Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products

Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products

Author: Margaret G. Thomas

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780788112362

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Describes special forest products that represent opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes. Includes: aromatics, berries & wild fruits, cones & seeds, forest botanicals, honey, mushrooms, nuts, syrup, & weaving & dying materials. Each chapter describes market & competition considerations, distribution & packaging, equipment needs, & resource conservation considerations, & also presents a profile of a rural business marketing the products. Products suitable for small or part-time operators are described. 50 photos.


Down the Columbia

Down the Columbia

Author: Lewis R. Freeman

Publisher: Dixon Price Pub

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781929516186

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Originally published in 1921, Freeman's account of his journey down the Columbia river depicts in detail the natural beauty of the area and provides a glimpse at life along the river during the 1920's. The narrative traces his voyage from the headwaters of the Columbia to the run past Palisade Rock


Urban Land

Urban Land

Author: Dieter D. Genske

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 3662053268

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Urban land is an environmental key topic considering the increasing urbani sation of our world. The amounting pressure on resources especially in the urban environment demand awareness across technical and political sectors and solid concepts for workable solutions. This book will address those people, who are key in coping with the challenges of sustainable urban land use management: Professionals in the growing field of urban land recycling and graduate students from different disciplines including urban planning, environmental sciences and geotechnics. Processes that lead to urban land degradation include the extraction of resources, their transformation into goods, the production of waste and conflicts in the allocation of land. Industrial soil pollution, soil sealing and urban sprawl pose serious challenges to resource management in urban environments. The possible implications are not necessarily restricted to the urban area but do have feedback into the countryside. The reduction of arable land in urban peripheries often causes enhanced pressure on back-country natural ecosystems such as forests, grass- and wetlands. Urban land recycling especially in the developing world is to be seen in the context of poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Ifwe don't get a proper sustainable use of urban land, as well as of water and other natural resources that relate to them, sustainable development will not be reached.