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clearcutting: see forestry forestry, the management of forest lands for wood , water, wildlife, forage, and recreation. Because the major economic importance of the forest lies in wood and wood products, forestry has been chiefly concerned with timber management, especially reforestation, ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In discussing management of the forests, Griffiths states that control burning is not really appropriate, whereas "some modified version of clearfelling appears essential. It appeared more like a clearfelling operation and bore little relation to any attempt at retaining even a token sample of future commercial crop on the site. Selective logging was prohibited on slopes over 25 degrees and clearfelling was prohibited on slopes over 30 degrees. |
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