PPT-Lecture 4 Forests of the World (III)

Tropical Rain Forest The equatorial or tropical broadleaf evergreen rainforest is mainly found in S America central Africa and the equatorial west coast of Africa west coast of India Burma Malaysia IndoChina Indonesia Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 57,9000 Aalborg, Denmarke-mail: er@civil.aau.dkChapter 2Forests in Landscapes – The Myth of Untouched WildernessEva Ritter Myra Smith – Sarah Tovar – Ashley Shelton – John O’Leary – Azemina M.. Historical Context. Deforestation became a problem because of large losses in tropical locations. . Deforestation is a natural process, so it dates back to before modern time. . Today, forests occupy approximately one-third of Earth’s land area, account for over two-thirds of the leaf area of land plants, and contain about 70% of carbon present in living things. .. They have been held in reverence in folklore and worshipped in ancient religions. . Economic, Social and Environmental Values. Tim White. School of Forest Resources and Conservation. 138 NZ Hall, UF, IFAS. 846-0850; tlwhite@ufl.edu. June, 2011. Objectives. Importance of Forests:. Economic benefits. in Poland and Europe. Characteristics and . management. Comparison. of . Polish. . and . Swiss . forests. Kacper Ścibski. Julia . Jawoszek. Marta Kowalczyk. About forests in Switzerland. Fore. st. RUSSIAN TAIGA. Taiga is the largest zone of the plant. s. in Russia. It covers nearly 60% of the country and . o. n this area . it . focuses on more than 80% of all the forests of Russia. Taiga can be divided into two sub-zones: the taiga zone proper and . Econ 404 – Jacob LaRiviere . –. Guest Lecture Brian Quistorff. May 10, 2017. Agenda. Review CART. Cross-Validation. How apply to heterogeneity. Problems. Causal Tree. Random Forests. Tree Benefits Intuition. 2. From yesterday’s video, how has the technology changed with forestry?. What has been the impact of these technological changes? Good/bad explain.. Quick HW pg. 49 Review. History of Forests. A. Indiscriminant cutting. Econ 340. Lecture 2: Institutions. 2. Announcements. We will start discussing news next week, on Monday Sep 17. You should be watching for international economic news.. Be sure to register your clicker on the Canvas site for this course.. Tangled Roots Tours. Mangroves Around the World. Untangling Mangroves. Description. Trees grow in areas with low oxygen soil with slow moving waters that allow fine sediments to accumulate.. Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures. . Small, similar to animal protein in . appearance . with a long bushy tail. Body length is 135-205 mm, tail - 90-140 mm, weight is 95-170 g.. B. asics diet flying squirrels are the buds of various hardwoods, shoot tips, young needles, seeds of conifers (pine, larch),in summer - mushrooms and berries.. . Sir David Attenborough. ONE PLANET. The animal population has dropped 60% in 50 years. Biodiversity is the term for the total variety of life on earth. The planet is one living system and it’s different habitats or biomes are connected and rely on each other to survive. ECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Green Jobs in the Forest Sector (Joint ILO/ECE/FAO Expert Network). Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Green Jobs in the Forest Sector . 18-19 June 2018, Bern, Switzerland. Econ 340, Deardorff, Lecture 24: Review. 2. Lecture 24 Outline. For each lecture:. Outline. Major questions. Lists of. Terms. Acronyms (most are really Initialisms). Clicker questions. Especially on graphs.