Resumen. Millions of hectares of forest are destroyed by fire worldwide each year. In order to prevent this ecological and economic disaster, the efficiency of brushwood clearing operations has been proven. It is especially important around urban areas where human lives and properties are at risk. However in France, even if such operations are imposed by the law, it is not always followed in pr...

1. introduction the earthquake is a disaster which always threatens our country due to specific geographical conditions. according to official statistics, in the past 25 years, 6% of country’s casualties had been due to the earthquake. on average every ten years an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the richter scale occurs in the country (givechi and coworkers 2013:102). temporary accommodation is a...

The State Park of Ilha Grande is only a part (5,594 hectares) of the entire island (19,300 hectares) which is located off the south coast of Rio de Janeiro state, between the cities of Mangaratiba and Angra dos Reis. Approximately half of the Park area (47%) is covered by dense Atlantic forest. The secondary forest growth is in a process of ecological succession close to attaining maturity (43%...

Tomato is one of the main and popular vegetable crops not only in Ukraine, but throughout world. According to Food Agricultural Organization (FAO), tomatoes occupy first place world terms cultivated areas among all vegetables — more than 4 million hectares. In about 93,000 hectares 24% total area under are devoted this culture. With advent high-intensity technologies with use drip irrigation sy...

Forest and forest product certification systems have grown rapidly in recent years, developing in parallel with the many international, national, and regional initiatives attempting to define and promote sustainable forest management (SF M ) (C arbarle et al. 1995, L awes et al. 1999). T he area certified under the most widely adopted international system, the Forest Stewardship C ouncil, is no...

Unbalanced distribution of population in a country like Iran as well as accelerating urbanization and environmental degradation, both arising from incorrect location of industrial areas, are two problems that require appropriate industrial development policies to get resolved. Considering the expansion of industrial areas along with their role in contamination of the environment, it is necessar...

The Irano-Touranian biogeography region is exposed to degradation because of anthropogenic activities and overgrazing. One of the important indirect applications of this ecosystem is Apiculture, which can be considered for reduce degradation of land and over coming for indigenous people, that were live in this area. It is possible to increase Apicultural ability in an appropriate area by identi...