forest damage
Trees under threat
Forest damage refers to harm inflicted on woodland ecosystems—by insects, disease, fire, storms, pollution, or human activity.
The term appears frequently in environmental science and forestry management: The survey documented extensive forest damage from the beetle infestation.
Forest damage may be acute, as from wildfire, or chronic, as from acid rain gradually weakening trees over decades.
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- loggingRecording system events
- clear cuttingHarvesting entire forest stands
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- slash and burnAgricultural clearing method
pollution · windthrow · drought · dieback · dead wood · storm · acid rain · bark beetle · pest outbreak · habitat fragmentation · biodiversity loss · root rot · overgrazing · soil erosion · landslide · flooding · road construction · heatwaves
- Acid Rainacid rain, acidification, sulfur dioxide, SO2, sulfuric acid
- wood peststermites, termite, wood-boring beetles, carpenter ants, carpenter ant
forest damagereforestation
Replanting depleted woodlands
forest restoration · afforestation · rewilding · natural regeneration · ecological recovery
forest damageforest conservation
Protecting wooded ecosystems systematically
forest protection · forest preservation · forest stewardship · sustainable forestry · forest management