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1. 406 relations: Acid rain, Aerial seeding, Afforestation, Agriculture in Brazil, Agroforestry, Aldo Leopold, Alpine tundra, Angle gauge, Antiquities Act, Arborist, Asheville, North Carolina, Asian Forest Cooperation Organization, Austria-Hungary, Avoided Deforestation Partners, Axe, Bamboo cultivation, Banská Štiavnica, Basal area, Baseball (ball), Bernhard Fernow, Biltmore Forest School, Biltmore stick, Biodiversity, Biofilter, Biome, Black liquor, Board foot, Bob Marshall (wilderness activist), Bog, Botany, British timber trade, Broadcast seeding, Bucksaw, Cable logging, Calipers, Canadian Forest Service, Cant hook, Carbon sequestration, Carl A. Schenck, Cellulosic ethanol, Center for International Forestry Research, Chain (unit), Chainsaw, Charcoal, Civil engineer, Cleaning (forestry), Clearcutting, Climate change mitigation, Coalition for Rainforest Nations, Cold medicine, ... Expand index (356 more) » « Shrink index

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Acid rain

Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH).

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Aerial seeding

Aerial seeding is a technique of sowing seeds by spraying them through aerial mechanical means such as a drone, plane or helicopter.

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Afforestation

Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no recent tree cover.

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Agriculture in Brazil

The agriculture of Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Brazil's economy.

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Agroforestry

Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture.

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Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist.

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Alpine tundra

Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate.

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Angle gauge

An angle gauge is a tool used by foresters to determine which trees to measure when using a variable radius plot design in forest inventory.

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Antiquities Act

The Antiquities Act of 1906 is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906.

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Arborist

An arborist, or (less commonly) arboriculturist, is a professional in the practice of arboriculture, which is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants in dendrology and horticulture.

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Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

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Asian Forest Cooperation Organization

Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (or AFoCO) is an intergovernmental organization in Asia aiming to strengthen forest cooperation by transforming proven technology and policies into concrete actions in the context of sustainable forest management to address the impact of climate change.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.

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Avoided Deforestation Partners

Avoided Deforestation Partners, or AD Partners, is a non-profit organization under the auspices of the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C. AD Partners is involved in the global effort to solve climate change by working to end deforestation in tropical rainforest countries.

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Axe

An axe (sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.

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Bamboo cultivation

Bamboo forestry (also known as bamboo farming, cultivation, agriculture or agroforestry) is a cultivation and raw material industry that provides the raw materials for the broader bamboo industry, worth over 72 billion dollars globally in 2019.

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Banská Štiavnica

Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz; Selmecbánya (Selmec)) is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano.

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Basal area

Basal area is the cross-sectional area of trees at breast height (1.3m or 4.5 ft above ground).

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Baseball (ball)

A baseball is the ball used in the sport of baseball.

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Bernhard Fernow

Bernhard Eduard Fernow (January 7, 1851 – February 6, 1923) was the third chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905.

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Biltmore Forest School

The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America.

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Biltmore stick

The Biltmore stick is a tool used by foresters to estimate tree trunk diameter at breast height.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Biofilter

Biofiltration is a pollution control technique using a bioreactor containing living material to capture and biologically degrade pollutants.

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Biome

A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.

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Black liquor

In industrial chemistry, black liquor is the by-product from the kraft process when digesting pulpwood into paper pulp removing lignin, hemicelluloses and other extractives from the wood to free the cellulose fibers.

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Board foot

The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada.

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Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)

Robert Marshall (January 2, 1901November 11, 1939) was an American forester, writer and wilderness activist who is best remembered as the person who spearheaded the 1935 founding of the Wilderness Society in the United States.

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Bog

A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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British timber trade

The British timber trade was importation of timber from the Baltic, and later North America, by the British.

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Broadcast seeding

In agriculture, gardening, and forestry, broadcast seeding is a method of seeding that involves scattering seed, by hand or mechanically, over a relatively large area.

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Bucksaw

A bucksaw is a hand-powered frame saw similar to bow saw and generally used with a sawbuck to cut logs or firewood to length (bucking).

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Cable logging

High Lead logging in Western Oregon Cable logging, also referred to as skyline logging, is a logging method primarily used on the West Coast of North America with yarder, loaders, and grapple yarders, but also in Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Italy).

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Calipers

Caliper(s) or calliper(s) are an instrument used to measure the dimensions of an object or hole; namely, the length, width, thickness, diameter or depth of an object or hole.

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Canadian Forest Service

The Canadian Forest Service (CFS; Service canadien des forêts) is a sector of the Canadian government department of Natural Resources Canada.

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Cant hook

A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills.

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Carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool.

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Carl A. Schenck

Carl Alwin Schenck (25 March 1868 – 17 May 1955) was a German forester and pioneering forestry educator.

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Cellulosic ethanol

Cellulosic ethanol is ethanol (ethyl alcohol) produced from cellulose (the stringy fiber of a plant) rather than from the plant's seeds or fruit. Outline of forestry and Cellulosic ethanol are forestry.

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Center for International Forestry Research

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit scientific research organization that conducts research on the use and management of forests with a focus on tropical forests in developing countries.

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Chain (unit)

The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards), used in both the US customary and Imperial unit systems.

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Chainsaw

A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable handheld power saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar.

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Charcoal

Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.

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Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructure that may have been neglected.

