timber - logged wood sold as a commodity.
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TNT Equivalent - a measure of the energy released in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, expressed in terms of the quantity of TNT which would release the same amount of energy.
Some timberlands may be managed for aesthetics and water quality.
This bottomland hardwood plantation is very productive and could rapidly produce high quality timber, but the landowner may enjoy the aesthetic qualities of large trees.
watershed, and timber production. Could also apply to use
of bodies of water for recreational purposes, fishing, and
water supply.
It is the diameter of standing timber at "breast height" or about 5 feet (1.5 meters) upwards from the base of the tree. DBH is a standard measurement used in timber surveying.
Recycled Timber Salvaged wood from demolitions of old houses, buildings, warehouses, bridges and wharves that can be used as timber for new construction projects or furniture.
silviculture Management of forest land for timber. smog Air pollution associated with oxidants. smoke Particles suspended in air after incomplete combustion of materials.
Mountain soil occurring above the timberline.
amendment (soil)
(1) An alteration of the properties of a soil and thereby of the soil by the addition of substances such as lime, ...
flashboards A length of timber, concrete, or steel placed on the crest of a spillway to raise the retention water level but which may be quickly removed in the event of a flood by a tripping device, ...
I International Tropical Timber Agreement
Definition (english only)
A commodity agreement by 32 producing countries and 32 consuming countries for tropical timber, renewed in 1994, and with a Secretariat in Japan.
Any activity related to growing, harvesting, or processing timber. These activities include, but are not limited to, road and trail construction, final and intermediate harvesting, pre-commercial thinning, reforestation, fertilization, ...
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.
Looking for ways to make ends meet, poor inhabitants clear tracts of rainforest for its timber value, often with government permission, and then further despoil the cleared land through destructive farming and ranching practices.
Virgin Materials: Resources extracted from nature in their raw form, such as timber or metal ore.
Viscosity: The molecular friction within a fluid that produces flow resistance.
Volatile: Any substance that evaporates readily.
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.
Natural Capital is any stock or flow of energy and matter that yields valuable goods and services that includes resources, some of which are renewable (timber grain fish water) whilst others are not fossil fuels) sinks which absorb neutralise or ...
Resources extracted from nature in their raw form, such as timber or metal ore.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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Berm: A sloped wall or embankment (typically constructed of earth, hay bales, or timber framing) used to prevent inflow or outflow of material into/from an area.
Waste that contains paper, cardboard, textiles (for example fabric or carpet), timber, food, garden clippings, glass, plastic and other manufactured materials.
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Incinerator ...
A classification used to describe waste materials that are either of a particular type (e.g. 'timber waste stream') or produced a particular source (e.g. 'C&I waste stream').
Waste treatment ...
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Weed species Plants that threaten human welfare by competing with other plants that have food, timber or amenity value.
Integrated resource planning: The management of two or more resources in the same general area; commonly includes water, soil, timber, grazing land, fish, wildlife, and recreation.
multiple use. Use of land for more than one purpose; i.e., grazing of livestock, wildlife production. recreation, watershed, and timber production. Could also apply to use of bodies of water for recreational purposes, fishing, and water supply.
The arsenic is carried off in flue gases during combustion if treated wood is burned, and can be volatilized, making it difficult to trap with conventional filters so CCA treated timber must not be burned except in suitable equipment.
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