Sökning: "forest legislation"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden forest legislation.
1. Miljömålet i skogsbruket : Styrning och frivillighet
Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyzes the changes in the way Swedish forest policy has been developed and implemented in the past few decades. Its primary focus is on the period from the adoption of new legislation governing forestry in 1993 to date, though the historical antecedents of the more recent developments are also discussed. LÄS MER
2. Farmers and forest land use in Lao PDR and Vietnam
Sammanfattning : People’s use of the forest land for shifting cultivation has over the last 50 years altered the upland landscape in Laos and Vietnam. The objective of the thesis was to develop interdisciplinary approaches and methods to document, analyse and understand the use of forest land over this time. LÄS MER
3. Appraisal of the participatory forest management program in southern Burkina Faso
Sammanfattning : In many developing countries there has been a paradigm shift in forest conservation and management strategies, away from State-centred control towards community-based schemes, with twin goals of fostering sustainable forest management and reducing poverty. In Burkina Faso, various policy reforms have been introduced and attempts have been made to devolve use and management rights to local communities since the 1980s. LÄS MER
4. Tar and timber: Governing forest commons in seventeenth century Northern Finland
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how peasants regulated and shared forest resources in North Ostrobothnia during the seventeenth century where large-scale tar and timber production took place. The forests were owned as commons by peasant communities on village and parish level and became increasingly exploited during the century. LÄS MER
5. Evaluation of emerging forest-industry integrated biorefineries : Exploring strategies for robust performance in face of future uncertainties
Sammanfattning : Biorefineries have been promoted to reduce dependency on fossil resources, increase self-sufficiency, and revitalise rural areas. Commercial deployment of forest-based biorefineries has been slow, although academic research has identified several technology options as promising in terms of both costs and resource usage. LÄS MER
