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This page, as well as all pages within Category:Deforestation by region use a standard naming convention that was created without discussion/consensus between 2007 and 2009. During the GAC for Illegal logging in Madagascar, a scope issue led to a discussion for renaming the article. Forest management in Madagascar was suggested, but the scope would be identical to Deforestation in Madagascar. As Casliber put it, ""deforestation" has a negative connotation - the meaning of the word is literally the removal of forests and it is almost as if there is no reason attached to it (i.e. mindless removal). "Forest management" implies the use (and also the protection (and in this case violation thereof)) of forests as a resource. Even though it is a bad reason, everyone has a reason for removing forests and using the products."
The question is this: Should we rename not only the article under GAC to Forest management of... but also this page, the category, and all similarly named articles? – VisionHolder « talk » 09:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Gavin that deforestation is caused by "forest management" policies. But I can't say that in all cases they should be combined into a single article. Here I think that Casliber's and Himalayan Explorer's suggestions are apt. Basically, if there is only a small amount of information on deforestation in a certain region, we should just include it as a section of the article forest management for that region. However, if there is a large body of information on deforestation in a region (Deforestation in the Amazon, Deforestation in the United States, etc.) then we should have a "Deforestation in X" section summarizing important deforestation info within the "Forest management in X" article, but that section should use {{ main}} to link to the longer article that has more extensive coverage of information specifically on deforestation ( Deforestation in region X). -- Jrtayloriv ( talk) 20:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Deforestation, on the other hand, is the study of land usage. It tends to focus on the conversion of forests to non-forest land use. Remote sensing and GIS have been major tools for studying deforestation for decades. But it also includes touchy-feely ethnographic studies no forester would be caught dead doing. Often it includes a context of economics and policy...while these fields also intersect with forest management, they do so at an entirely different point. Studies of deforestation tend to be phenomenological - they document patterns, they look for drivers of observed patterns.
Of course, then there's the ecological effects of deforestation and other forms of land conversion (forest fragmentation, etc.) which spills over into landscape ecology (another interface between ecology and geography). The ecological effects of forest management systems, on the other hand, tends to look at more localised phenomena like changes in gap dynamics, wildlife populations, availability to snags for birds to breed in... Obviously there's overlap at all levels, but broadly speaking "forest management" and "deforestation" represent distinct fields of study, and one cannot be easily subsumed into the other. Guettarda ( talk) 16:08, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
In the North America-United States section, someone had the nerve to say that there has been a dramatic decrease in forest area. FALSE. I want sources now! Because according to the National Park Service, the total area of forest space in the United States has INCREASED from 915 million acres TO 955 million acres! Go to youtube, type in 'HowTheWorldWorks response to The Story of Stuff'. I believe it is discussed in part 1. He has the sources to go with his claim, so this entire section is bs. Fix or I will bring this to the attention of the proper authorities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.126.157.213 ( talk) 16:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
At present, this article is something of a list, organized by continent and country. The title, "Deforestation by region" is somewhat misleading, I think. Would Deforestation by country be better? DA Sonnenfeld ( talk) 20:37, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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Ecology is the study of the relationship between living organisms,including humans and their physical environment.
Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population and community . Also ecosystems and biosphere level. It can also be seen as the scientific study of the process influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interaction among organisms. Ecology enriches our world and example is studying the food chain in a Wetland area . Chichibaby good ( talk) 19:59, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
The digestive system is a collection of organs that has to do with the digestion of food.
Digestive system is made up of ;
Alimentary canal:- which is divided in Five main parts namely ;
.1 mouth
.2 Oesophagus(gullet )
.3 stomach
.4 small intestine Chichibaby good ( talk) 20:24, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
I feel like this article uses an excessive amount of adjectives and looks at the subject only at a certain standpoint. I don't think that the language used is quite neutral, am I correct? NotAGenious ( talk) 20:55, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
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This page, as well as all pages within Category:Deforestation by region use a standard naming convention that was created without discussion/consensus between 2007 and 2009. During the GAC for Illegal logging in Madagascar, a scope issue led to a discussion for renaming the article. Forest management in Madagascar was suggested, but the scope would be identical to Deforestation in Madagascar. As Casliber put it, ""deforestation" has a negative connotation - the meaning of the word is literally the removal of forests and it is almost as if there is no reason attached to it (i.e. mindless removal). "Forest management" implies the use (and also the protection (and in this case violation thereof)) of forests as a resource. Even though it is a bad reason, everyone has a reason for removing forests and using the products."
The question is this: Should we rename not only the article under GAC to Forest management of... but also this page, the category, and all similarly named articles? – VisionHolder « talk » 09:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Gavin that deforestation is caused by "forest management" policies. But I can't say that in all cases they should be combined into a single article. Here I think that Casliber's and Himalayan Explorer's suggestions are apt. Basically, if there is only a small amount of information on deforestation in a certain region, we should just include it as a section of the article forest management for that region. However, if there is a large body of information on deforestation in a region (Deforestation in the Amazon, Deforestation in the United States, etc.) then we should have a "Deforestation in X" section summarizing important deforestation info within the "Forest management in X" article, but that section should use {{ main}} to link to the longer article that has more extensive coverage of information specifically on deforestation ( Deforestation in region X). -- Jrtayloriv ( talk) 20:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Deforestation, on the other hand, is the study of land usage. It tends to focus on the conversion of forests to non-forest land use. Remote sensing and GIS have been major tools for studying deforestation for decades. But it also includes touchy-feely ethnographic studies no forester would be caught dead doing. Often it includes a context of economics and policy...while these fields also intersect with forest management, they do so at an entirely different point. Studies of deforestation tend to be phenomenological - they document patterns, they look for drivers of observed patterns.
Of course, then there's the ecological effects of deforestation and other forms of land conversion (forest fragmentation, etc.) which spills over into landscape ecology (another interface between ecology and geography). The ecological effects of forest management systems, on the other hand, tends to look at more localised phenomena like changes in gap dynamics, wildlife populations, availability to snags for birds to breed in... Obviously there's overlap at all levels, but broadly speaking "forest management" and "deforestation" represent distinct fields of study, and one cannot be easily subsumed into the other. Guettarda ( talk) 16:08, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
In the North America-United States section, someone had the nerve to say that there has been a dramatic decrease in forest area. FALSE. I want sources now! Because according to the National Park Service, the total area of forest space in the United States has INCREASED from 915 million acres TO 955 million acres! Go to youtube, type in 'HowTheWorldWorks response to The Story of Stuff'. I believe it is discussed in part 1. He has the sources to go with his claim, so this entire section is bs. Fix or I will bring this to the attention of the proper authorities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.126.157.213 ( talk) 16:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
At present, this article is something of a list, organized by continent and country. The title, "Deforestation by region" is somewhat misleading, I think. Would Deforestation by country be better? DA Sonnenfeld ( talk) 20:37, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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Ecology is the study of the relationship between living organisms,including humans and their physical environment.
Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population and community . Also ecosystems and biosphere level. It can also be seen as the scientific study of the process influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interaction among organisms. Ecology enriches our world and example is studying the food chain in a Wetland area . Chichibaby good ( talk) 19:59, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
The digestive system is a collection of organs that has to do with the digestion of food.
Digestive system is made up of ;
Alimentary canal:- which is divided in Five main parts namely ;
.1 mouth
.2 Oesophagus(gullet )
.3 stomach
.4 small intestine Chichibaby good ( talk) 20:24, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
I feel like this article uses an excessive amount of adjectives and looks at the subject only at a certain standpoint. I don't think that the language used is quite neutral, am I correct? NotAGenious ( talk) 20:55, 8 June 2023 (UTC)