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    Forestry (CIFOR), Colfer and her colleague, Byron, argue that traditional forest management was a system rural communities use in upland farming to show ownership of uplands fields, prohibitions and regulations about land and other resource use, and to settle disputes over natural resources. Similar to the traditional forest management, the agroforestry management system is used by the communities in Benuaq Dayak to recognize forest successional stages (Colfer & Byron, 2001). The authors’ argument is

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    Gareth Davies is a forest ecologist at the Forestry School in Fredericton, New Brunswick, he has been in the forest industry for over 20 years. He recently stated that there are three main categories of land in Canada, the vast majority is provincial land, next there are lesser pieces of land that are forest research centers, and national parks. and the rest of the land belongs to First Nation communities. According to Davies, ⅔ of the land in the province of New Brunswick is owned by the public

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    Deforestation and its environmental impact Deforestation is the action of clearing a wide area of trees. Twenty percent of the world's rainforest has been destroyed because of deforestation. Forests cover about 30% of the planet. Deforestation is clearing forests on a massive scale. National geographic stated that “The world’s rainforest could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation.” (NG 2015) The cause of deforestation is from number of things. Some are unintentional

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    Glacier National Park. I have my notepad ready to take notes on what I see. I saw a lot of animals such as lions, mountain goats, etc. The park main animal is the mountain goat; The goat has small horns. Its hair is sometimes shaggy; (the mountain can live through temperatures as low as below 50 degrees.) Mountain goats often dwell in rocky cliffs at high elevations throughout the year. The Glacier National Park has different kinds of forests; about 55% of Glacier is covered with forest. The forest

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    Rainforests are found typically in tropical areas with a constant heavy rainfall in its biodiversity. “When areas of rainforests are destroyed, it’s not just the trees that disappear.” It’s time for the government to take action on deforestation. Rainforests are an important location for indigenous people and animals because that’s where their home belongs. Yet the government and organizations ignore those facts and just demolish their homes in order to gain a new location for productions. It’s

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    trees to meet our supply need and not impact more natural forests. I appreciate a beautiful piece of furniture made from some rare and expensive wood but not so much that I don’t want to be able to take my children into the rain forests in years to come and not be able to show them the natural beauties that once were. Deforestation is killing Earth 's jungles on a massive scale, often leading to damage to the quality of the area. Forests still protect about 30 % of the world’s area, but swaths the

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    In Myanmar, NTFPs is defined as “all kinds of forest produce other than timber and firewood.” This includes animals, vegetables, and mineral products (Khin Maung Lwin 1995). Myanmar Forest Law 1992 called NTFPs as minor forest produce. According to the Forest Law 1992, NTFPs are declared for revenue collection. Forest Department levy tax on 29 kinds of forest products including NTFPs according to the law. The production of NTFPs from 2010 to 2014 is shown in the Appendix 1. NTFPs in Myanmar can be

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    excerpt "Great Smoky Mountains National Park" is able to convey that the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains was successful. He is able to do so by revealing the popularity of the park today and by telling how the park is full of biodiversity and beauty. One way that the author way able to convey his opinion of the success of the national park was by revealing its popularity. In the first paragraph of the selection he states that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,which is located between North

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    to the observed increase in anthropogenic Green House Gas (GHG) concentrations (IPCC AR4 2007). In fact, there are many other anthropogenic impacts that cause climate change. In this paper, I will discuss the impacts of climate change on wetlands, forest fires and tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia, and the adaptations

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    in tropical rainforests is especially problematic as they are home to a myriad of important plant and animal species. The rich biodiversity found in these environments are needed, as we rely heavily on the ecological services they provide for us. Forest exports, cattle ranching, and international corporations and agencies are a few factors and actors to this issue. It is important to consider these economic and political factors if we wish to establish appropriate governance. Although the mass clearing

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