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Cleaning (forestry)

"Cleaning" and "weeding" are two similar terms referring to the practice of selecting particularly desirable trees in a young stand and removing or killing trees that threaten their survival or development.

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Clearcutting

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.

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Climate change mitigation

Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change.

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Coalition for Rainforest Nations

The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) is an intergovernmental organization established by forested tropical countries to collaboratively reconcile forest stewardship with economic development.

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Cold medicine

Cold medicines are a group of medications taken individually or in combination as a treatment for the symptoms of the common cold and similar conditions of the upper respiratory tract.

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Community forestry

Community forestry is an evolving branch of forestry whereby the local community plays a significant role in forest management and land use decision making by themselves in the facilitating support of government as well as change agents. Outline of forestry and community forestry are forestry.

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Computer simulation

Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system.

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Confederation of Forest Industries

The Confederation of Forest Industries, shortened to ConFor, is the trade association for the forestry industry in the United Kingdom.

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Congo Basin Forest Partnership

The Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) is a non-profit initiative to promote the conservation and responsible management of the Congo Basin's tropical forests.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Conservation biology

Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.

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Conservation International

Conservation International (CI) is an American nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Crystal City, Virginia, in Arlington County, Virginia.

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Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Continuous cover forestry

Continuous cover forestry (commonly referred to as "CCF") is an approach to the sustainable management of forests whereby forest stands are maintained in a permanently irregular structure, which is created and sustained through the selection and harvesting of individual trees.

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Controlled burn

A controlled or prescribed (Rx) burn is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape.

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Coppicing

Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree.

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Cord (unit)

The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada.

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Cork (material)

Cork is an impermeable buoyant material.

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Creosote

Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood, or fossil fuel.

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Crosscut saw

A crosscut saw (thwart saw) is any saw designed for cutting wood perpendicular to (across) the wood grain.

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Cruising rod

A cruising rod is a simple device used to quickly estimate the number of pieces of lumber yielded by a given piece of timber.

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Cut-to-length logging

Cut-to-length logging (CTL) is a mechanized harvesting system in which trees are delimbed and cut to length directly at the stump.

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Dashboard

A dashboard (also called dash, instrument panel or IP, or fascia) is a control panel set within the central console of a vehicle, boat, or cockpit of an aircraft or spacecraft.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Outline of forestry and Deforestation are forestry.

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Deforestation by continent

Rates and causes of deforestation vary from region to region around the world.

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Deforestation in Brazil

Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and in 2005 still had the largest area of forest removed annually.

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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in a tree.

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Dendrology

Dendrology (δένδρον, dendron, "tree"; and -λογία, -logia, science of or study of) or xylology (ξύλον, ksulon, "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications. Outline of forestry and Dendrology are forestry.

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Department of Forest Conservation (Sri Lanka)

The Department of Forest Conservation (Sinhala: වන සංරක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව Vana Sanrakshana Departhamenthuwa) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Sri Lanka.

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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

The Department of Plant Sciences, at the University of Oxford, England, was a former Oxford department that researched plant and fungal biology.

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Desert

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems.

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Desertification

Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities.

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Deserts and xeric shrublands

Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Developing country

A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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Diameter at breast height

Diameter at breast height, or DBH, is a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree.

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Diameter tape

A diameter tape (D-tape) is a measuring tape used to estimate the diameter of a cylinder object, typically the stem of a tree or pipe.

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Dietrich Brandis

Sir Dietrich Brandis (31 March 1824 – 28 May 1907) was a German-British botanist and forestry academic and administrator, who worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years.

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Disinfectant

A disinfectant is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces.

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Douglas fir

The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae.

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Drilling fluid

In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, is used to aid the drilling of boreholes into the earth.

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Drum chopper

A drum chopper is a piece of farm equipment used for "knocking down brush and trees" and for "chopping up" their remains.

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Drywall

Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, and gypsum panel) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of facer and backer paper, used in the construction of interior walls and ceilings.

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Ecoforestry

Ecoforestry has been defined as selection forestry or restoration forestry. Outline of forestry and Ecoforestry are forestry.

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Ecological restoration

Ecological restoration, or ecosystem restoration, is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.

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Ecological succession

Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time.

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Ecological thinning

Ecological thinning is a silvicultural technique used in forest management that involves cutting trees to improve functions of a forest other than timber production.

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Ecological yield

Ecological yield is the harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Economy of the Central African Republic

The economy of the Central African Republic is $2.321 billion by gross domestic product as of 2019, even lower than much smaller countries such as Barbados with an estimated annual per capita income of just $805 as measured by purchasing power parity in 2019.

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Ecophysiology

Ecophysiology (from Greek οἶκος, oikos, "house(hold)"; φύσις, physis, "nature, origin"; and -λογία, -logia), environmental physiology or physiological ecology is a biological discipline that studies the response of an organism's physiology to environmental conditions.

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Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

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Edge effects

In ecology, edge effects are changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two or more habitats.

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Energy crop

Energy crops are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for renewable bioenergy production (not for food).

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Energy forestry

Energy forestry is a form of forestry in which a fast-growing species of tree or woody shrub is grown specifically to provide biomass or biofuel for heating or power generation.

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Environmental governance in Brazil

Environmental governance is a concept in environmental policy that steers markets, technology and society towards sustainability.

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Environmental history

Environmental history is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time, emphasising the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs and vice versa.

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European Arboricultural Council

The European Arboricultural Council (EAC) based in Bad Honnef, Germany is a forum where delegates from a wide range of arboricultural organizations throughout Europe meet.

