silviculture

• Working with mixed dipterocarp ecosystems is challenging because these forest species are extremely sensitive to disturbance, says Mark Ashton, a Yale University professor of forest studies and silviculture. —  Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed
• Foresters help local people transition from slash-and-burn to silviculture -- teaching cultivation of higher-value, faster-growing species for fruit, medicine or timber, for example while carefully documenting the impact on the environment. —  Fast Company
• Earlier this week, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell called bioenergy and silviculture the emerging forest industries in B.C. and said the opportunity to harvest beetle-killed trees could extend "well into 2020, 2026." —  Tyee - Home
• They cover everything from community to wildlife to silviculture (the science and art of caring for forests) to water and habitat protection. —  Natural Home Latest 10 Articles
• Paddy Purser and rather than just ticking the boxes on the required official forms he agreed to come and spend a whole day with us and a friend in our woods training us in the first steps of 'close to nature' silviculture. —  Sallygardens Smallholding

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