The aim of this paper is two folds: 1- To compare the level of technological advances in Iran's Automotive Industry with that of its competitors globally. 2- To compare the relative technological advances of Iran’s Auto Industry with other sectors of the Iranian economy. To measure the level of technological advances, we have used the Atlas Model of Technology. The results indicate that the lev...

OF THESIS The preface and introduction, describe the method of study and discuss the general scope and outline of the thesis. The objective of the thesis is to provide a comparison of forest policy and forest management practices in Scotland and British Columbia. The first part of the thesis aims at providing a background to the comparison by recounting, in summarised form, the forest histories...

North Queensland is a major repository of biodiversity in Australia. From the perspective of industry proponents, the impacts of plantation developments on biodiversity deserve consideration because these impacts are likely to influence public acceptance of proposals and whether proposals can attract environmentally-linked funding and marketing opportunities. At the same time, plantations offer...

major change has taken place over the past few years in the public's attitude toward the A forest products industry in general, and the pulp and paper industry in particular. Until very recently, the public praised the industry's products for their versatility, low cost, cleanliness, and for being made from a renewable raw material. Steady progress was also being made in reducing the known envi...

The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) is a powerful neural network method for the analysis and visualisation of high-dimensional data. In this paper, the SOM algorithm is applied to the analysis of the technology of world paper and pulp industry. It is seen that the method can be used on environmental, technological and nancial data to produce a comprehensive view of the industry as a whole.

Gabon has received much attention by those promoting forest certification because of its exceptional biological diversity. Because Europe is Gabon’s second market following Asia, the domestic sector has taken interest in forest certification from its German, UK, Belgian and Dutch markets seriously. Located in the West Coast of the Central Africa sub-region, Gabon’s forests cover 20 million hect...