Tromso has a thriving fishing industry & also natural resources, such as timber, land, ores.
We attribute these rates to human impacts, such as timber harvest and land clearing, which caused accelerated erosion.
Consequently, the provisioning of renewable resources such as timber and biomass from forests is an ecosystem service of increasing importance.
With increasing environmental concerns, further emphasis is being placed on the use of sustainable construction materials such as timber.
Von Gerich at Nordea said Finland needed to develop new businesses to fill the hole left by Nokia and by the decline of traditional industries such as timber.
For example, a third of all the products of deforestation such as timber, beef and soya were exported to the EU between 1990 and 2008.
In recent years, the regime has signed cease-fire agreements with most of its antagonists, allowing ethnic leaders to exploit resources such as timber, opium, and gems.
There also needed to be more support to sustainable alternatives to modern consumption, such as timber, fish, soy, and other commodities from well-managed sources, said WWF.
The moratorium called for no new licenses to convert primary forests and peatlands for other uses such as timber, wood pulp, and palm oil.
Founded in 1874 as Elopura, the port's development depended on trade in jungle products such as timber, rattan, birds' nests, dammar, and coconuts.
A number of schemes try to certify that products such as timber or palm oil have been produced without causing deforestation.
