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An assessment of vegetation and canopy structure of moderately exploited natural forest area in Yagirala forest reserve

Monday, December 10th, 2007

W M P S B Wahala,Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
W A J M De Costa, Department of Crop Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. and
D M S H K Ranasinghe, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science
Study assessed the vegetation composition and structure and the forest canopy […]

Estimation of above ground biomass of forest trees using dbh as a single parameter

Monday, December 10th, 2007

I  D Welivita and S M C U P Subasinghe
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Forests in Sri Lanka contribute to the mitigation of climate change through sequestrating a net amount of carbon dioxide and also maintaining carbon stock as biomass. Total tree biomass comprised of above ground and below ground […]

Investigation of ergonomic parameters of easy chairs in Moratuwa furniture manufacturing establishments

Monday, December 10th, 2007

S A L P Silva and H S Amarasekera
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science,
University of Sri Jayawardenpura, Sri Lanka
Sitting on a comfortable seat helps to relax the body and reduce energy consumption, but on the other hand prolonged sitting slackens abdominal muscles and may cause back ache. Application of medical and ergonomic principles in […]

Predicting the optimal rotation length of Teak plantations using a simulation model

Monday, December 10th, 2007

L H P Gunaratne and T N Subramanium
Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management,
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
The traditional problem in Forest Economics has been mainly dealt with the estimation of optimal rotation length for sustainable management. However, given the limitation of the availability of time series data on growth and management in forest plantations […]

Estimation of change of taper with age for Tectona grandis L. f. (Teak)

Monday, December 10th, 2007

M A Nafees, Divisional Forest Office, Ampara and
S M C U P Subasinghe, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Taper is the change of diameter over a specified length along the tree stem, which varies not only by species and site type, but also by diameter at breast height (dbh), […]

Construction of a growth model to predict the individual stem volume of Tectona grandis L.f. (Teak) in Sri Lanka

Monday, December 10th, 2007

S M C U P Subasinghe
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Stem volume is one of the most important variables in commercial forestry since all the management decisions are taken on the volume production of trees. Also volume is the most difficult variable to measure and therefore it has to be […]

Community Forestry in Nepal

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Rachitha Silva

The people of Nepal are heavily reliant on subsistence agriculture and Forests are an integral part of the agriculture and lives of them. The concept of community forestry is primarily focused on encouraging and contributing to support rural livelihoods in terms of fuel timber for housing, fuel wood, and fodder for stock and leaf […]

Selection and Field Establishment of Tree Crops for Large Scale Plantations in Wet, Dry and Intermediate Zones of Sri Lanka

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Rachitha Silva

Large-scale forest tree planting in Sri Lanka started in late 1950’s and till December 1998 has covered about 140,000 ha of forest plantations belonging to the Forest Department. The main plantation species are Teak, Eucalypts (Eucalyptus grandis), and Mahogany etc. Most of the fuel wood, miscellaneous hardwood and teak plantations are located in the […]

Planting of Trees in Saline Soils

Monday, August 28th, 2006

H.M.A.B. Herath

Soil salinity is the oldest soil pollution problem. The collapse the Babylonian empire is considered to be partly the result, of failure of irrigated crops due to the accumulation of salt. The problem is primarily associated with arid and semi-arid regions of the world, where there is an insufficient rain to leach out the […]

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