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Incentives for participation in forest management in the high forest zone of Ghana : gender age and social origin
(2000)
The social and economic incentives for community to participate in forest
management activities to achieve sustainable management of forests have
received very little attention in West Africa. In particular, differences ...
Logging residue from the tropical high forests in the western region of Ghana
(2000)
In the face of increasing demand for industrial wood and the serious reduction of the
forest resource base in Ghana, logging is reported to be wasteful. However, the level of
wastage or residue generation has not been ...
Prey and habitat availability in the Whiskey Jack Forest (Kenora Management Unit, Ontario) to support a cougar (Puma concolor) population
(2000)
Cougars (Puma concolor) are the largest of the cats found in Canada. Abundant now only
in British Columbia and Alberta, cougars are possibly making a comeback in their former
eastern range. One ‘sighting’ (scat and ...
Biodiversity and forest management : five forest management plans evaluated
(2000)
The five forest management plans evaluated are: Trout Lake, Nipissing, French-Severn, Kapuskasing, and, Whiskey Jack.
Toward a citizens' guide to sustainable forest management in Newfoundland and Labrador
(2000)
The management of forests has dramatically changed in the past few decades.
Forest managers no longer can prepare and implement forest management plans in
isolation of other resource values and local citizens. Today, the ...
Ojibway plant taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada
(2000)
The Ojibway (Anishinabe) of Lac Seul First N ation reside in the
transition zone of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence and southern Boreal Forest
regions of northwestern Ontario, Canada. Hunting and gathering of certain
animal ...
Ecosystem sustainability and resource-based tourism : linkages and indicators
(2000)
The landscape of northern Ontario provides an ideal setting for resource-based
tourism and, in recent years, the focus on tourism has increased due to the
popularity of outdoor recreation and the notion that tourism can ...
The effects of spacing and genetic factors on growth and tree form quality traits of plantation-grown jack pine
(2000)
Overall tree form ofjack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) growing in natural stands
varies from straight slender trees with compact crowns to broad, limby and even multi-stemed
trees. Jack pine grown in plantations at ...
Black spruce (Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) boreal ecosystems : how tree-length and full-tree harvesting affects soil microbial populations
(2000)
To evaluate the hypothesis that microbial populations are affected by
organic biomass removals, a study was designed to complement ongoing work in a
black spruce {Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) Boreal ecosystem. The ...
Lightning occurrence in Pukaskwa National Park and surrounding area
(2000)
Pukaskwa National Park has implemented a natural fire regime emulation program.
One component of the natural fire regime is the pattern of ignitions, primarily from lightning.
There were three ways in which patterns ...