other hand, increased to 46671 EUR Million in the second…

The national landscapes in the United States are some of the most abundant and well-managed regions in the world. They provide our country with ample resources and aesthetic, spiritual, and socio-cultural values. Unfortunately the effects of climate change are deteriorating our national forests. Drier summers and wetter winters are already affecting regions in the West, causing projections for forest fires to increase in severity, frequency, and scale. Forest fire management policies have…

Along with these environmental benefits, forests play a part in the economic side of human existence. Money is the foundation of an urban area; it can be beneficial to the public by them being able to gain facilities like hospitals or restaurants, or it can be harmful and prevent supplies like technology from being given to schools. The economy regulates how the money in an area is spent and it shares information about the city’s health. In the study by Sinclair et al. (2014), the residents…

Harmful environmental policies often force planners in places like Curtis’ town in Ohio to choose between economic development and healthy environments. In many smaller rural towns across the U.S., the water quality, forestry, mining, and oil digging can all impact the effects of a place on its residents’ health and well being (Hartley, 2004). Curtis’ position as a heavy construction equipment operator should not be overlooked here. Especially with regards to his recurring…

There is no doubt that humans all need food to live, but will this be at the expense of destroying the planet? Our home? Living in the cities you do not see the destruction that agriculture is having on the world. It is the leading cause of a multitude of global issues: the warming of our planet, the melting of the ice caps, and water contamination. The livestock and animal agriculture industry is huge. Some 40% of the entire world’s land surface is used for the sole purpose of keeping all 7…