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There is an ongoing debate to determine whether or not underwater logging is a sustainable practice and if it is more environmentally sustainable than traditional logging. Underwater logging has been introduced in select locations around the world, including Ghana's Lake Volta, [1] the largest reservoir by surface area in the world. A related ...
Logging usually refers to above-ground forestry logging. Submerged forests exist on land that has been flooded by damming to create reservoirs . Harvesting trees from forests submerged by flooding or dam creation is called underwater logging , a form of timber recovery.
Diving regulations are the stipulations of the delegated legislation regarding the practice of underwater diving. They apply within the national territory and territorial waters of a country. In most cases they apply to occupational diving, but in a few cases also to recreational diving. There are exemptions for recreational diving in some ...
The level of concern among some Department of Natural Resources employees about the agency's logging practices has become clear. Around 90% of DNR wildlife section employees who answered an ...
Underwater work is the activity required to achieve the purpose of the diving operation additional to the activities required for safe diving in the specific underwater environment of the worksite, including finding and identifying the workplace, and where necessary, making it safe to do the planned work.
S-3.1 Act respecting safety in sports, Chapter V.2 Recreative underwater diving 1997, c. 37, s. 2. [6] The chapter applies to underwater diving using compressed breathing gas that is not done as part of an occupational activity, and to teaching such diving.
Swimmers can approach from the surface or underwater, each presenting its own detection and deterrence challenges. The interception and apprehension of intruders detected in bodies of water pose unique safety risks. [2] [clarification needed] Zones of operations include: Underwater. [2] At the surface of water. [2] In small boats. In larger ...
Penetration diving is also known as diving in overhead environments, which is a class of confinement which restricts the diver from free vertical access to the surface.An overhead environment may also be a confined space, in which the diver is restricted in their ability to maneuver, and is roughly the opposite of open water.