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Old-growth forest, the Glossary

An old-growth forest (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.^[1]

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Forest conservation
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Sustainable forest management
Types of formally designated forests

Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

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In the United Kingdom, ancient woodland is that which has existed continuously since 1600 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland). Old-growth forest and ancient woodland are old-growth forests and types of formally designated forests.

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Asia–Pacific

The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Bioenergy

Bioenergy is a type of renewable energy that is derived from plants and animal waste.

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Boreal forest of Canada

Canada's boreal forest is a vast region comprising about one third of the circumpolar boreal forest that rings the Northern Hemisphere, mostly north of the 50th parallel.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canopy (biology)

In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.

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Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.

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Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.

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Carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool. Old-growth forest and carbon sequestration are forestry and the environment.

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Carbon sink

A carbon sink is a natural or artificial carbon sequestration process that "removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere".

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Clearcutting

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Climate change mitigation

Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change.

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In scientific ecology, climax community or climatic climax community is a historic term for a community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached a steady state.

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Coarse woody debris

Coarse woody debris (CWD) or coarse woody habitat (CWH) refers to fallen dead trees and the remains of large branches on the ground in forests and in rivers or wetlands. Old-growth forest and coarse woody debris are sustainable forest management.

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Conservation biology

Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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Disturbance (ecology)

In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem.

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Douglas fir

The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae.

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Ecological succession

Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time.

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Ecological unit

Ecological units, comprise concepts such as population, community, and ecosystem as the basic units, which are at the basis of ecological theory and research, as well as a focus point of many conservation strategies.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Ecosystem service

Ecosystem services are the various benefits that humans derive from healthy ecosystems. Old-growth forest and ecosystem service are forestry and the environment.

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Effects of climate change

Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Environmental movement

The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement) is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living.

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Environmental policy of the Joe Biden administration

The environmental policy of the Joe Biden administration includes a series of laws, regulations, and programs introduced by United States President Joe Biden since he took office in January 2021.

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Eucalyptus diversicolor

Eucalyptus diversicolor, commonly known as karri, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

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European Russia

European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russian Federation.

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Fisher (animal)

The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States.

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Flood control

Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Forest dynamics

Forest dynamics are the underlying physical and biological forces that shape and change a forest ecosystem.

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Fungus

A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Geoff Gallop

Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951) is an Australian academic and former politician who served as the 27th premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.

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Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.

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Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists.

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Gunns

Gunns Limited was a major forestry enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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Humus

In classical soil science, humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter.

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In situ

In situ (often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on site" or "in position." It can mean "locally", "on site", "on the premises", or "in place" to describe where an event takes place and is used in many different contexts.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Intact forest landscape

An intact forest landscape (IFL) is an unbroken natural landscape of a forest ecosystem and its habitat–plant community components, in an extant forest zone. Old-growth forest and intact forest landscape are forest conservation, sustainable forest management and types of formally designated forests.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations.

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IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was published in 2007 and is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change, its potential effects, and options for adaptation and mitigation.

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List of countries by forest area

This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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List of superlative trees

The world's superlative trees can be ranked by any factor.

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Logging

Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Marbled murrelet

The marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small seabird from the North Pacific.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Moss

Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto.

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National forest (United States)

In the United States, national forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands that are largely forest and woodland areas.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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Native species

In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often popularised as "with no human intervention") during history.

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Nature

Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole.

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Nitrogen oxide

Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen, or a mixture of such compounds.

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North Asia

North Asia or Northern Asia is the northern region of Asia, which is defined in geographical terms and consists of three federal districts of Russia: Ural, Siberian, and the Far Eastern.

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Northern spotted owl

The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three spotted owl subspecies.

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Northwest Forest Plan

The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) is a series of federal policies and guidelines governing land use on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Nurse log

A nurse log is a fallen tree which, as it decays, provides ecological facilitation to seedlings.

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Nutrient cycle

A nutrient cycle (or ecological recycling) is the movement and exchange of inorganic and organic matter back into the production of matter.

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Organic matter

Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

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Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.

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Pinus koraiensis

Pinus koraiensis is a species of pine known commonly as the Korean pine.

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.

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Pit-and-mound topography

Pit and mounds are small, persistent microtopographical features that present themselves after a disturbance event occurs and uproots trees via windthrow.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.

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Rare species

A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered.

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Regeneration (biology)

Regeneration in biology is the process of renewal, restoration, and tissue growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage.

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Regional Forest Agreement

The Regional Forest Agreements (RFA) are 20 year plans for the conservation and sustainable management of Australia's native forests, and are intended to provide certainty to commercial forestry operations while protecting environmental values.

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Remnant natural area

A remnant natural area, also known as remnant habitat, is an ecological community containing native flora and fauna that has not been significantly disturbed by destructive activities such as agriculture, logging, pollution, development, fire suppression, or non-native species invasion.

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Secondary forest

A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has regenerated through largely natural processes after human-caused disturbances, such as timber harvest or agriculture clearing, or equivalently disruptive natural phenomena.

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Seedling

A seedling is a young sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed.

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Senescence

Senescence or biological aging is the gradual deterioration of functional characteristics in living organisms.

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Shade tolerance

In ecology, shade tolerance is a plant's ability to tolerate low light levels.

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Snag (ecology)

In forest ecology, a snag refers to a standing dead or dying tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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Soil horizon

A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Spotted owl

The spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) is a species of true owl.

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Sustainable Timber Tasmania

Forestry Tasmania trades as Sustainable Timber Tasmania but is still legally called Forestry Tasmania.

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Taiga

Taiga (p), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Temperate rainforest

Temperate rainforests are rainforests with coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone and receive heavy rain.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Threatened species

A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Tree plantation

A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest, timber plantation or tree farm is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest.

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Tree throw

A tree throw or tree hole is a bowl-shaped cavity or depression created in the subsoil by a tree.

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Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator.

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Understory

In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Upper Florentine Valley

The Upper Florentine Valley is a valley in the south of Tasmania, Australia, is an area recognised for its landscape and old growth forests.

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Volatile organic compound

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds that have a high vapor pressure at room temperature.

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Water purification

Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids, and gases from water.

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West Australian Forest Alliance

The West Australian Forest Alliance is an organization made up of a number of Western Australian environmental activist groups concerned with the destruction of old-growth forests in the South West region.

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Wilderness

Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation.

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Woodchipping in Australia

Woodchipping is the act and industry of chipping wood for pulp.

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Woodland

A woodland is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see differences between British, American and Australian English explained below).

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Woodpecker

Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers.

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World Resources Institute

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research non-profit organization established in 1982 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation under the leadership of James Gustave Speth.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-growth_forest

Also known as Ancient forest, First growth forest, First growth tree, First-growth forest, Forest primeval, Logging in old-growth forests, Logging of old growth forest, Logging of old-growth forest, Logging of old-growth forests, Mature forest, Native forest, Natural forest, Old Growth, Old Growth Forest, Old Growth Forests, Old Growth Logging, Old-Growth Trees, Old-growth, Old-growth forests, Old-growth logging, Primaeval forest, Primary forest, Primary forest logging, Primary forests, Prime forest, Primeval forest, Virgin forest, Virgin forests, Virgin lumber, Virgin rainforest, Virgin timber.

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Old-growth forest, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Forest conservation

Forestry and the environment

Sustainable forest management

Types of formally designated forests

References