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  2. Forestry mulching - Wikipedia

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    Time-lapse of Tigercat mulcher clearing brush. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses a single machine to cut, grind, and clear vegetation.. A forestry mulching machine, also referred to as a forestry mulcher, forest masticator, or brushcutter, uses a rotary drum equipped with steel chipper tools ("teeth") or blades to shred vegetation. [1]

  3. Even-aged timber management - Wikipedia

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    Even-aged forest management is the harvesting system of choice in many parts of the world because it is often considered to be the only method that is economically viable. Forestry operations have extremely high variable costs- per hour expenses for harvesting equipment and per kilometer expenses for log transportation compose a very large ...

  4. Deforestation - Wikipedia

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    Deforestation. Deforestation in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia to make way for an oil palm plantation in 2007. Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use.

  5. Clearcutting - Wikipedia

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    Clearcutting can be differentiated into. Clearcutting – clean felling by complete exploitation and removal of all the trees in one operation ... a harvesting method. Clearcutting method – a method for regenerating an even-aged community by removing all the mature trees. Clearcutting system – a silvicultural system incorporating the ...

  6. Clearing (geography) - Wikipedia

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    Clearing (geography) Thorn bushes in the Gran Chaco region of Argentina and Bolivia (A) are cleared and turned into fields (B), in order to be able to plant soya beans (C). Part of the wood engraving, Totentanz (1538), by Hans Holbein the Younger, showing the clearing of a forest to create farmland. The clearing of woods and forests is the ...

  7. Deforestation in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    In other words, Deforestation is the process where forests are cleared or removed to make land available for other uses, such as agriculture, urban development, or industrial purposes. Nigeria, naturally rich in forests, has approximately 12.18% forest cover in its total land area.

  8. Harvester (forestry) - Wikipedia

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    John Deere harvester in Sweden. A harvester is a type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing and bucking trees. A forest harvester is typically employed together with a skidder that hauls the logs to a roadside landing, for a forwarder to pick up and haul away. CAT 501 HD with tracked treads.

  9. Assarting - Wikipedia

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    Assarting is the act of clearing forested lands for use in agriculture or other purposes. In English land law, it was illegal to assart any part of a royal forest without permission. This was the greatest trespass that could be committed in a forest, being more than a waste: while waste of the forest involves felling trees and shrubs, which can ...

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