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Unasylva
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ISSN: 02511053 15643700 Year: 1947 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Service d'information de la FAO,

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Revue internationale des forêts et des industries forestières 1 vol. (4 issues) / year


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Current forestry reports.
ISSN: 21986436 Year: 2015 Publisher: [Cham] : Springer

Forest related perspectives for regional development in Europe.
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ISBN: 9004123113 9786610464999 1417577932 1280464992 9047401166 9789047401162 9789004123113 9781417577934 Year: 2002 Publisher: Leiden : Brill,

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Most of the less-favoured regions in Europe feature large areas of forestland. The FORWARD (Forest Resources for Work Opportunities and Regional Development) project was initiated to generate employment and income based on forest resources. This report presents the findings of the project.

The social life of trees : anthropological perspectives on tree symbolism.
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ISBN: 1859739237 1859739288 Year: 2001 Publisher: Oxford Berg

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The passionate response of the British public to the Newbury Bypass is a revealing measure of how strongly people feel about trees and the environment. Similarly, in the United States, the giant sequoia of California is an enduring national symbol that inspires intense feelings. As rainforests are sacrificed to the interests of multi-national corporations and traditional ways of life disappear, the status of forests, the cultural significance of trees, and the impact of conservation policies are subjects that have inspired intense engagement. Why do people feel so strongly about trees? With this explosion of interest in environmental issues, a serious study of what trees mean to people has long been overdue. This interdisciplinary book responds to this need by providing the first cross-cultural analysis of tree symbolism. Drawing on rich case studies, contributors explore the processes through which trees are used as metaphors of identity and continuity. Political struggles over forest resources feature prominently, and the perceptions of trees in various cultures provide telling insights into the ways in which human societies conceptualize nature. As well as being a major contribution to the field of symbolic anthropology, this comprehensive study will be essential reading for students in a wide range of courses and for anyone with a keen interest in the politics of ecology, the occult and neo-paganism, and the history and sociology of environmentalism in its widest sense.


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Forests in revolutionary France : conservation, community, and conflict 1669-1848
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ISBN: 9781107043343 9781107338197 9781107690813 9781316247679 1316247678 1107338190 1107043344 1107690811 1316255255 1316234444 1316236331 131625335X 1316249573 1316251462 1316245780 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book investigates the economic, strategic, and political importance of forests in early modern and modern Europe and shows how struggles over this vital natural resource both shaped and reflected the ideologies and outcomes of France's long revolutionary period. Until the mid-nineteenth century, wood was the principal fuel for cooking and heating and the primary material for manufacturing worldwide and comprised every imaginable element of industrial, domestic, military, and maritime activity. Forests also provided essential pasturage. These multifaceted values made forests the subject of ongoing battles for control between the crown, landowning elites, and peasantry, for whom liberty meant preserving their rights to woodland commons. Focusing on Franche-Comté, France's easternmost province, the book explores the fiercely contested development of state-centered conservation and management from 1669 to 1848. In emphasizing the environmental underpinnings of France's seismic sociopolitical upheavals, it appeals to readers interested in revolution, rural life, and common-pool-resource governance.

Comparative wood anatomy : systematic, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of dicotyledon wood
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ISBN: 3540411739 3642074383 3662045788 Publisher: Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York, NY [etc.] : Springer-Verlag.

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------------------------------------------------------------ The second edition has been completely revised and has in- corporated significant changes that have occured in wood anatomy over the past years. Richly illustrated with light and scanning electron micrographs, Comparative Wood Anatomy clearly introduces dicotyledon wood in terms of cell types and their variations, pertinent literature, taxonomic dis- tribution of features, terminology, and methods for prepara- tion. From reviews of the previous edition: "In synthesis, this book presents itself as an immensely valuable expos on comparative wood anatomy and its bearing on systematic, ecological and evolutionary aspects of dicotyledon wood." (Wood Science and Technology) "This book is recommended to all who are interested in a modern, stimulating, competent, and well illustrated work." (Holzforschung).

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