tree plantations
Cultivated forest plots
Tree plantations are large areas where trees are cultivated as a crop, typically for timber, paper pulp, or other wood products.
Unlike natural forests, plantations consist of trees planted in organized rows, often of a single species, and managed for maximum yield.
The company converted thousands of acres to eucalyptus tree plantations.
Environmental debates often center on whether tree plantations can substitute for native forests in terms of biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
- lumber industryCommercial wood harvesting sector
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- rowsSide-by-side sequences
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
soil erosion · land use · biodiversity loss · forest management · carbon sequestration · timber · eucalyptus · pine forest · habitat fragmentation · invasive species · monoculture · saplings · fast growing · irrigation systems · selective logging · seedlings · pulpwood · wood chips
- carbon sinksforests, trees, oceans, peatlands, soil
- State Forestsforest roads, forest cabins, forest management, timber harvesting, ranger stations
- managed forestsforest reserves
- forestswoods, pine trees, deciduous forest, maple trees, coniferous forest
- forest productslumber, timber, plywood sheets, hardwood, softwood
- green spacescity parks, park, greenbelts, green belt, green belts
tree plantationsold-growth forests
Long-established, uncut woodlands
virgin forests · primary forests · native forests · primeval forests · wildwood
tree plantationsclearcuts
Complete timber removal
cropland · pastureland · urban areas · grasslands · desert
tree plantationsbiodiversity hotspots
Endemic-rich areas under threat
rainforests · nature reserves · protected wilderness · wildlife corridors