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Even-aged timber management

Even-aged timber management is a group of forest management practices employed to achieve a nearly coeval cohort group of forest trees.

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Feller buncher

A feller buncher is a type of harvester used in logging.

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Felling

Felling is the process of cutting down trees,"Feller" def.

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FERN

Fern (also Stichting Fern) is a Dutch foundation created in 1995.

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Fiberboard

Fiberboard (American English) or fibreboard (British English) is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers.

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Fire lookout

A fire lookout (sometimes also called a fire watcher) is a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a fire lookout tower.

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Firewood

Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel.

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First International Forestry Exhibition

The First International Forestry Exhibition was a world's fair held in 1884 was the first international gathering focusing on forestry.

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Flood control

Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Forest dieback

Forest dieback (also "Waldsterben", a German loan word) is a condition in trees or woody plants in which peripheral parts are killed, either by pathogens, parasites or conditions like acid rain, drought, and more.

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Forest ecology

Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna and ecosystems in forests. Outline of forestry and forest ecology are forestry.

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Forest in Turkey

Forest now covers less than a third of Turkey, but ten thousand years ago the land was mostly wooded.

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Forest industry in Finland

Forest industry in Finland consists of mechanical (timber) and chemical (paper and pulp) forest industry.

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Forest inventory

Forest inventory is the systematic collection of data and forest information for assessment or analysis.

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Forest management

Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative, legal, economic, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as silviculture, forest protection, and forest regulation. Outline of forestry and forest management are forestry.

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Forest pathology

Forest pathology is the research of both biotic and abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily fungal pathogens and their insect vectors.

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Forest Peoples Programme

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) advocates an alternative vision of how forests should be managed and controlled, based on respect for the rights of the people who know them best.

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Forest product

A forest product is any material derived from forestry for direct consumption or commercial use, such as lumber, paper, or fodder for livestock.

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Forest Products Laboratory

The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is the national research laboratory of the United States Forest Service, which is part of USDA.

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Forest Research Institute Malaysia

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM; Malay: Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia) is a statutory agency of the Government of Malaysia, under the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES).

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Forest restoration

Forest restoration is defined as "actions to re-instate ecological processes, which accelerate recovery of forest structure, ecological functioning and biodiversity levels towards those typical of climax forest", i.e. the end-stage of natural forest succession.

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Forest stand

A forest stand is a contiguous community of trees sufficiently uniform in composition, structure, age, size, class, distribution, spatial arrangement, condition, or location on a site of uniform quality to distinguish it from adjacent communities.

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Forest Stewardship Council

The Forest Stewardship Council GmbH (FSC) is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification.

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Forest transition

Forest transition refers to a geographic theory describing a reversal or turnaround in land-use trends for a given territory from a period of net forest area loss (i.e., deforestation) to a period of net forest area gain.

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Forester

A forester is a person who practises forest management and forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests.

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Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England.

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Forestry in Argentina

The forestry sector in Argentina has great potential.

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Forestry in Bangladesh

Wood is the main fuel for cooking and other domestic requirements.

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Forestry in Bhutan

One of Bhutan's significant natural resources in the late twentieth century was its rich forests and natural vegetation.

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Forestry in Canada

The Canadian forestry industry is a major contributor to the Canadian economy.

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Forestry in Chad

Like most states of the African Sahel, Chad has suffered desertification—the encroachment of the desert.

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Forestry in Chile

Forestry is one of the main economic sectors of Chile, representing 14% of the value of the country's total exports.

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Forestry in Estonia

Forests cover about 50% of the territory of Estonia, or around 2 million hectares, and so make out an important and dominating landscape type in the country.

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Forestry in Ethiopia

In the late nineteenth century, about 30% of Ethiopia was covered with forest.

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Forestry in Ghana

Forests cover about one-third of Ghana's total area, with commercial forestry concentrated in the southern parts of Ghana.

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Forestry in India

Forestry in India is a significant rural industry and a major environmental resource.

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Forestry in New Zealand

Forestry in New Zealand has a history starting with European settlement in the 19th century and is now an industry worth seven percent of annual revenue.

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Forestry in Pakistan

The forestry sector of Pakistan is a main source of lumber, paper, fuelwood, latex, medicine as well as food and provide ecotourism and wildlife conservation purposes.

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Forestry in Romania

Forestry in Romania is an important sector of the economy and is of global significance.

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Forestry in Russia

The Russian forestry industry is a set of Russian industries related to wood harvesting and processing.

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Forestry in Scotland

Scotland is ideal for tree growth, thanks to its mild winters, plentiful rainfall, fertile soil and hill-sheltered topography.

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Forestry in Spain

For the most part, the history of forestry in Spain was one of increasing deforestation.

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Forestry in Sudan

Forestry in Sudan includes both traditional gatherers of firewood and producers of charcoal—the main sources of fuel for homes and some industries—and a modern timber and sawmilling industry, the latter government-owned.

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Forestry in Syria

Forest resources in Syria are in need of study and conservation.

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Forestry in Taiwan

Forestry in Taiwan was historically a significant industry.

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Forestry in Tasmania

Forestry in Tasmania Australia has been conducted since early European settlement.

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Forestry in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom,The United Kingdom (sometimes abbreviated to UK) is a political unit (specifically a country), the British Isles is a geographical unit (the archipelago lying off the northwest coast of Europe), and Great Britain is the name of the largest of those islands.

