Composition of the soil fauna community and leaf litter stock in agro-forestry systems and secondary forestry

Environmental and Economic Aspects of Agro-forestry and Agricultural Systems in Chiapas, Mexico

Since traditional cost-benefit analysis does not include environmental variables in consideration, the concept of emergy was used to measure all direct and indirect energy to produce a product. In emergy analysis, environmental, social and economic variables are included and indexes are calculated for comparison for several systems. In this paper, emergy and financial ratios are used to determi...

Effect of forestry on plant species diversity and physicochemical characteristics of soil In the warm and dry desert climate

In order to investigate the diversity of plant species in forested areas, this study was carried out in forestry near the Khuzestan Steel Industries Company with a total area of 60 hectares in the southeast of Ahwaz, Khuzestan province. For this purpose, 30 plot of 20 × 20 meters in size were systematically randomized in the forested area and 30 samples were taken in the control area. Within ea...

Professionalisation and Knowledge in Nepalese Community Forestry

The prehistory of community forestry in India.

" Liberty and forest laws are incompatible, " remarked an English country vicar, speaking on behalf of villagers shut out of woodland reserved for the exclusive use of the king, in 1720. 1 The history of state forestry is indeed a history of social conflict. In monarchies and in democracies, in metropolitan Europe as well as in colonial South Asia, the state management of forests has met bitter...

Area Estimation under Agro Forestry Using Remote Sensing and Gis

One of the most important problems faced by the developing countries is producing food in adequate quantities and of good quality for the fast growing population. It is also necessary to ensure that the quality of land resources that are directly or indirectly utilized in producing food is maintained and improved. Therefore, it is important to increase productivity and at the same time to conse...