Forest Management
A branch of forestry that deals with the administrative, economic, legal and social aspects of forest regulation.
Forests
Forests provide homes for many kinds of plants and animals. They also protect water quality, offer opportunities for recreation, and provide people with wood.
Forest managers must be able to recognize and understand of forest site-soil types. The soil and site will control what species can survive, how fast they will grow, and how susceptible a site will be to erosion, landslides, and flooding.
Rainforest Activists Pressure Corporations
Stemming the tide of destruction in the Amazon is a complicated task, but some concerned government officials, international policy makers and environmentalists are making strides.
Forest land. A Land cover/use category that is at least 10 percent stocked by single-stemmed woody species of any size that will be at least 4 meters (13 feet) tall at maturity.
forest certification - a process of labeling wood that has been harvested from a well-managed forest.
forests - lands on which trees are the principal plant life, usually conducive to wide biodiversity.
Forestry Stewardship Council: The Forestry Stewardship Council is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.
forest floor
All dead vegetable and organic matter including litter and unincorporated humus on the mineral soil surface under forest vegetation.
forest soils ...
forest chemicals
Chemical substances or formulations that perform important functions in forest management. These include fertilizers, herbicides, repellents, and other chemicals.
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forest management = proper care of a forest, including apply scientific principles, to ensure it remains healthy
fossil fuel = fuel derived from a fossilised deposit ...
forest cover type All trees and other woody underbrush covering the ground in a forest. Includes trees, herbs and shrubs, litter, and the remain of rich humus of partly decayed vegetable matter at the surface of the soil.
F forest degradation
Definition (english only)
Biological, chemical or physical processes which result in the loss of the productive potential of natural resources in areas covered by forests and/or used by agriculture.
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Kyoto Forests: Forests that comply with the specifications of the Kyoto Protocol.
* Rain forest
An evergreen woodland of the tropics distinguished by a continuous leaf canopy and an average rainfall of about 100 inches per year. Rain forests play an important role in the global environment.
Forest soils tend to be inhabited by fungi, but acid rain shifts forest soils to be more bacterially dominated.In order to fix nitrogen many trees rely on fungi in a symbiotic relationship with their roots.
Forested freshwater wetlands adjacent to rivers in the southeastern United States, especially valuable for wildlife breeding, nesting and habitat.
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URBAN FORESTRY
The study of trees and forests in and around towns and cities.
URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ...
Low density forestry material consisting of tops of trees and small branches. Also referred to as 'lop and top'.
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agriculture. forestry, urban, mining, construction, dams and
channels, land disposal, and saltwater intrusion.
non-potable (non-POE-tuh-bull). Water that may contain ...
old growth forest: an undisturbed forest with trees that are more than 200 years old. It is characterized by fallen trees, trees with broken tops, and mature and dying trees.
Management of forest land for timber.
Safe Water
Water that does not contain harmful bacteria, toxic materials, or chemicals, and is considered safe for drinking even if it may have taste, odor, color, and certain mineral problems.
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST Tropical rain forests appear like a girdle around the equator and occupy approximately 8% of the earth's land surface, ...
FSC Products - Forest Steward Council wood bearing the FSC logo guarantees that it was sustainably harvested from a certified, well managed forest.
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Equatorial Rain Forests - An area located near the equator worldwide, covering seven percent of the earth's surface, characterized by high precipitation, absent or short dry season, high tree and vegetative growth rates, high humidity, ...
Clear-cutting:the logging practice of harvesting all trees from vast forest tracts. Climate:the weather experienced by a given location, averaged over several decades.
ovaries or cones so that they are not dispersed and free to germinate until after some disaster, especially forest fire. Serpentine soil Soil formed by the weathering of serpentine rock which contains high concentrations of various heavy metals.
clear cutting A forest-management technique that involves harvesting all the trees in one area at one time.
AFA- American Forestry Association
AFCA- Area Fuel Consumption Allocation
AFCEE-Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
AFS- AIRS Facility Subsystem
AFUG- AIRS Facility Users Group
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For instance, surface vegetation - forests and other plant life - captures rainwater and snow melt better than bare ground, providing groundwater recharge; ...
Environmental damage from hydroelectric, mining, energy and forestry projects, chemical pollution from industry, nuclear energy and weapons testing, toxic waste mismanagement, depletion of the ozone layer and global warming, ...
Light Gap: a patch in a forest characterized by different environmental conditions than the habitat surrounding it (e.g., higher light intensity, lower humidity, higher soil temperature), ...
Silviculture- Management of forest land for timber.
Single-Breath Canister- Small one-liter canister designed to capture a single breath. Used in air pollutant ingestion research.
Sink- Place in the environment where a compound or material collects.
Bottom Land Hardwoods: Forested freshwater wetlands adjacent to rivers in the southeastern United States, especially valuable for wildlife breeding, nesting and habitat.
Carbon sink - carbon dioxide is naturally absorbed by things such as oceans, forests and peat bogs. These are called carbon sinks.
Carbon tax - a charge on fossil fuels based on their carbon content. Find out more at the Carbon Tax Center.
Agricultural Burning: The intentional use of fire for vegetation management in areas such as agricultural fields, orchards, rangelands, and forests.
(and to a lesser extent when forests are cleared). The second is methane, released from rice paddies, both ends of cows, rotting garbage in landfills, mining operations, and gas pipelines.
Acid rain can have terrible effects on a forest. The acid takes away important minerals from the leaves and the soil.
slash and burn: Slash and burn is how some people clear forest for farming. It is when all the trees are cut down and then every thing is set on fire to burn away.
a forest) which produces a flow of goods (e.g., new trees) and services (e.g., carbon sequestration, erosion control, habitat). Natural capital can be divided into renewable and non-renewable; the level of flow of non-renewable resources (e.g.
Ecosystems services: ways in which natural ecosystems support human life and civilisation, such as coral reefs providing a barrier to storms, forests changing carbon dioxide into oxygen, wetlands purifying water and so on.
Renewable resources: Natural resources that have the capacity to be naturally replenished despite being harvested (e.g., forests, fish).
Biomass is a natural resource. It refers to materials derived from photosynthesis which are not fossilised such as forest and mill residues, agricultural crops and wastes, etc
Biosolids ...
1. The highly visible portion of solid waste carelessly discarded outside the regular garbage and trash collection and disposal system. 2. Leaves and twigs fallen from forest trees.
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Best Management Practice (BMP): structural or managerial technique recognized as the most effective and practical means of controlling pollution for an agricultural, urban, forested, or mining area.
silviculture : Management of forest land for timber.
sink : A place in the environment where a compound or material collects. See reservoir.
Particulate Matter (PM) or Particle Pollution. Small particles of matter such as dust and soot that are suspended in the air. PM is emitted from sources such as motor vehicles, some industrial processes and forest fires.
40 tonnes (22.49 tons) the average American creates by burning fuels, requires 7 trees. To handle all the CO₂ requires 95 trees. We have already levelled over half the planet’s forests, ...
In ecology, a group of interacting populations in time and space. Sometimes, a particular subgrouping may be specified, such as the fish community in a lake or the soil arthropod community in a forest.
in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. FAO is active in land and water development, plant and animal production, forestry, ...
The pollutants are generally carried off the land by stormwater runoff. The commonly used categories for non-point sources are: agriculture. forestry, urban, mining, construction, dams and channels, land disposal, and saltwater intrusion.
the name describing upland evergreen shrub swamps and forests in the coastal southeastern United States.
forestry, urban, mining, construction, dams and channels, land disposal, and saltwater intrusion.
non-potable (non-POE-tuh-bull).
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