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Guidance Forest and woodland - Environmental Data Compendium
Young woodland of this type accounts for seven percent of the total area of forest. Area of forest The present (2000) area of forest is estimated to be 360 000 ha; compared with 1833, ... to plant more indigenous deciduous species rather than conifers or exotic deciduous species. The changes in forest management have repercussions on the flora and fauna, including the insects. In the past there used ...
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New Forest LIFE projects home page (Hosted by New Forest National Park Authority)
Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland. The New Forest supports a complex mosaic of wildlife habitats, formerly common in lowland Western Europe but now rare ... per year.In 1995 the UK Government proposed 29,000ha of the New Forest area as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) under the EU Habitats Directive. LIFE II Project | LIFE ...
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ForestHarvest - the importance of inventory methods for managing Scotland's non-timber forest product resources
The most appropriate method depends on local circumstances, including forest area, habitat complexity, local needs and the nature of the 'target species'. The environmental NGO ... for the whole of the Grampian region, on the basis of the mapped area of a 'similar' forest type. This predicted 1890 ha of blaeberries, 4282 ha of cowberries, and 28,825 ...
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New Forest LIFE projects home page
Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland. The New Forest supports a complex mosaic of wildlife habitats, formerly common in lowland Western Europe but now rare ... per year.In 1995 the UK Government proposed 29,000ha of the New Forest area as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) under the EU Habitats Directive. LIFE II Project | LIFE ...
www.newforestlife.org.uk

WWF - WWF's Global Forest Programme - we offer solutions
WWF and its partners, the government of Brazil has established the world's largest protected forest area in the Amazon, with a further 12% slated for protection. WWF is working with ... by increasing credible certification and curbing illegal logging. Pressure is placed on companies to source forest products from well-managed forests. Restoration Nearly 50% of the world's original forests have ...
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Finnish Nature League; old-growth forest logging in eastern Finland by the State. ENSO buys the wood.
NATURE" ENSO GROUP is one of the biggest buyers of pulp wood and timber from Finnish Forest and Park Service. "We purchase wood only from sources that do not compromise the conservation of biodiversity ... forest in eastern Finland (Northern Karelia), municipality of Valtimo in May 1997. Forest area of Syvalammit was listed in Pan-European IBA-project (IBA for Important Bird Areas) and it was one of ...
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Finnish Nature League, Finnish old-growth forests, Finland, Forestry, Forest, Storaenso, Stora, Enso, UPM-Kymmene, Vapo Timber, Forest industry, Pulp, Paper
FPS is planning large-scale clearcuttings right next to a protected old-growth forest area. In Malahvia wilderness area in Suomussalmi municipality a storm raged earlier this summer. Windfalls contributed to ... of Finland are a fact, further protection plans did not evoke sympathy among biggest industrial forest owners [in a seminar arranged in Helsinki September 30, 1999]. The holder of the state ...
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Eco-Economy Indicators: FOREST COVER - World's Forests Continue to Shrink
Apart from China, most of the gains in forest area are in industrial countries, while developing countries bear the brunt of deforestation. ... turmoil, and deprives timber-producing countries of up to $15 billion of revenue each year. Forest plantations—planted stands that often consist of single-age monocultures—can alleviate logging pressure on ...
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Metla Finland's forest resources
Forest resources Photo: Metla/Erkki Oksanen Despite the 13% reduction in forest area in 1944 due to the losses of land in the war, Finland's wood resources are currently more plentiful than in the pre-war years. According to the 1st national forest inventory (19211924), the total growing stock volume was 1 588 million m3. The latest estimate, based on the 10th ...
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Eco-Economy Indicators: FOREST COVER - Earth Policy Institute Resources on Forests
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (Rome: 2006), www.fao.org/forestry/site/32038/en. Nearly 4 billion hectares of forest cover the earth’s surface, roughly 30 percent of its total land area. Though extensive, the world’s forests have shrunk by some 40 percent since ...
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