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Aménagement forestier

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Stratégies villageoises pour la gestion des paysages forestiers du Menabe Central, Madagascar

Introduction In order to reduce deforestation, the current attitude of conservation programmes and forest politics does no longer ban the local populations from the forests, because such measures present negative consequences for the communities. Today's t ...

EPFL2009

A game-theoretical model of deforestation in human-environment relationships

Antonio Rodrigues

We studied a two-person game regarding deforestation in human–environment relationships. Each landowner manages a single land parcel where the state of land-use is forested, agricultural, or abandoned. The landowner has two strategies available: forest con ...

2009

The prehistoric and preindustrial deforestation of Europe

Jed Oliver Kaplan, Kristen Marie Krumhardt

Humans have transformed Europe’s landscapes since the establishment of the first agricultural societies in the mid-Holocene. The most important anthropogenic alteration of the natural environment was the clearing of forests to establish cropland and pastur ...

2009

Identifying Conservation and Restoration Priorities for Saproxylic and Old-Growth Forest Species: A Case Study in Switzerland

Saproxylic (dead-wood-associated) and old-growth species are among the most threatened species in European forest ecosystems, as they are susceptible to intensive forest management. Identifying areas with particular relevant features of biodiversity is of ...

Springer-Verlag2009

GIS-based method for groundwater management and protection: geotypes serving 3D applications

Aurèle Parriaux, Séverine Bilgot

Sustainable management of underground natural resources is more and more a worthwhile topic. In particular, worrying about groundwater protection becomes imperative. Taking into account the increase of incompatibilities between water conservation and the u ...

2009

Modelling river and riparian vegetation interactions and related importance for sustainable ecosystem management

Paolo Perona, Peter Molnar

We discuss the importance of modeling riparian vegetation and river flow interactions under differing hydrologic regimes. Modelling tools have notable implications with regard to the understanding of riverine ecosystem functioning and to promote sustainabl ...

Springer Verlag2009

Design of a complete characterization of bentonite behaviour under high pressure and high temperature

Lyesse Laloui, Simon Salager, Marta Rizzi

Repositories in deep clay geological formations are considered one of the most promising solutions for a sustainable management of High Level radioactive Waste (HLW). The Swiss HLW disposal concept consists in horizontal tunnels excavated at high depth in ...

European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE)2009

Comparison between open-site and below-canopy climatic conditions in Switzerland during the exceptionally hot summer of 2003

Martine Rebetez, Valentine Renaud

We compared open-site and below-canopy climatic conditions from 14 different sites in Switzerland based on LWF (Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research) data. The 14 sites represent different locations, orientations and elevations, from the Jura Mountains to t ...

Elsevier2009

GIS modelling of forest wood residues potential for energy use based on forest inventory data: Methodological approach and case study application

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

This paper presents an approach to perform geo-referenced estimations of forest wood residues availability for energy use based on forest inventory data integration into a GIS. Three different estimation methods are described. The first one evaluates bioma ...

2008

GIS modelling of forest wood residues potential for energy use based on forest inventory data: Methodological approach and case study application

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli

2008

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