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Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, March, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-79)

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, March, 2005. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-79)

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Thesis (M. Env. St.)--University of Adelaide, Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, 1992. / Photographs mounted in. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-96).

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-43). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, 1983. / Vita. Summary, closing, and vita in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is an analysis of the social, economic and ecological impacts of commercial Eucalyptus woodlots beign promoted by a private timber company in certain parts of northern KwaZulu, South Africa. The impacts are considered from the perspective of the rural farmers themselves via a qualitative methodology consisting of semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews and focus group discussions. The results of the study show that these woodlots would offer only supplementary income to the majority of the growers. There is little opportunity cost in terms of land or labour, and ecological impacts can be minimised through a programme of education and responsibility on behalf of the company. However, the growers involved feel alienated from the whole tree-growing process occurring on their land. The potential for rural development and empowerment does exist, but will require a fundamental paradigm shift and long-term commitment on the part of the company promoting the woodlots. Commercial woodlots have an important role to play in the 'new' South Africa by showing that the aspirations of the rural poor need not be compatible with the profit-orientated motives of private companies. A model is proposed which consists of training, strengthening existing institutional structures, and initiating ongoing, on-farm research. Following such a model would allow commercial woodlots to form part of an appropriate social forestry land-use system for the region. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1994.

Man's ability to change an agricultural landscape to suit his own needs is associated with the basic principles that govern all landscapes. This study incorporates several environmental and cultural variables to help explain the resultant woodlots patterns in rural Delaware County, Indiana. To a large degree, cultural variables are deemed most significant in describing the size and locations of agriculturally oriented woodlots in Delaware County.Agriculture in Delaware County ranks high in productivity when compared with the entire state. Most of the farming is now specialized, such as dairy farms and cash-grain farms, with small family farms decreasing in number. As a result, fields are being combined, enlarged, and intensified leaving woodlots in remote, distant locations. Agricultural land use, comprising about 85 percent of the total area in the county, is viewed as the primary culprit controlling the pattern of .woodlots existing today. This study attests to quantify the governing parameters of agriculturally oriented woodlots in order to describe their size and location in Delaware County, Indiana, in 1980.

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