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.
Agroforestry: The integration of tree growing with crop and livestock production. Agroforestry offers a way of tackling the combined problems of wood storages, poor agricultural production and environmental degradation.
Agroforestry
Agroforestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately used on the same land-management units as agricultural crops and/or animals, ...
A agroforestry
Definition (english only)
Land-use system in which woody perennials are maintained or planted, in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence, on the same land as agricultural crops and/or livestock.
A forestry activity designed to remove unwanted vegetation and other material, and to cultivate or prepare the soil for reforestation.
skid ...
Low density forestry material consisting of tops of trees and small branches. Also referred to as 'lop and top'.
CAP ...
agriculture. forestry, urban, mining, construction, dams and
channels, land disposal, and saltwater intrusion.
non-potable (non-POE-tuh-bull). Water that may contain ...
ground fire (Forestry)
A fire that consumes all the organic material of the forest floor and also burns into the underlying soil, for example, a peat fire. It differs from a surface fire by being invulnerable to wind.
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
AH- Allowance Holders ...
Forest Management A branch of forestry that deals with the administrative, economic, legal and social aspects of forest regulation.
Deforestation- Type of "forestry practice" which involves the permanent removal of forests and their undergrowth so that the land can serve another purpose.
Sustainable forestry practices involve planting at least as many, if not more trees than are removed by logging.
The bole is the main stem of a sapling or mature tree (a bole is forestry jargon for a tree trunk).
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, ...
"We applaud Scholastic's progressive and bold commitment to support responsible forestry practices by buying FSC-certified and recycled papers," said Liza Murphy, senior marketing manager in the Rainforest Alliance's sustainable forestry program.
land-use change and forestry emissions = GhGE from activities relating to land-use change and forestry change activities (activities impact on three different carbon sources/sinks: aboveground biomass, belowground biomass and soil carbon) ...
Traditional sources of biomass consist of agricultural and forestry residues and waste from animal husbandry. New biomass sources include specifically grown energy crops, particularly short rotation coppice (SRC) of willow or poplar ...
Bio-based Product (B):
Bio-based product refers to a product (other than food or feed) that is produced from renewable, agricultural (plant, animal and marine), or forestry materials.
The pollutants are generally carried off the land by storm water. Common non-point sources are agriculture, forestry, urban, mining, construction, dams, channels, land disposal, saltwater intrusion, and city streets.
A parcel of land not previously developed for a higher use beyond that of agriculture or forestry.
Greenhouse Effect ...
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.
 See also: Forest, Environment, Water, Waste, Environmental
  
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