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Books on: timber industry

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Logs for Capital: The Timber Industry and Capitalist Enterprise in the Nineteenth Century

Book by Sing C. Chew; Greenwood Press, 1992

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Capitalism--History--19th Century, International Business Enterprises--History--19th Century, Lumber Trade--History--19th Century

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...concrete relationship between the timber and lumber firms and the state...some of the owners of the timber and lumber companies also were...person of stature in the lumber industry, W. C. Edwards, owner of...linkages between the state and the timber and lumber companies were not...
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Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia

Book by Michael L. Ross; Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Forest Management--Environmental Aspects--Asia, Southeastern, Forest Policy--Environmental Aspects--Asia, Southeastern, Logging--Economic Aspects--Asia, Southeastern, Rent (Economic Theory), Timber--Economic Aspects--Asia, Southeastern

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...consequences for the logging industry in 1980 1. Over one...militarys departure, the timber industry was taken over...concentration of holdings in the timber industry, since several individuals...Indonesian Chinese in the timber industry was somewhat...
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Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana: Forest Food Chains, Timber, and Rural Livelihoods

Book by Kojo Sebastian Amanor; Nordic African Institute, 1999

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Forest Conservation--Law And Legislation--Ghana, Land Tenure--Law And Legislation--Ghana, Land Use, Rural--Law And Legislation--Ghana

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beyond. In describing the timber industry in the late 1950s and early 1960s...development of an export-oriented timber industry largely controlled by British...of specialisation within the timber industry: pit-sawyers focused on supplying...
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Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region

Book by Sandra Faiman-Silva; University of Nebraska Press, 2000

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Choctaw Indians--Oklahoma--Economic Conditions, Choctaw Indians--Oklahoma--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...See also clearcutting; Dierks Forests, Inc.; timber industry; timberland; Timber Law of 1871; timber region...Weyerhaeuser and, 105 . See also Dierks; timber; timber industry; timber region; timber workers; Weyerhaeuser Timber Law...
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The Timber Bubble That Burst: Government Policy and the Bailout of 1984

Book by Joe P. Mattey; Oxford US, 1990

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Lumber Trade--Government Policy--United States, Lumber Trade--Northwest, Pacific

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...contract modification, and many timber buyers made a pilgrimage to Washington...quite well capitalized. The coastal timber industry had better luck with the Ninety...Reagan authorized the extension of timber contracts for up to five years...

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Journal Articles on: timber industry

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The Highclimber's Performance: Private Labor, Public Spectacle and Occupational Tradition in the Pacific Northwest Timber Industry

Journal article by Robert E. Walls; Western Folklore, Vol. 65, 2006

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Folklore, Popular culture, Research, Social life & customs, Timber industry, Traditions

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...Tradition in the Pacific Northwest Timber Industry by Robert E. Walls On a calm...long-term employment. The timber industry was able to promote the ideology...1914 through the auspices of timber-industry public relations as a countervailing...
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Lumbermen and Log Sawyers: Life, Labor, and Culture in the North Florida Timber Industry: 1830-1930

Journal article by Sam Morgan; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998

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Books--Reviews, Lumbermen and Log Sawyers: Life, Labor, and Culture in the North Florida Timber Industry, 1830-1930 (Book)--Reviews

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...Culture in the North Florida Timber Industry: 1830-1930 by SAM MORGAN...in the North Florida Timber Industry, 1830-1930, by Jeffrey...focused on the textile and coal industries while neglecting the regions...mills characterized the lumber industry of this period, and most...
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Wielding a Finely Crafted Legal Scalpel: Why Courts Did Not Cause the Decline of the Pacific Northwest Timber Industry

Journal article by Carey Catherine Whitehead; Environmental Law, Vol. 38, 2008

Subjects:

Forest management--Laws, regulations and rules, Forest policy--Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial review of administrative acts--Laws, regulations and rules, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, National Forest Management Act of 1976, Timber--Laws, regulations and rules

