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How Ontario’s managed forest tax incentive program (MFTIP) works, why it is useful, and its benefits to private landowners and the environment
(2021)
The vast majority of Ontario’s forest is owned by the Province. However, most
of the deciduous and Great Lakes- St. Lawrence forest is privately owned. Government
has very little control over private land. To encourage ...
Trade analysis of timber forest products between China and the United States
(2021)
Forest products have become a significant part of internationally traded products. United
States forestry has achieved sustainable development, with the improvement of forest
management and logging systems more and more ...
The use of remote sensing in monitoring blue whale habitat features – a literature review
(2021)
Quickly changing environmental factors due to climate change are expected to have
devastating consequences on blue whale populations. The use of acoustic and satellite
remote sensing permits the monitoring of environmental ...
The invasion of dreissenid mussels into Lake Simcoe and their effect on benthic invertebrates
(2021)
The establishment of dreissenid mussels (zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha
and the quagga mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Lake Simcoe in 1997 and
2008, respectively, in Lake Simcoe has drastically altered ...
Potential of modeling to predict the re-establishment of bat populations affected by white-nose syndrome in northwestern Ontario
(2021)
Since the first confirmed case in North America in 2007, white nose syndrome
caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans has decimated bat populations in the
northeastern US and eastern Canada. Ontario is home to eight species ...
Impact and relation between proximity of two individual trees and their general development
(2021)
The intend of the following study is to understand and analyse a trend which marks the
relationship between proximity of two trees and their general development. In this study
we will examine two types of regeneration ...
Climate change impacts on the health and livelihoods of Indigenous communities in Northern Ontario
(2021)
Climate change is expected to affect people’s health and livelihoods in northern
Indigenous communities more adversely than in others due to existing socio-economic
conditions and direct reliance on the environment to ...
Manual tending is a viable alternative to herbicide application in the Lake Nipigon forest
(2021)
This thesis explores the viable alternative to tending crop plantations by
implementing manual tending instead of herbicide application in the Lake Nipigon
Forest. The thesis provides a comparative analysis between manual ...
The management plan and forest inventory of a private woodlot in Southern Ontario
(2021)
In Southern Ontario, private landowners hold the majority of forested land
because of privatization. These property owners face degraded forests because of past
logging practices. Other challenges faced by these owners ...