Sentence examples for timber preservation from inspiring English sources

In 1856 Asbjørnsen, a botanist and zoologist by profession, became a forest master and studied methods of timber preservation.

He also investigated timber preservation, the testing and design of cast-iron girders, and fire protection systems.

Understanding the flow of particles through accessible paths in timber is important to optimising the timber preservation process.

Industry data not covered by the shuttle returns, such as the wood-wool cement plants, timber preservation plants, pencil factories, wood-chips manufacturers, match factories are monitored through periodic surveys, using questionnaires or direct interviews.

The Carbon Canopy is developing markets that advance forest preservation and sustainable management by compensating landowners for the environmental benefits created by healthy forests that we all enjoy (removing and storing atmospheric carbon, providing timber and other forest products, renewing and filtering water and maintaining biodiversity, to name a few).

In the process of rehabilitation of built heritage, the preservation of timber floors is an essential issue.

Many forests in England are managed by the Forest Commission, which, besides promoting timber production, also emphasizes wildlife preservation.

For instance, in the Northwest Forest Plan, established a decade ago to strike a balance between timber extraction and old-growth preservation in Pacific Northwest forests, political acrimony has overshadowed science.

While promoting herself as an environmentalist, Norton also advocates more "mixed uses" of federal lands, allowing them to be opened to mining, oil and gas drilling, and timber harvesting as well as preservation and recreation.

The results allow describing the different timbers utilised, the state of preservation, mechanical and biotic decays and finally to determine the present strength of each wooden element, obtained through the combination of the evaluation of the defectiveness and the measurement of the residual sections.

An example of this shift towards multiple-use forestry can be found in the Swedish Forestry Act stipulating that equal weight should be put on preservation of biodiversity and timber production.