Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources and for human and environmental benefit. It is practiced in plantations and natural stands, and it draws on the biological, physical, social, political and managerial sciences. Modern forestry embraces multiple-use management, including timber, fuel wood, wildlife habitat, water quality, recreation, biodiversity, watershed management, erosion control and the preservation of forests as sinks for atmospheric carbon dioxide. The control of forests for timber production is known as silviculture, and a practitioner of forestry is a forester.