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Forestry in Uganda

Today, forest and woodland cover in Uganda stands at 49,000 km2 or 24% of the total land area.

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Forestry in Wales

Forestry in Wales is the practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests in Wales.

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Forestry Information Centre

The Forestry Library of the FAO Forestry Department, located at FAO headquarters in Rome and now part of the David Lubin Memorial Library, is a specialized library that holds approximately 6,000 books and over 600 current periodical titles, yearbooks and other serial titles on forestry and related areas.

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Forests and Countryside Ordinance

The Forests and Countryside Ordinance is a Hong Kong ordinance "to consolidate and amend the law relating to forests and plants, and to provide for the protection of the countryside".

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Forests of Australia

Australia has many forests of importance due to significant features, despite being one of the driest continents.

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Forests of Germany

The forests of Germany covers 11.4 million hectares (28.2 Acres), 32 percent of the total area of the country (as of 2012).

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Forests of Mexico

The forests of Mexico cover a surface area of about 64 million hectares, or 34.5% of the country.

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Forests of Poland

Forests cover an estimated 38.5% of Poland's territory, and are mostly owned by the state.

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Forests of Sweden

Sweden is covered by 68% forest.

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Forests of the United States

It has been estimated that before European settlement, forests in the United States mainland covered nearly.

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Forwarder

A forwarder is a forestry vehicle that carries big felled logs cut by a harvester from the stump to a roadside landing for later acquisition.

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Foundation for Environmental Education

The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education.

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Franklin B. Hough

Franklin Benjamin Hough (July 20, 1822 – June 11, 1885) was an American scientist, historian and the first chief of the United States Division of Forestry, the predecessor of the United States Forest Service.

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French National School of Forestry

The French National School of Forestry (École nationale des eaux et forêts, or National School of Water Resources and Forestry), established in Nancy, France, in 1824, was the first national training institute for foresters in France, and a premier early school of forestry in Europe and globally.

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Gasoline

Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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General Revision Act

The General Revision Act (sometimes Land Revision Act) of 1891, also known as the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, was a federal law signed in 1891 by President Benjamin Harrison.

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Geographic information system

A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data.

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Geography of Nepal

Nepal measures about along its Himalayan axis by across.

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Georg Ludwig Hartig

Georg Ludwig Hartig (September 2, 1764 – February 2, 1837) was a German forester.

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Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot (August 11, 1865October 4, 1946) was an American forester and politician.

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Girard form class

Girard form class is a form quotient calculated as the ratio of diameter inside bark at the top of the first 16 foot log to the diameter outside bark at breast height (DBH).

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Global Forest Coalition

The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is a coalition of NGOs and indigenous peoples organizations engaged in the global policy debate related to forests.

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Global Forest Information Service

The Global Forest Information Service (GFIS) was an initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and was a collaborative effort of 14 major forest-related international organizations, institutions and convention secretariat, aiming to maximize the value of all forest information resources and providers worldwide through the sharing of forest-related information through a single gateway.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

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Growth and yield modelling

Growth and yield modelling is a branch of financial management.

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Gypsum

Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Habitat fragmentation

Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay.

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Hand compass

A hand compass (also hand bearing compass or sighting compass) is a compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use and fitted with a sighting device to record a precise bearing or azimuth to a given target or to determine a location.

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Handcrew

Handcrews are diverse teams of career and temporary wildland firefighters.

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Hardwood timber production

Hardwood timber production is the process of managing stands of deciduous trees to maximize woody output. Outline of forestry and Hardwood timber production are forestry.

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Harvester (forestry)

A harvester is a type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing and bucking trees.

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Haulage

Haulage is the business of transporting goods by road or rail between suppliers and large consumer outlets, factories, warehouses, or depots.

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Heinrich Cotta

Johann Heinrich Cotta (30 October 1763 – 25 October 1844) was a German silviculturist who was a native of Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia.

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Heli-logging

Heli-logging, or helicopter logging, is a method of logging that uses helicopters to remove cut trees from forests by lifting them on cables attached to a helicopter.

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Hemispherical photography

Hemispherical photography, also known as canopy photography, is a technique to estimate solar radiation and characterize plant canopy geometry using photographs taken looking upward through an extreme wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens (Rich 1990).

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High grading

In forestry, fishing and mining, high grading refers to the selective harvesting of goods to keep only the most valuable items.

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High lead logging

High lead logging is a method of cable logging using a spar, yarder and loader.

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History of the New York State College of Forestry

The New York State College of Forestry, the first professional school of forestry in North America, opened its doors at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, in the autumn of 1898., It was advocated for by Governor Frank S. Black, but after just a few years of operation, it was defunded in 1903, by Governor Benjamin B.

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History of the United States Forest Service

Starting in 1876, and undergoing a series of name changes, the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture grew to protect and use millions of acres of forest on public land.

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Hotshot crew

In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad.

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Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.

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Humboldt University of Berlin

The Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.

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Illegal logging

Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.

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Inclinometer

An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope, elevation, or depression of an object with respect to gravity's direction.

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Increment borer

An increment borer is a specialized tool used to extract a section of wood tissue from a living tree with relatively minor injury to the plant itself.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Forest Act, 1927

The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British Raj.

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Indian Forest Service

The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is the premier forest service of India.

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Inner tube

An inner tube is an inflatable torus that forms the interior of some pneumatic tires.

