forest industry
Wood harvesting business
The forest industry encompasses commercial activities related to forests—logging, lumber production, pulp and paper manufacturing, and related processing.
The term covers everything from harvesting timber to producing finished wood products: The forest industry employs thousands in the Pacific Northwest.
Also called the timber industry or forestry sector.
- sawmillingProcessing logs into planks
- loggingRecording system events
- timber harvestingCutting trees for wood
- chain sawMotorized cutting tool
- clear cuttingHarvesting entire forest stands
plywood · lumber · wood products · paper mill · carbon footprint · green economy · silviculture · biofuel · paper · cardboard · renewable resources · supply chain · wood pellets · habitat loss · biodiversity · trade regulations · wood pulp · furniture
- forestrysilviculture, timber, ranger station, timber harvesting, logging roads
- Bergslagenironworks, iron ore, copper mining, mine shafts, blast furnaces
- Finnish LakelandFinnish Lakeland, lake district, lake cottages, summer cottages, saunas
forest industrymining industry
Commercial mineral extraction business
fishing industry · petroleum industry · aquaculture · commercial fishing · quarrying
forest industryforest conservation
Protecting wooded ecosystems systematically
forest preservation · reforestation · wilderness protection · afforestation · conservation
forest industryservice industry
Businesses providing labor, not products
information technology · financial services · knowledge economy · digital economy · service sector
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