Felling The Ancient Oaks

Author : John Martin Robinson
Publisher : Aurum Press
ISBN 13 : 9781845136703
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Felling the Ancient Oaks written by John Martin Robinson and published by Aurum Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning visual record of England's most spectacular and scenic country estates that were broken up for sale and lost for ever. A sweeping country estate, with grand house and spectacular gardens and park, would not be the first impression of a visitor to modern suburban Watford. But well into the twentieth century that was exactly what was there – the magnificence of the Cassiobury estate, of which only a modest municipal park survives. Underneath the expanse of Rutland Water lies the once splendid Normanton estate, while Deepdene in Surrey is now memorialised only by an ugly office block. Fortunately, at least photographs live on to remind us of how the landscape looked before death duties, mining subsidence and sometimes the plain impecuniousness of the black sheep in the family took their toll and forced the break-up of all too many historic landed estates. In this elegiac book, a successor to Aurum’s Lost Victorian Britain, John Robinson surveys 20 of the most egregious losses, from Costessy in East Anglia to Lathom in Lancashire, and shows how the deer park, the home farm, the parterre and the cottage garden gave way to the power station, the motorway and the caravan park.

Author : William Trelease
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Oaks of America written by William Trelease and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristina Blennow
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560221333
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden written by Kristina Blennow and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-05-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest findings about the environmental, social, and economic impact of sustainable forestry Forestry is one of the most important foundations of the Scandinavian economies. Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden: The SUFOR Research Project closely reviews the findings from the eight-year research program first launched in 1997 that searched for ways to maintain sustainable forestry in the region. Respected scholars and experts discuss ways to bridge the chasm separating the world of research with the world of trade and industry. Biodiversity, the impact of humans, environmental conditions, and other facets of sustainability are all presented and discussed in detail. Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden begins with an overview of Swedish forestry and the sustainability debate in Sweden. The full range of human impact is examined in detail with an eye on biodiversity issues. Other research includes the effect of deer browsing on forest development, the importance of root distribution, nutrient sustainability, fresh strategies for long-term forest sustainability, active risk management, and important policy issues. The book is extensively referenced and includes several tables to ensure clarity of data. Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden discusses in detail: the background of the SUFOR program the impact of lower fire-frequency on forest biodiversity transforming research results into useful knowledge for forest practitioners balancing costs and benefits related to deer and moose population density effects of adverse environmental conditions on sensitive trees nutrient availability in plant productivity applicability of mixed stands in sustainable forestry weathering rates of forest soils analysis of sustainability conditions from environmental, social, and economic standpoints multi-objective forest landscape projection models risk management in sustainable forestry moving from policy to implementation of sustainability and biodiversity policy implications resulting from the SUFOR program Sustainable Forestry in Southern Sweden is enlightening, informative reading for scholars, students, and practitioners in land management issues.

Author : William Trelease
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Oaks of America written by William Trelease and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Rabbitts
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445638800
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassiobury written by Paul Rabbitts and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of Watford’s greatest park, from estate to public space.

Author : George Peterken
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472987004
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees and Woodlands written by George Peterken and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features almost 300 colour photographs and brings together more than 60 years of research by a leading voice in British woodland ecology. Trees define woodland. They provide a complex, multi-layered habitat for a great range of wildlife, yet they are wildlife themselves, reacting to their circumstances and each other. Woodlands are important to people, supplying timber, food and fuel, accumulating carbon, and offering places of refuge and refreshment. But they are also under threat: some stand in the way of 'progress' and all are becoming increasingly vulnerable to neglect, disease and climate change. Trees and Woodlands brings together decades of research to explore the ecology, nature conservation and wider cultural value of our native trees and shrubs, and the various ways they have combined as woodland. Incorporating personal experiences from 60 years as a forest ecologist, Peterken describes the long history of use and management; how this has influenced woodland wildlife and our art, beliefs and social attitudes. He concludes that most woods should be managed, their timber and small wood being put to good use, but recognises that this is all part of a larger question: the future of ourselves. Containing nearly 300 photographs, and interspersed with box texts describing the history and ecology of representative woods across Britain, this is a commentary on trees, woodlands and our relationship with them from one of our most highly regarded forest ecologists.

Author : Charles Watkins
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780234155
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees, Woods and Forests written by Charles Watkins and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests—and the trees within them—have always been a central resource for the development of technology, culture, and the expansion of humans as a species. Examining and challenging our historical and modern attitudes toward wooded environments, this engaging book explores how our understanding of forests has transformed in recent years and how it fits in our continuing anxiety about our impact on the natural world. Drawing on the most recent work of historians, ecologist geographers, botanists, and forestry professionals, Charles Watkins reveals how established ideas about trees—such as the spread of continuous dense forests across the whole of Europe after the Ice Age—have been questioned and even overturned by archaeological and historical research. He shows how concern over woodland loss in Europe is not well founded—especially while tropical forests elsewhere continue to be cleared—and he unpicks the variety of values and meanings different societies have ascribed to the arboreal. Altogether, he provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of humankind’s interaction with this abused but valuable resource.

Author : Frederick Feild Whitehurst
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385401917
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Grampian Hills. Grouse and Ptarmigan Shooting, Deer Stalking, Salmon and Trout Fishing. And Other Sketches written by Frederick Feild Whitehurst and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author : Frederick Feild Whitehurst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Grampian Hills written by Frederick Feild Whitehurst and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fiona J. Stafford
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300207336
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long, Long Life of Trees written by Fiona J. Stafford and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiona Stafford offers intimate, detailed explorations of seventeen common trees, from ash and apple to pine, oak, cypress, and willow. Stafford discusses practical uses of wood past and present, tree diseases and environmental threats, and trees' potential contributions toward slowing global climate change