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...Decline of the Pacific Northwest Timber Industry. by Carey Catherine Whitehead...economies, communities, and industries to respond dynamically to regulatory...courts cause a decline in the timber industry by issuing injunctions that overburden...
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British Columbia's Coastal Forests, Hemlock Timber and the Japanese Housing Market */<< Les Forets Cetieres De la Colombie-Britannique, Les Produits De Bois De Cigue et le Marche Immobilier Japonais >>

Journal article by David W. Edgington; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 27, 2004

Subjects:

British Columbia--International trade, Forest products industry--International trade, Japan--International trade, Timber--Supply and demand, Timber--Usage

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...revenue according to the timber cut rather than whether...profit. The coastal industry has long argued for...broader Council of Forest Industries (COFI) with a goal...prosperity for the entire industry (Doman Industries declined to join due...realization that the coast industry should shift to a smaller...As well, coastal timber industry was assited...
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Central Manawatu Timber

Journal article by John J. Lawrence, Graham Elkin; Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Vol. 9, 2003

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Case studies, New Zealand, Startups, Strategic planning, Timber industry

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...for use as pulp in the paper industry or chipped and exported...branches (which resulted in timber with smaller knots) than the timber coming out of most other New...Sold as dimensional framing timber (e.g., 50 mm OE 100 mm or 50 mm OE 150 mm framing timbers), the timber would generate...

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Magazine Articles on: timber industry

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Forests in Danger as Timber Demand Surges: A Growing Domestic Demand for Timber, Especially from the Construction Industry, Is Threatening the Very Existence of Ghana's Forestry Resources. Sawmills Are Exporting Most of Their Products, Leaving the Gap to Be Filled by Illegal Timber Producers. Asmah Frank George Reports from Accra on the Government's Measures to Contain the Situation

Magazine article by Asmah Frank George; African Business, March 2005

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Ghana. Timber Resources Management Act 1997, Ghana--Trade policy, Lumber industry--Exports, Lumber industry--Laws, regulations and rules

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...legitimate outlets. Most of the timber in high demand on the domestic...including The Tropical Timbers of Ghana, Commercial Timbers of Ghana and Ghana Timber Information. Use of non...incentive schemes in the timber industry for the promotion and development...
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The Timber Industry

Magazine article; The New American, Vol. 23, April 16, 2007

Subjects:

Commercial policy--Economic aspects, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico, Lumber industry--Economic aspects, Lumber industry--Industry forecasts, Lumber industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Lumber industry--Services, Timber--Forecasts and trends, Timber--International trade, Trade policy--Economic aspects

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The Timber Industry. What is perhaps the most contentious...dumping of government-subsidized Canadian timber into the U.S. market. The matter...Beginning as early as 1982, U.S. timber producers charged that Canadian lumber...
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Logging Out: Since the First Timber Mills Were Set Up during the Early 1800s, Logging Has Sustained Communities throughout the Northwest USA. but, Now, Stricter Environmental Laws and the Lure of City Jobs Has Sent the Industry into Decline, and a Traditional Way of Life Is Disappearing

Magazine article by Michael Rubenstein; Geographical, Vol. 81, January 2009

Subjects:

Logging--Laws, regulations and rules, Lumber industry--Laws, regulations and rules

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...Logging Out: Since the First Timber Mills Were Set Up during the...Lure of City Jobs Has Sent the Industry into Decline, and a Traditional...of his family to work in the timber industry is an environmentalist...were clashes, known as the Timber Wars, between logging companies...
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Liberian Logs Fuel War: In Liberia, the Plunder of the Rainforest Has Taken on a New, Sinister Twist-It's Paying for Bloody Warfare, Facilitating Arms Trafficking and Propping Up One of Africa's Most Corrupt Regimes. Meanwhile the International Timber Industry Continues to Profit from These 'Logs of War'

Magazine article by Andrew Brackenbury; Geographical, Vol. 74, August 2002

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Lumber industry--International trade

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...for by the Liberian timber industry. The evidence for this is...diamond issue--reveals an industry steeped in corruption, operated...Crucially for Taylor, the timber industry has also provided the infrastructure...Maryland Wood Processing Industries (MWPI), a logging company...surprising to find Liberian timber in a quiet area of central...stamped round logs in Glenmere Timbers yard, next to a peaceful...
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Hardwoods under Threat as Illegal Logging Escalates: One of Mozambique's Important Natural Resources, Its Hardwood Forests, Is Being Seriously Denuded by a Spate of Illegal Logging despite Government Attempts to Regulate the Industry and Add Value to Timber before Export. Neil Ford Reports

Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, July 2007

Subjects:

Economic conditions--Analysis, Forest products industry--Economic aspects, Forest products industry--Environmental aspects, Forest products industry--Licensing, certification and accreditation, Mozambique--Economic aspects

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...Government Attempts to Regulate the Industry and Add Value to Timber before Export. Neil Ford Reports...regain. Average annual official timber production stands at about 100...their own natural resources, timber producing areas will soon become...

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Newspaper Articles on: timber industry

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Timber Industry Boost; Plantation Purchase A[euro][approximately]shot in the Arm' for Retrenched Workers

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), January 29, 2011

Subjects:

Forest products industry--International economic relations, Timber

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Timber Industry Boost; Plantation Purchase Aeuroapproximatelyshot in the Arm...Great Southern Plantation boded well for the regions struggling timber industry, Tony Wade, of Timber Communities Australia (TCA), said yesterday. Canadian...
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Turning Timber Waste to Oil; New Industry Raised with Federal Forestry Minister

Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), December 20, 2010

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Petroleum industry, Timber

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Turning Timber Waste to Oil; New Industry Raised with Federal Forestry Minister. TOUTING a potential...litres of bio-diesel per day from the Clarence Valleys timber waste, timber merchant Spiro Notaras could barely wait to discuss the...
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Timber Industry Loses $Millions; Green Rating Costing Industry

Newspaper article; Daily Examiner (Grafton, Australia), October 21, 2009

Subjects:

Forest products industry, Green design, Timber

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Timber Industry Loses $Millions; Green Rating Costing...MILLIONS of dollars in lost orders and timber industry jobs will be at risk unless an...said some clauses in these guidelines on timber use have forced companies to boycott NSW...
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Valley Needs to Tap Bio-Diesel Potential; Wood Waste Could Be a Boon for Timber Industry

Newspaper article; Daily Examiner (Grafton, Australia), December 18, 2010

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Biodiesel fuels, Biomass energy, Forest products industry, Timber

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...Diesel Potential; Wood Waste Could Be a Boon for Timber Industry. Byline: TERRY DEEFHOLTS terry.deefholts@dailyexaminer...of bio-diesel per day from the Clarence Valleys timber waste, timber merchant Spiro Notaras could barely wait to discuss...
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Ramble through Timber Industry; Book to Be Launched at Big Reunion

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), September 11, 2010

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Forest products industry, Timber

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ramble through Timber Industry; Book to Be Launched at Big...1880s will be launched at a timber workers reunion this month. The book, Ramblings of the Timber Industry, is the result of...histories of The Forestry, and timber companies Munro and Lever, Duncans, Ford Timbers and the Roseberry and Green...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: timber industry

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Oregon , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...424 m). Mighty stands of timber, many protected as national...important and growing wine industry since 1980. The states 30...greatest reserves of standing timber; huge areas have been set...has offset job losses in the timber industry. Abundant, cheap...
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Forestry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and multiple use: production of timber, preservation of fish and wildlife...In 1964, however, demand for timber led the Forest Service to adopt...clearcutting used also by the commercial timber industry. Vast forest tracts are stripped...
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Ghana , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...hindered the development of the timber industry. Minerals (most importantly...deposits in 2007. The major industries in Ghana are mining, lumbering...and other minerals, cocoa, timber, and tuna. Imports include...foreign-owned mining and timber firms. However, in 1978...
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Centralia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the area. Its railroad yards are still the major industry, but the city also manufactures automobile parts...junction and a farm trade center, with a significant timber industry. A coal-fired electric steam plant and two nearby...
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Sapele

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...s pa le, city (1991 est. pop. 123,000), S Nigeria, a port in the Niger delta. The center of the Nigerian timber industry, Sapele has sawmills and a large plywood and veneer factory; rubber is processed there, and plastics, chemicals...

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