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Interception (water)

Interception refers to precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.

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International Analog Forestry Network

The International Analog Forestry Network (IAFN) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that seeks to conserve and restore biodiversity worldwide through the application of analog forestry.

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International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences

The International Association of students in Agricultural and related Sciences (IAAS) is an international non-profit and non-governmental student society headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

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International Forestry Students' Association

The International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) is an international network of students in forestry-related sciences.

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International Society of Arboriculture

The International Society of Arboriculture, commonly known as ISA, is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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International Tropical Timber Agreement

The International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA), 1983) is an agreement to provide an effective framework for cooperation between tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage the development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources.

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International Tropical Timber Organization

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organization that promotes conservation of tropical forest resources and their sustainable management, use and trade.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) (Union Internationale des Instituts de Recherches Forestières, Internationaler Verband Forstlicher Forschungsanstalten, Unión Internacional de Institutos de Investigación Forestal) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists, headquartered in Austria.

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John Evelyn

John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diarist.

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Károly Bund

Károly Bund (4 June 1869 – 16 May 1931) was a Hungarian professional forestry engineer and an early environmentalist, serving as executive secretary of Hungary's National Forestry Association (Országos Erdészeti Egyesület), from 1900 until his death.

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Kenneth Dupee Swan

Kenneth Dupee Swan (1887–1970), more commonly known as K.D. Swan, was an American nature photographer in the early part of the 20th century.

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Korea Forest Service

The Korea Forest Service is a central administrative agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFR), responsible for protecting and nurturing forests, increasing forest resources, developing forest products, conducting research on forest management and improvement, and is located in Daejeon Government Complex.

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Land rehabilitation

Land rehabilitation as a part of environmental remediation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process (industry, natural disasters, etc.) has resulted in its damage.

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Laurel forest

Laurel forest, also called laurisilva or laurissilva, is a type of subtropical forest found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable, mild temperatures.

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Laxative

Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.

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Leaf area index

Leaf area index (LAI) is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes plant canopies.

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Liberation cutting

Liberation cutting has similar goals to cleaning, namely the allocation of resources to the most promising trees available on a site.

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Line plot survey

Line plot survey is a systematic sampling technique used on land surfaces for laying out sample plots within a rectangular grid to conduct forest inventory or agricultural research.

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List of countries by forest area

This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Outline of forestry and list of countries by forest area are forestry-related lists.

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List of forest research institutes

This is a list of forest research institutes around the world, by continent and country. Outline of forestry and list of forest research institutes are forestry-related lists.

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List of forestry journals

This list includes notable peer-reviewed scientific journals in forestry, forest science, and related fields. Outline of forestry and list of forestry journals are forestry-related lists.

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List of forestry ministries

A forestry ministry (also called a forestry agency, forestry department, or forest service) is a high, often cabinet-level government ministry charged with forestry. Outline of forestry and List of forestry ministries are forestry-related lists.

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List of forestry technical schools

(For higher educational institutions offering bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees in forestry and related fields see: List of forestry universities and colleges.) This is a list of notable secondary, tertiary, technical schools, and practical training institutes around the world offering one- or two-year forestry technician degrees, along with related diplomas or certificates, grouped by continent and country. Outline of forestry and list of forestry technical schools are forestry-related lists.

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List of forestry universities and colleges

This is a list of tertiary educational institutions around the world offering bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees in forestry or related fields. Outline of forestry and list of forestry universities and colleges are forestry-related lists.

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List of historic schools of forestry

This is a list of historic schools of forestry, by founding date. Outline of forestry and list of historic schools of forestry are forestry-related lists.

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List of life zones by region

The climate and ecology of different locations on the globe naturally separate into life zones, depending on elevation, location, and latitude.

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List of old-growth forests

This is a list of areas of existing old-growth forest which include at least of old growth. Outline of forestry and list of old-growth forests are forestry-related lists.

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List of tree species by shade tolerance

A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance.

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List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family

The following is a list of widely known trees and shrubs.

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List of types of formally designated forests

This is a list of types of formally designated forests, as institutionalized around the world. Outline of forestry and list of types of formally designated forests are forestry-related lists.

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List of woods

This is a list of woods, most commonly used in the timber and lumber trade. Outline of forestry and list of woods are forestry-related lists.

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Lists of forests

This article lists lists of forests. Outline of forestry and lists of forests are forestry-related lists.

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Living stump

A living stump is created when a live tree is cut, burned, eaten, or infected, causing its cambium to die above the root system.

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Log boom

A log boom (sometimes called a log fence or log bag) is a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests.

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Log bucking

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Log driving

Log driving is a means of moving logs (sawn tree trunks) from a forest to sawmills and pulp mills downstream using the current of a river.

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Log flume

A log flume or lumber flume is a watertight flume constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain using flowing water.

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Log scaler

The log scaler is an occupation in the timber industry.

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Logging

Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. Outline of forestry and Logging are forestry.

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Lubricant

A lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move.

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Lumber

Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Outline of forestry and lumber are forestry.

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Lumberjack

Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Mean annual increment

The mean annual increment (MAI) or mean annual growth refers to the average growth per year a tree or stand of trees has exhibited/experienced up to a specified age.

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Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub is a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Methanol fuel

Methanol fuel is an alternative biofuel for internal combustion and other engines, either in combination with gasoline or independently.

