A first, which he develops in the Critical Forests, concerns the very concept of beauty.
In addition to wood residue in rivers and on beaches arising from harvesting operations and/or storms on harvested forests, concerns are also being expressed about the visual appearance of clear-cut forests, increased export of logs from a port that might not be able to handle the volume coming on stream, and more logging trucks in residential areas and their impact on road pavements.
These examples were used also by West (2017) to investigate various properties of QPPS sampling; additional details about the forests concerned are given there.
The forests concerned either have low production potential, are small areas, or areas that require large investment in access roads.
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After receiving treatment from medics, the tribespeople returned to the forest, raising concerns that they could infect others in their home village, likely located in Peru.
But while FUNAI and Ministry of Health officials tried to organize and fly in a medical team, the Xinane melted back into the forest, raising concerns that they would carry disease back to their home village.
Members and non-members differed little in terms of perceived benefits of forest ownership, concerns over potential barriers to management, recent timber harvest activities and confidence in their management skills.
In recent years, another important non-timber forest product concerns the nests of two species of swiftlet.
