A
- Afforestation
- growing or planting of new woods or forests
B
- Biodiversity
- the richness or variety of plants and wildlife
C
- Conservancy
- the name we use for our offices in Scotland which provide advice and grants to private landowners, and which administer felling licences.
- Crop
- the harvest of timber from a wood or forest.
D
E
- Expansion
- growing new woods and forests
F
- Felling Licence
- legal permission needed to fell trees
- Forest District
- Forest Enterprise district office areas.
G
H
- Hectares
- approximately 2.5 acres
I
J
K
L
M
- Multi-purpose forestry
- forest management that delivers multiple benefits eg. social, economic, environmental
N
O
P
- Plantations
- forests or woods that have been planted
Q
R
- Restocking
- replanting trees after felling
S
- Sustainable Forestry
- forests that are sensitively managed and harvested so that they will be around for generations to come
T
- Timber
- wood
U
V
W
- Wood/Forest
- generally speaking, a forest is a large wood or a collection of woods although the two terms are often interchangeable
X
Y
Z
Glossary of terms used in this site
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What's of interest
The word "forest" is believed to be derived from the term "forestis silva" or 'outdoor woods'.