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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

The is a cabinet level ministry in the government of Japan responsible for oversight of the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries.

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Multilaminar veneer

Multilaminar wood veneer uses plantation wood to reproduce decorative effects that are typical of quality wood species (often protected and rare).

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Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960

The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (or MUSYA) (Public Law 86-517) is a federal law passed by the United States Congress on June 12, 1960.

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Mycoforestry

Mycoforestry is an ecological forest management system implemented to enhance forest ecosystems and plant communities through the introduction of mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi. Outline of forestry and Mycoforestry are forestry.

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National forest (United States)

In the United States, national forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands that are largely forest and woodland areas.

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National Forestry Commission

Mexico's National Forestry Commission (Comisión Nacional Forestal or CONAFOR) is a government agency tasked with developing, supporting and promoting the conservation and restoration of Mexico's forests, as well as with participating in the development of plans, programs and policies for sustainable forestry development.

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Natural forests in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka exhibits a remarkable biological diversity and is considered to be the richest country in Asia in terms of species concentration. In 2019 a total area of 16.5% of Sri Lanka was forested. In 2010, it was 28.8% (and 32.2% in 1995.

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Natural resource management

Natural resource management (NRM) is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations (stewardship).

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Natural resources of Cambodia

Natural resources are materials that occur in a natural form within environments.

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Natural rubber

Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Naval stores industry

The naval stores industry produces and markets products derived from the oleoresin of pine trees, including rosin, tall oil, pine oil, and turpentine. Outline of forestry and naval stores industry are forestry.

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New York State College of Forestry at Cornell

The New York State College of Forestry at Cornell was a statutory college established in 1898 at Cornell University to teach scientific forestry.

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NICOL Forests UK

NICOL Forests UK Limited is a UK-registered company that acts as the UK arm of the Ghana-based National Interest Company Limited (NICOL).

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Old-growth forest

An old-growth forest (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.

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Optimal rotation age

In forestry, the optimal rotation age is the growth period required to derive maximum value from a stand of timber.

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Organic Act of 1897

The Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897 provided the main statutory basis for the management of forest reserves in the United States, hence the commonly used term "Organic Act".

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Oriented strand board

Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations.

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Outdoor recreation

Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to recreation done outside, most commonly in natural settings.

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Outline (list)

An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure.

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Outline of ecology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ecology: Ecology – scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment. Outline of forestry and outline of ecology are outlines and outlines of sciences.

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Pacing (surveying)

Pacing is a reasonably easy and quick method of measuring distance in the field.

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Paper

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying.

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Paperboard

Paperboard is a thick paper-based material.

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Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Park ranger

A ranger, park ranger, park warden, field ranger, or forest ranger is a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands and protected areas – private, national, state, provincial, or local parks.

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Pellet fuel

Pellet fuels (or pellets) are a type of solid fuel made from compressed organic material.

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Periodic annual increment

In forestry, periodic annual increment (PAI) is the change in the size of a tree between the beginning and ending of a growth period, divided by the number of years that was designated as the growing period.

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Phytoremediation

Phytoremediation technologies use living plants to clean up soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants.

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.

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Plant A Tree Today Foundation

The Plant A Tree Today Foundation (PATT) is a non-governmental environmental organization with primary operations in the United Kingdom and Thailand.

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Plywood

Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.

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Polar desert

Polar deserts are the regions of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate (EF under the Köppen classification).

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Pollarding

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Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization which promotes sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification.

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Pruning

Pruning is a horticultural, arboricultural, and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots.

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Pulp (paper)

Pulp is a fibrous lignocellulosic material prepared by chemically, semi-chemically or mechanically producing cellulosic fibers from wood, fiber crops, waste paper, or rags.

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Pulpwood

Pulpwood can be defined as timber that is ground and processed into a fibrous pulp. Outline of forestry and Pulpwood are forestry.

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Quadratic mean diameter

In forestry, quadratic mean diameter or QMD is a measure of central tendency which is considered more appropriate than arithmetic mean for characterizing the group of trees which have been measured.

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Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) with staff in more than 20 countries and operations in more than 70 countries.

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Rainforest Foundation Fund

The Rainforest Foundation Fund is a charitable foundation founded in 1987 and dedicated to drawing attention to rainforests and defending the rights of indigenous peoples living there.

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REDD and REDD+

REDD+ (or REDD-plus) is a framework to encourage developing countries to reduce emissions and enhance removals of greenhouse gases through a variety of forest management options, and to provide technical and financial support for these efforts.

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Reforestation

Reforestation is the practice of restoring previously existing forests and woodlands that have been destroyed or damaged.

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Relascope

The relascope, invented by Walter Bitterlich, is a multi-use instrument for forest inventory.

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Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation.

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Resin extraction

Resin extraction consists of incising the outer layers of a pine tree in order to collect the sap or resin.

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Resource Extraction Monitoring

Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM) is a non-profit organisation that provides independent monitoring to ensure that laws relating to the extraction of natural resources are enforced.

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Riparian forest

A riparian forest or riparian woodland is a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, sink or reservoir.

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Robert Scott Troup

Robert Scott Troup CMG CIE FRS (13 December 1874 – 1 October 1939) was a British forestry expert.

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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was established in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable palm oil products through global standards and multistakeholder governance.

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Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry

The Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry (German: Königliche-Sächsische Forstakademie) in Tharandt, Saxony, near Dresden, was founded by silviculturist Heinrich Cotta in 1811.

