Forest Management

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The practice of managing forests for ecological, economic, and social benefits.

"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, protection, and forest regulation."
"...timber, aesthetics, recreation, urban values, water, wildlife, inland and nearshore fisheries, wood products, plant genetic resources..."
"Management objectives can be for conservation, utilisation, or a mixture of the two."
"Techniques include timber extraction, planting and replanting of different species, building and maintenance of roads and pathways through forests, and preventing fire."
"Silviculture is one of the scientific and technical aspects of forest management."
"Protection is another scientific and technical aspect of forest management."
"...economic aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects..."
"Forest regulation is one of the overall administrative aspects of forest management."
"Management objectives can include timber production as one of the forest resource values."
"...aesthetics, recreation, urban values, water, wildlife, inland and nearshore fisheries, wood products, plant genetic resources..."
"Management objectives may include activities for aesthetics, such as planting and replanting of different species."
"Management objectives can include water resource management as one of the forest resource values."
"Management objectives can include wildlife conservation as one of the forest resource values."
"Management objectives can include fisheries management as one of the forest resource values."
"Management objectives can include plant genetic resource conservation as one of the forest resource values."
"Techniques include timber extraction..."
"Techniques include... preventing fire."
"...building and maintenance of roads and pathways through forests..."
"Management objectives can be for conservation, utilisation, or a mixture of the two."