forest preservation
Saving tree ecosystems
Forest preservation is the protection of woodland areas from destruction, development, or degradation.
Unlike conservation, which may allow managed use, preservation often implies keeping forests in their natural state: The land was set aside for forest preservation.
The term appears in environmental policy and advocacy contexts.
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- protected areasZones with legal conservation status
- nature preserveProtected natural habitat area
- environmental treatiesInternational agreements protecting nature
clear cutting · fire management · old-growth · tree hugger · indigenous rights · wildlife corridors · carbon sequestration · green lungs · cultural heritage · ecological balance · native species · land stewardship · endangered species · sustainable logging · trees · sustainable · environmental education · paper trail
- conservationwildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary, nature reserve
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, recycle, sustainable yield, recycling programs
- carbon tradingcarbon credits, carbon offsets, emissions trading, cap-and-trade, carbon market
- Jewish Agriculturesabbatical year, mixed seeds, field labor, fallow fields, ethical farming
forest preservationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
clearcutting · forest clearing · clear-cutting · logging · timber harvesting
forest preservationhabitat destruction
Eliminating natural living spaces
environmental degradation · ecocide · ecosystem collapse · desertification · biodiversity loss
forest preservationcommercial logging
Profit-driven forest harvesting
resource extraction · land development · agricultural expansion · timber industry · development