sustainable logging
Eco-conscious timber harvesting
Sustainable logging is the harvesting of timber at a rate and in a manner that allows forests to regenerate and maintain their ecological health.
The practice balances economic use with long-term forest preservation, employing techniques like selective cutting and replanting: The company switched to sustainable logging after pressure from environmental groups.
Also called sustainable forestry.
- forest certificationSustainability verification for woodlands
- chain of custodyDocumented evidence handling sequence
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- tree plantingInstalling saplings in earth
selective · leave no trace · agroforestry · habitat restoration · forest management · carbon sequestration · timber · timber harvesting · sustainable yield · long-term planning · green economy · thinning · stakeholder engagement · wildlife corridors · ecological balance · sawmill · wood products · renewable resources
- timber industrylumber, sawmills, lumberjacks, timber trade, lumber mills
- eco actionsrecycling, composting, tree planting, water conservation, energy saving
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- forest conservationsustainable forestry, forest stewardship, forest management, reforestation, forest reserves
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
sustainable loggingdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
clear-cutting · clearcutting · overharvesting · slash-and-burn · illegal logging
sustainable loggingresource depletion
Exhausting available materials gradually