Author: Russell MeiggsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wood
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World. (Repr.)
Author: Russell MeiggsHarvesting Urban Timber
Author: Sam SherrillPublisher: Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN: 9781635610314
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A chance encounter with a fallen tree started professor and amateur woodworker Samuel Sherrill thinking: Is there a better way to stretch our precious natural resources? The question led to the writing of Harvesting Urban Timber. Sherrill explains how to identify potential urban timber, how to safely harvest it and convert it into useful lumber.
The Important Timber Trees of the United States
Author: Simon Bolivar ElliottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Fruitless Trees
Author: Shawn William MillerPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804733960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
By and large, Brazil's forests were not simply harvested by the Portugese colonists, but rather annihilated, and relatively little was extracted for the benefit of Brazilians, a tragedy perhaps worse than deforestation alone. Fruitless Trees aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil's incomparable timber as a result of Portuguese colonial policies.
Timber Trees of Suriname
Author: Chequita R. BhikhiPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9789460223914
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This guide focuses on the identification of Surinamese trees, based on field, vegetative, floristic, and wood characteristics. It includes botanical descriptions, wood descriptions, illustrations and photos of one hundred Surinamese commercial timber tree species, potential timber tree species, and tree species protected by Surinamese forest law. It is the first book for Suriname with more than four hundred photos to illustrate the characteristics of each tree species for easy identification in the field. The guide is intended for anyone interested in learning and identifying Surinamese timber trees, particularly for the Surinamese forest organizations and different timber companies in Suriname. While this guide focuses on Suriname, many of these species can be found in the adjacent countries of Guyana and French Guiana as well, or have a neotropical distribution, allowing the book to be applicable across the entire region.
Timber Trees and Forests of North Carolina
Author: Gifford PinchotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia
Author: Edward BalfourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Mark TurnerPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604696192
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Ideal for hikers, foragers, and plant lovers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found woody plants in the region. It features introductory chapters on the native landscape and plant entries that detail the family, scientific and common name, flowering seasons, and size. This must-have guide is for hikers, nature lovers, plant geeks, and anyone who wants to know more about the many plants of the Pacific Northwest. Covers Oregon, Washington, northern California, and British Columbia Describes and illustrates nearly 600 commonly encountered species 568 color photographs User-friendly organization by leaf type
Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign
Author: Thomas LaslettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Tree Thieves
Author: Lyndsie BourgonPublisher: Little, Brown Spark
ISBN: 0316497428
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NELLIE BY CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR JOURNALISTIC NON-FICTION A gripping investigation of the billion-dollar timber black market “and a fascinating examination of the deep and troubled relationship between people and forests” (Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts). There's a strong chance that chair you are sitting on was made from stolen lumber. In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon takes us deep into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. As she traces three timber poaching cases, she introduces us to tree poachers, law enforcement, forensic wood specialists, the enigmatic residents of former logging communities, environmental activists, international timber cartels, and indigenous communities along the way. Old-growth trees are invaluable and irreplaceable for both humans and wildlife, and are the oldest living things on earth. But the morality of tree poaching is not as simple as we might think: stealing trees is a form of deeply rooted protest, and a side effect of environmental preservation and protection that doesn't include communities that have been uprooted or marginalized when park boundaries are drawn. As Bourgon discovers, failing to include working class and rural communities in the preservation of these awe-inducing ecosystems can lead to catastrophic results. Featuring excellent investigative reporting, fascinating characters, logging history, political analysis, and cutting-edge tree science, Tree Thieves takes readers on a thrilling journey into the intrigue, crime, and incredible complexity sheltered under the forest canopy.