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18:20 Jan 11, 2011 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Taña Dalglish Jamaica Local time: 03:03 | ||||||
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3 +3 | forest cover |
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4 | tree cover |
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4 | forest growth |
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tree cover Explanation: I think this is the correct term. Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do |
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forest growth Explanation: It is basically the trees, and as the context suggest is commonly used as security. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 35 mins (2011-01-11 18:55:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- See, e.g. Peter H. Pearse - 1990 - Business & Economics - 226 pages FORESTRY AS APPLIED SCIENCE AND APPLIED ECONOMICS Economics deals with all kinds of ... The latter includes, obviously, the land and forest growth that ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-11 20:30:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think the fundamental point here as that a distinction is made in legal terms between the land as such and the trees planted on it. I am not sure there is an established term here, although I have translated some documents on the subject. A term which acknowledges this distinction is essential. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-11 20:31:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thus I think any of the three terms posted so far would probably be adequate. |
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forest cover Explanation: Another idea: COLOMBIA : Controversy over Forestry Law Simmers On One of the challenges to the proposal is the continuation of the concept of "vuelo forestal", or forest cover, borrowed from Bolivian legislation, ... www.galdu.org/web/calahus.php?odas=1543&giella1... - En caché The controversy now is focused on the basic aspects of the law: rights to land versus rights to forest cover, regulation of forest and jungle territories, administration of resources and transport of forest products. One of the challenges to the proposal is the continuation of the concept of "vuelo forestal", or forest cover, borrowed from Bolivian legislation, which considers the forest itself -- not the land -- as a good that can serve as collateral in financial or credit operations. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days18 hrs (2011-01-15 12:34:34 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thank you Jeanette. |
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