a Department of Forestry and Natural Resource Management, State University of New York, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), One Forestry Drive, Illick Hall 340, 13210 Syracuse, NY, USA b Department of Electrical Engineering and Director, Center for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC), Faculty of Technology, Makerere University Uganda, P. O. Box 7062, Kampal...

land use planning is a science that determines the type of land use through studying the ecological character of the land as well as its socio-economic structure. it is possible to plan for the appropriate use of the land and to enhance the present management of the land use by utilizing geographical information system (gis). to this end, our investigators identified and took steps toward devel...

a Department of Forest Engineering Resources and Management, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA b Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 1M5, Canada c Integrated Remote Sensing Studio, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1...

a Department of Forest Resource Management, 2424 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada b Department of Renewable Resources, Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada c Forest Management Branch, Forestry Division, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, 9920-108 Street NW, Edmon...

A major problem being faced by human society is that the global temperature is believed to be rising due to human activity that releases carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, i.e., global warming. The major culprit is thought to be fossil fuel burning, which is releasing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The problem of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide can be addressed a n...

1 The term ‘‘WTC-related’’ was not included in the proposed definition of acute traumatic injury in the notice of proposed rulemaking, 80 FR 54746 (Sept. 11, 2015), but has been added in the final rule to clarify specific usage in the WTC Health Program and better parallel ‘‘WTC-related musculoskeletal disorder’’ on the List. The Administrator finds that revising the term results in no substant...

Proposing a suitable soil quality index for natural, secondary and rehabilitated tropical forests in Malaysia A. Arifin*, D. S. Karam, J. Shamshuddin, N. M. Majid, O. Radziah, A. H. Hazandy and I. Zahari Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical F...

We investigated local forest management practices in Osaka, Japan aiming to clarify mechanisms that hinder long-term, sustainable forestry operation by carrying out forest surveys and interview surveys. Because mountain districts in Japan now face declining and aging populations, forestry work has shifted to forest owners’ associations, with efficient forest management being required on an ad h...

The article discusses a new decision support process for forestry pest management. Over the past few years, DSS have been introduced for forestry pest management, providing forest growers with advice in areas such as selecting the most suitable pesticide and relevant treatment. Most of the initiatives process knowledge from various domains for providing support for specific decision making prob...