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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
By 2005, wood requirements for pulp, paper and newsprint are projected to rise to 28 million cubic metres (cum) per year. Forestlands yield only 4 cum per hectare per year. Plantations yield 10 cum per hectare per year. But private land accounts for 150 million hectares, with another 1.5 million hectares of degraded forest ...
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Global Warming Solution: Carbon Dioxide Personal Quota
CO2: GAS: (the gaseous stuff - methane in the UK) Burning 82.920 cubic metres or 2,930.046 cubic feet or 29.300 in 100s of cubic feet or 3,225.6 MJ or 896 kWh or 36.129 therms .....................................................of domestic gas. ELECTRICITY: Using 298.667 kWh ......................................................of electricity. PETROL: Burning 101. ...
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Restoration Round-up (Do or Die)
It created wetlands on the Skerne, planted 20,000 trees and moved 20,000 cubic metres of soil, lowering the artificially raised floodplain "to allow the river to overspill its meandering banks but still protect surrounding houses".(53) The Cole was reinstated to its original buried course, a reedbed planted, the ...
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Niagara Facts
Canadian side alone). Niagara River Length: 56 km (approx. from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario). Elevation decline: 99 metres (approx.) Drainage: 684000 sq. km. River gorge: 11 km (approx. from the Falls to Queenston downstream). Depth of gorge: Up to 107 metres. Total average flow: 6000 cubic metres (estimated). River speed: Nearly 64 km/hour at crest. Depth of whirlpool: 38 metres. ...
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Why forests matter
He who plants even one tree goes directly to heaven;” sacred groves were found in ancient Greece and are still honoured today by many African and Asian villagers. Volumes of wood are usually measured in cubic metres. Although Britain has lost most of its own forest, much of our way of life depends on the forests of other countries. ...
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The Bad News
Philippines, huge areas of ancient forest are being clear-felled (all the trees cut). Illegal logging in Indonesia - photograph Problems with Logging Vietnamese loggers are taking thousands of cubic metres of valuable timber from Cambodia, despite the Cambodian Government’s 1996 ban on the trade. Incompetent felling and extracting a Brazilian mahogany tree kills or damages an average of 27 ...
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WWF - Freshwater - Conserving the Source of Life
System of Rice Intensification (SRI)", published by WWF, proposes a method to grow rice that can save hundreds of billions of cubic metres of water while increasing food security. The system has proven effective by helping increase yields by over 30%, while using 40% less water than conventional methods. Read more In the news 24 Jul 2008 Congo wetland largest ...
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Specialized Services - Mine Waste Management at CANMET-MMSL
For more information, please contact us. Sludge Disposal Options Despite recent improvements to the traditional neutralization method, it is estimated that as much as 6.7 million cubic metres of lime treatment sludge is produced annually in Canada. In addition, the minerals industry is faced with questions related ...
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The bad news
Problems with logging Vietnamese loggers are taking thousands of cubic metres of valuable timber from Cambodia, despite the Cambodian Government’s 1996 ban on the trade. Incompetent felling and extracting a Brazilian mahogany tree kills or damages an average of 27 other trees of over 18cm diameter ...
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The UK Groundwater Forum
The Agency will be responsible for implementing many of the provisions of the Act. Key Features of the Water Act affecting Groundwater All small abstractions, generally under 20 cubic metres per day (m³/d), will not need a licence. Dewatering of mines, quarries and engineering works, use of water for ...
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