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A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors. While Mojang Studios does not provide an API ...
Agroforestry. Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France. Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso. Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture.
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits. [1] Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. [2] The science of forestry has elements that belong to the biological, physical, social, political ...
Forest restoration is defined as "actions to re-instate ecological processes, which accelerate recovery of forest structure, ecological functioning and biodiversity levels towards those typical of climax forest ", [1] i.e. the end-stage of natural forest succession. Climax forests are relatively stable ecosystems that have developed the maximum ...
The distinction between forestry and silviculture is that silviculture is applied at the stand-level, while forestry is a broader concept. Adaptive management is common in silviculture, while forestry can include natural/conserved land without stand-level management and treatments being applied.
Silvopasture integrates livestock, forage, and trees. (Photo: USDA NAC) Silvopasture (silva is forest in Latin) is the practice of integrating trees, forage, and the grazing of domesticated animals in a mutually beneficial way. [1] It utilizes the principles of managed grazing, and it is one of several distinct forms of agroforestry.
A controlled or prescribed (Rx) burn is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape. The purpose could be for forest management, ecological restoration, land clearing or wildfire fuel management. A controlled burn may also refer to the intentional burning of slash and ...
Species used. SRF is the practice of cultivating fast-growing trees that reach their economically optimum size between 8 and 20 years old. Species used are selected on this basis and include alder, ash, southern beech, birch, Eucalyptus, poplar, willow, [1][2] new varieties of Paulownia elongata, paper mulberry, Australian blackwood and sycamore.