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Rubber tapping

Rubber tapping is the process by which latex is collected from a rubber tree.

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Rural sociology

Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas.

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Saint Petersburg State Forestry University

Saint Petersburg State Forestry University (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный лесотехнический университет им. С. М. Кирова (СПбГЛТУ) (also known under its former name Лесотехническая академия "Forestry academy", Rus.

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Sakari Pinomäki

Sakari Pinomäki (1933–2011) was a Finnish systems engineer and an inventor, who pioneered the mechanized forestry industry.

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Salvage logging

Salvage logging is the practice of logging trees in forest areas that have been damaged by wildfire, flood, severe wind, disease, insect infestation, or other natural disturbance in order to recover economic value that would otherwise be lost.

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Sanitation harvest

In forestry and silviculture, a sanitation harvest or sanitation cutting is a harvest of trees for the purpose of removing insects or diseases from a stand of trees.

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Sawdust

Sawdust (or wood dust) is a by-product or waste product of woodworking operations such as sawing, sanding, milling and routing.

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Sawmill

A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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Second-generation biofuels

Second-generation biofuels, also known as advanced biofuels, are fuels that can be manufactured from various types of non-food biomass.

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Secondary forest

A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has regenerated through largely natural processes after human-caused disturbances, such as timber harvest or agriculture clearing, or equivalently disruptive natural phenomena.

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Selection cutting

Selection cutting, also known as selection system, is the silvicultural practice of harvesting trees in a way that moves a forest stand towards an uneven-aged or all-aged condition, or 'structure'.

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Selective logging in the Amazon rainforest

Selective logging or partial forest removal is the practice of cutting down a few species of trees while leaving the rest intact and unharmed.

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Shade tolerance

In ecology, shade tolerance is a plant's ability to tolerate low light levels.

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Shelterwood cutting

Shelterwood cutting removes part of the old forest stand to allow for a natural establishment of seedlings under the cover of the remaining trees.

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Shifting cultivation

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot.

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Short rotation coppice

Short rotation coppice (SRC) is coppice grown as an energy crop.

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Short rotation forestry

Short rotation forestry (SRF) is grown as an energy crop for use in power stations, alone or in combination with other fuels such as coal.

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Shovel logging

Shovel logging, sometimes called Hoe Chucking, uses a log loader to swing logs to the forest road.

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Silviculture

Silviculture is the practice of controlling the growth, composition/structure, as well as quality of forests to meet values and needs, specifically timber production.

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Site index

Site index is a term used in forestry to describe the potential for forest trees to grow at a particular location or "site".

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Site tree (forestry)

Site tree refers to a type of tree used in forestry, which is used to classify the quality of growing conditions trees at a particular forest location.

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Skid cone

In forestry, a skid cone is a hollow steel or plastic cone placed over the sawn end of a log.

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Skidder

A skidder is any type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called "skidding", in which the logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing.

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Skyline logging

Skyline logging (or skyline yarding) is a form of cable logging in which harvested logs are transported on a suspended steel cable (a cableway or "highline") from where the trees are felled to a central processing location.

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Smokejumper

Smokejumpers are specially trained wildland firefighters who provide an initial attack response on remote wildfires.

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Soap

Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications.

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Soil science

Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

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Splash dam

A splash dam was a temporary wooden dam used to raise the water level in streams to float logs downstream to sawmills.

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Stand density index

Stand density index (SDI; also known as Reineke's Stand Density Index after its founder) is a measure of the stocking of a stand of trees based on the number of trees per unit area and diameter at breast height (DBH) of the tree of average basal area, also known as the quadratic mean diameter.

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Stand density management diagram

A stand density management diagram is a simple biological model relating forest yield to forest density at any stage of a particular forest stand's development.

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State Forestry Corps

The State Forestry Corps (Italian: Corpo forestale dello Stato or CFS) was a national police agency in Italy.

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Steam donkey

A steam donkey or donkey engine is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications.

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Stephen C. Sillett

Stephen C. Sillett (born March 19, 1968) is an American botanist specializing in old growth forest canopies.

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Steppe

In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.

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Stere

The stere or stère (st) is a unit of volume in the original metric system equal to one cubic metre.

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Stocking (forestry)

Stocking is a quantitative measure of the area occupied by trees, usually measured in terms of well-spaced trees or basal area per hectare, relative to an optimum or desired level of density.

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Structural insulated panel

A structural insulated panel, or structural insulating panel, (SIP), is a form of sandwich panel used in the construction industry.

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Stump harvesting

In plantation forests in parts of Europe, the tree stumps left after felling are now sometimes pulled out of the ground to supply wood fuel for biomass power stations.

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Stumpage

Stumpage is the price a private firm pays for the right to harvest timber from a given land base.

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Subarctic

The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of humid continental regions and covering much of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Fennoscandia, Northwestern Russia, Siberia, and the Cairngorms.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.

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Sustainable Forestry Initiative

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is a sustainability organization operating in the U.S. and Canada that works across four pillars: standards, conservation, community, and education.

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Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland.

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Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber

Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions by the English writer John Evelyn was first presented in 1662 as a paper to the Royal Society.

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Syngas

Syngas, or synthesis gas, is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, in various ratios.

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Taiga

Taiga (p), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.

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Taiga Rescue Network

Taiga Rescue Network (TRN) was an international network of more than 200 non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and individuals working to defend the world's boreal forests, also known as Taiga.

