Treetop Forest Products Ltd is a sawmill operation in British Columbia‚ Canada‚ that is owned by a major forest products company but operates independently of headquarters. It was built thirty years ago and was completely updated with new machinery five years ago. Treetop receives raw logs from the area for cutting and planing into building-grade timber‚ mostly 2-by-4 and 2-by-6 pieces of standard lengths. Higher grade logs leave Treetop’s sawmill department in finished form and are sent directly
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"Life is like a box of chocolates‚ you never know what you’re gonna get." Forrest Gump is the portrayal of a man that has been alienated from society‚ not because he is unintelligent or dimwitted‚ but rather because he is not restricted by the conventional ideals which are embedded within his culture; thus‚ challenging the conformities and principals that most people are accustomed to. The contrast that Robert Zemeckis‚ director of the film‚ is attempting to convey through the character of Forrest
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All About “The Emerald Forest” movie “The Emerald Forest” is a movie produced by John Boorman in 1985 and based on a true story in the Brazilian Rainforest. The film is a about Tommy‚ a young boy‚ quickly and silently taken away by a tribe in the Amazon called‚ The Invisible People. His dad then‚ spends 10 years searching for him and eventually succeeds after running into a war party with another tribe called‚ The Fierce People -enemies of the invisible people- who pursue him. They finally
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Cabuliwallah cabuliwallah‚ penned by rabindranath tagore‚ explores the complexities of human relationships through the story of rahmun and the narrators daughter mini. Rahmun‚ the cabuliwalla does not belong to Calcutta and is always treated as an outsider . he is subjected to the mistrust ‚ curiosity and suspicion of the locals. mini was initially frightened by the cabuliwallah‚ rumoured to be a child abductor ‚who actually peddled dry fruits and went door to door in the hopes of earning a few
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harmonised approaches in the management‚ conservation and sustainable development of global forests is essential to meet the socio-economic and environmental needs of the present and future generations. To achieve this goal‚ the UNCED also realised‚ among others‚ the need to sustain the multiple roles and functions of all types of forests‚ as well as the need to enhance forest conservation‚ management‚ and global forest cover as outlined in Programmes A and B of Chapter 11 under Agenda 21‚ respectively.
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Preserve the Forests In agreement with Kim Stafford‚ who opposes the clear-cutting of old growth forests‚ I feel that it is necessary to preserve the profitable lumber in its natural state for future generations. Currently‚ the tons of lumber produced from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States are taken for granted‚ and most people do not realize that the forests will be destroyed within ten years at this rate of exploiting our natural resources. We must make loggers a profession
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ever heard of ‘coniferous forest’? Now‚ I am going to talk about the interesting facts about the coniferous forest (also called ’taiga’ or ’boreal forest’). The coniferous forest is mainly in the northern hemisphere‚ and some in the southern hemisphere. It is mostly in North America (US)‚ Canada‚ Europe and Asia. The coniferous forests are usually in cold places. Did you know that the average temperature in the coniferous forest is below freezing? In the coniferous forest‚ winter and summer are the
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CONSERVATION OF forest is certainly a necessity that requires to be addressed as a priority. For the survival of human beings‚ a holistic approach is required to be adopted as regards protection of the plant kingdom as well as the wildlife with regard to the peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence of all. To prevent any kind of ecological imbalance a very pragmatic action plan has to be formulated. Towards achieving this many legislation have been enacted in India and elsewhere. At the
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other village wanted to have some forest products fromBastar. (Q.)How did the forest laws initiate the scope of employment? (1 Mark) (Ans) Many communities left their traditional occupation and started trading of forest products or other economic activities. For example‚ the Mundurucu people in Brazil who started collecting latex from wild rubber trees became totally dependent on rubber trades in the later years. (Q.) Who could hunt according to the new Forest Law? (1 Mark) (Ans) The customary
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The uses of forests | | Forests and the many varying trees of which they are composed have‚ since the very earliest days played an important part in the life of mankind. It is because of this that men have realized their value and have taken steps to preserve them and to prevent their wanton and useless destruction.From the primitive days of the wigman‚ the house on stilts or the African but‚ wood has been the basic material used for men’s housing to provide shelter from the animals. The wigwam
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