State governments, which own most forests, must seek central-government approval for any shift in the use of forest land.
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The loggers' hostility towards Seeds of the Forest has grown in recent months because the settlers want the authorities to allow them to use another large area of forest adjacent to their settlement.
Indigenous groups have now found that FSC is a new and powerful tool in their negotiations with forest products companies about access to, and use of, traditional lands.
"The funding was removed during the change in government but we decided to use our charity at Nottingham Forest to sustain this fantastic facility, " Forest community director Graham Moran said.
In 1882, Queen Victoria declared the forest should be for "the use and enjoyment of my people for all time" and a large part of it has been designed as a site of special scientific interest.
The concept of sustainable use of biodiversity is essential in this regard: it means that forest species, ecosystems and genes are used in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biodiversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
The likely impact includes forest conversion to agricultural land, a drop in biological diversity as a result of monocropping and the massive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, unsustainable levels of water abstraction and a greater risk of water-related conflicts with local communities and neighbouring States sharing the same transboundary river systems.
Irving (a Canadian conglomerate that is now the largest single landowner in Maine), intend to harvest the timber in the usual way, but others, such as Plum Creek Timber, will use the forest a bit differently.
In the ensuing decade, Oregon pioneered tough land-use regulations, curbing industries that relied on forest products and declaring war on suburban sprawl.
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