West Fraser Timber further cutting capacity Hank Ketcham‚ CEO of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.‚ said that lumber producers will have to further reduce capacity because of low product prices. He said that to determine the right operating strategy‚ “we’re looking at our operations daily.” West Fraser’s output has already been cut “by 13 percent during the long recession in the forest industry.” Because of the collapse in the housing market‚ the industry has gone through “extensive suffering”‚ and has
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Illegal logging is the harvest‚ transportation‚ purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal‚ including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission or from a protected area; the cutting of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits (see Box 1). Illegalities may also occur during transport‚ such as illegal processing and export; fraudulent declaration to customs; and the avoidance of
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Ecosystem Composition of the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest One of the world’s largest temperate rainforests is the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (Wade et al. 2008). The Valdivian Temperate Rainforest ranges along the Pacific coasts of southern Chile and Argentina in South America‚ between 36 and 47° S latitude. This forest occurs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome (Perry et al. 2008). The broadleaf evergreen flowering trees that dominate the Valdivian are believed to have evolved
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The Amazon Rainforest needs to be protected! If we do nothing to save the rainforest‚ our planet will be permanently damaged and there will be nothing we could do about it. The rainforest is basically the lungs of the earth. The carbon that will be released into the atmosphere will heat up the earth‚and possibly kill many plants‚ animals‚ etc. People are also doing things in the amazon that are killing many species of plants‚ animals‚ etc. Also‚ do do what is threatening these animals‚ developers
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Many people around the world do not see that their wants and needs for natural resources are destroying the world and the environment. Although you hear about it all over the news‚ people do not realize that the littlest need can turn into a huge need‚ causing the resources to become slim to none. The need/want of natural resources by the society‚ is not only hurting the society‚ but also the biodiversity and the environment‚ which is shown in “The Lorax” and Easter’s End. The use of natural resources
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In this set of materials‚ the reading passage describes the benefits of salvage logging‚ while the listening passage describes the harmful effects of it. The reading passage describes that due to the damage that occurs in forests as a result of fires and storms through the northwestern of the United States‚ a technique known as salvage logging is developed. It has beneficial effects on both forests and economy. First‚ fire cause the death of trees that if they are not removed‚ there will be no vacant
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The amazing Easter Island is an ancient civilization that started in 700 ad. It slowly grew into a great civilization in that time. The lorax is a movie about a man cutting down trees. It too was a great civilization but it was fictional. How do these two come together you ask hopefully u well know the answer to this question. First‚ the lorax is a fictional movie and book created by Dr. Seuss. It’s a story about a man that sees an opportunity to make money by cutting down trees and making thneeds
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How would you your heart to be cut out as a sacrifice to ancient gods? Or to be a runner on a 18‚000 mile road? These both could have happened in the ancient Aztec and Inca civilizations.The Aztecs lived from 1427-1514‚ on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco in present day Mexico. Their capital city‚ Tenochtitlan‚ is present day Mexico City. The Incas lived from 1230-1525‚ in the Andes mountains‚ from present day Ecuador to Chile. Their capital city‚ Cuzco‚ is in present day Peru. The Aztec and
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Black Saturday The alarming Black Saturday bushfires commenced on February 7th 2009‚ igniting in Victoria‚ Australia. The fires affected more than 78 communities resulting 173 deaths‚ over 400 injuries‚ 2‚100 homes destroyed and over 7‚500 people displaced. The fire was an event due to extreme hot weather conditions. Wildfires are natural events that occur frequently in Australia‚ but the ongoing drought and warm winds resulted temperatures to each 46 Celsius degrees with winds in excess of more
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This class report is about the Amazonian Tribes and why the rain forest is important to them. The many things that will be discussed in this report are when they arrived‚ where they migrated from‚ and how settlers have affected the rain forest for the Amazonians. The different resources that are in the rain forest will also be discussed to give a better idea on why many people have come to the rainforest to settle and collect these resources. The way the Brazil Government has used the rain forest
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