Sentence examples for indigenous timber from inspiring English sources

It was even more of a goldmine for outsiders, who sent in pit sawyers to illegally remove lorry loads of highly valuable indigenous timber.

The demand for high-quality indigenous timber persisted, which together with a growing recognition that timber supply and the maintenance of ecological integrity need not be mutually exclusive, led to the Forests Amendment Act 1993.

The minimal occurrence and low dominance of the indigenous timber species such as Terminalia spp., Melicia excelsa, etc. within the cacao landscape have serious implications for the implementation of climate-smart cacao models and REDD+ strategies.

Most of these models are posited on indigenous timber species that present better opportunities to contribute to climate change mitigation projects in cacao systems and also serve as preferred species in terms of shade and moderation of climatic parameters for optimal cacao productivity.

Design the forests along holistic permaculture principles and you will achieve much more: water harvesting, fuel wood, high-quality timber, indigenous forest restoration and highly diverse food production.

Clearance of indigenous forest on New Zealand's west coast was historically driven by gold mining and the timber industry, but later surpassed by farming developments (McCaskill 1960; Peat 1987; Awimbo et al. 1996).

It was founded five years ago by a coalition of conservation organisations, indigenous peoples' groups, forest managers and timber companies, and it now has 257 member organisations.The FSC aims to give wood-buyers a guarantee that their suppliers are not harming local people, exploiting their workers, killing rare animals or raping virgin forests in the search for profitable timber.

There is a growing "green economy" in the Indigenous sector with silviculture, timber harvesting and processing, and carbon trading projects being developed.

Few people at that time believed that indigenous ecosystems, especially timbered areas, held any value beyond that of the timber and grass they supported, or the land on which they grew.

The former indigenous houses of thatch and timber have been almost totally replaced by homes of cement and timber with iron roofs.

But the timber structures seem indigenous to the Netherlands, and the Magi are dressed in the latest Northern European styles.