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Tall oil

Tall oil, also called liquid rosin or tallol, is a viscous yellow-black odorous liquid obtained as a by-product of the kraft process of wood pulp manufacture when pulping mainly coniferous trees.

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Tar

Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation.

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Te Uru Rākau

Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is the agency within the Ministry for Primary Industries that is responsible for the New Zealand forestry sector.

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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Temperate coniferous forest

Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Temperate forest

A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone.

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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Temperate rainforest

Temperate rainforests are rainforests with coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone and receive heavy rain.

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The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, is a key piece of forest legislation passed in India on 18 December 2006.

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The Wilderness Society (United States)

The Wilderness Society is an American non-profit land conservation organization that is dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands in the United States.

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Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr.

Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr. (October 2, 1879 – July 10, 1933) was a United States Forest Service employee, forestry researcher, professor at Yale University and author of books and articles related to forestry and forest regulation.

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Thinning

Thinning is a term used in agricultural sciences to mean the removal of some plants, or parts of plants, to make room for the growth of others.

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Timber rafting

Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water.

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Timber slide

A timber slide is a device for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls.

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Tire

A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels.

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Transfer Act of 1905

The Transfer Act of 1905 (33 Stat. 628) transferred the forest reserves of the United States from the Department of the Interior, United States General Land Office to the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry.

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Traverse (surveying)

Traverse is a method in the field of surveying to establish control networks.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.

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Tree breeding

Tree breeding is the application of genetic, reproductive biology and economics principles to the genetic improvement and management of forest trees.

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Tree plantation

A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest, timber plantation or tree farm is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest.

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Tree planting

Tree planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purposes.

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Tree taper

Tree taper is the degree to which a tree's stem or bole decreases in diameter as a function of height above ground.

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Tropenbos International

Tropenbos International is a non-profit based in the Netherlands that supports local, multi-stakeholder interventions on sustainable landscapes in tropical forests.

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Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests are a tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.

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Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator.

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Tropics

The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Tundra

In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons.

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Turpentine

Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines.

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Underwater logging

Underwater logging is the process of logging trees from underwater forests.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United Nations Forum on Forests

The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) is a high-level intergovernmental policy forum.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Urban forest

An urban forest is a forest, or a collection of trees, that grow within a city, town or a suburb.

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Urban forestry

Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Outline of forestry and urban forestry are forestry.

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Variable retention

Variable retention is a relatively new silvicultural system that retains forest structural elements for at least one rotation in order to preserve environmental values associated with structurally complex forests. Outline of forestry and Variable retention are forestry.

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Volume table

A volume table is a chart to aid in the estimation of standing timber volume.

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Walter Bitterlich

Walter Bitterlich (February 19, 1908 – February 9, 2008) was an Austrian forestry scientist.

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Water purification

Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids, and gases from water.

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Wedge prism

The wedge prism is a prism with a shallow angle between its input and output surfaces.

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Weed control

Weed control is a type of pest control, which attempts to stop or reduce growth of weeds, especially noxious weeds, with the aim of reducing their competition with desired flora and fauna including domesticated plants and livestock, and in natural settings preventing non native species competing with native species.

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Wilderness Act

The Wilderness Act of 1964 is a federal land management statute meant to protect federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness.

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Wilhelm Schlich

Sir Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (28 February 1840 in Flonheim – 28 September 1925 in Oxford), also known as William Schlich, was a German-born forester who worked extensively in India for the British administration.

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Wine bottle

A wine bottle is a bottle, generally a glass bottle, that is used for holding wine.

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Wise use movement

The wise use movement in the United States is a loose-knit coalition of groups promoting the expansion of private property rights and reduction of government regulation of publicly held property.

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Wood shingle

Wood shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather.

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Wood veneer

In woodworking, veneer refers to thin slices of wood and sometimes bark that typically are glued onto core panels (typically, wood, particle board or medium-density fiberboard) to produce flat panels such as doors, tops and panels for cabinets, parquet floors and parts of furniture.

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Wood–plastic composite

Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber/wood flour and thermoplastic(s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA).

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Woodchips

Woodchips are small- to medium-sized pieces of wood formed by cutting or chipping larger pieces of wood such as trees, branches, logging residues, stumps, roots, and wood waste.

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World Forestry Congress

The World Forestry Congress (WFC) is the largest and most significant gathering of the world's forestry sector and it has been held every six years since 1926 under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, organized by the government of the host country.

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World Rainforest Movement

The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) is an international initiative created to strengthen the global movement in defense of forests, in order to fight deforestation and forest degradation. Outline of forestry and World Rainforest Movement are forestry.

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Yarder

A yarder is piece of logging equipment that uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to a collection point.

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See also

Forestry-related lists

• Arbor Day
• Forest cover by province or territory in Canada
• Forest cover by state and territory in the United States
• Forest cover by state in India
• Forest cover by state or territory in Australia
• Index of forestry articles
• List of Tree Cities USA
• List of chainsaw carving competitions
• List of countries by forest area
• List of forest research institutes
• List of forest research institutes in India
• List of forestry journals
• List of forestry ministries
• List of forestry technical schools
• List of forestry universities and colleges
• List of historic schools of forestry
• List of old-growth forests
• List of plants known as oil palm
• List of types of formally designated forests
• List of woods
• Lists of forests
• Lists of trees
• Outline of forestry
• Timeline of dendrochronology timestamp events

References

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