selective logging
Partial forest cutting
Selective logging is the forestry practice of harvesting only certain trees from a stand rather than clearcutting the entire area.
Trees may be selected by species, size, or value: The company practiced selective logging, taking only mature hardwoods.
Proponents argue it's more sustainable than clearcutting; critics note it can still damage forest ecosystems through road building and canopy disruption.
- thinningReducing density or number
- timber cruisingSurveying trees for logging
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
- tree fellingCutting down forests
- timberWood for construction
silviculture · wildlife corridors · reforestation · eco-certification · chain of custody · buffer zones · bark · habitat fragmentation · carbon sequestration · biodiversity loss · sustainable harvesting · sawmill · cost-benefit analysis · regrowth · sustainable · mahogany · tropical hardwoods · old growth
- deforestationclear cutting, clearcutting, clear-cutting, timber harvesting, timber harvest
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- loggingloggers, lumberjacks, chainsaws, chainsaw, felling
- forest conservationsustainable forestry, forest stewardship, forest management, reforestation, forest reserves
- woodland conservationtree planting, reforestation, habitat protection, wildlife corridors, old growth
- forest restorationreforestation, tree planting, natural regeneration, regrowth, seedlings
selective loggingforest preservation
Protecting extensive tree ecosystems
forest conservation · wilderness protection · non-intervention · forest reserves