Metric forestry: A measure of progress
Author(s) -
Robert Keen
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the forestry chronicle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1499-9315
pISSN - 0015-7546
DOI - 10.5558/tfc51047-2
Subject(s) - commission , metric (unit) , work (physics) , forestry , business , measure (data warehouse) , metric system , function (biology) , scale (ratio) , environmental resource management , accounting , geography , computer science , environmental science , engineering , finance , database , physics , marketing , cartography , mechanical engineering , astronomy , evolutionary biology , biology
The Canadian Metric Commission's committee organization and function are briefly described. The work of Sector Committees.8.1 – Forestry and 8.2 – Wood in particular, since their formation to date, is reported. Highlights of the four working groups of Sector Committee 8.1 – Forestry: Research, Inventory and Mapping, Scaling, and Planning are mentioned. Details are given of the first meeting of the Canadian Standards Association Committee on Scaling in Metric (SI) Units of Primary Forest Products. Recommendations of Sector Committee 8.2 – Wood are listed. Sector planning of conversion timing is discussed.
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