List of types of formally designated forests

List of types of formally designated forests
This is a list of types of formally designated forests, as institutionalized around the world. It is organized in three sublists: by forest ownership, protection status, and designated use.
By ownership
Church forests of Ethiopia - protected sacred forests around rural churches
Community forest
Community forests in England
County forest
Crown land
Municipal forest
National forest
National forest (Brazil) - a type of sustainable use protected area
The National Forest (England) - a government-supported, "environmental project in central England"
National forest (France) - a forest that is owned by the French state, originating with the Edict of Moulins of 1566
National forest (United States) - classification of Federal lands in the United States
National reserve - legal designation in the United States, beginning in 1978
Private forest
Corporate forest
Private nonindustrial forest land
Private landowner assistance program - a class of U.S. government assistance program for maintaining, developing, improving and protecting wildlife
Private reserve
Private forest reserve
Private timber reserve (Tasmania)
Private nature reserve
Provincial forest - administered or protected by an agency of a province; varies by jurisdiction
Provincial forests (Manitoba)
Royal forest - an area of land with varying meanings; not necessarily densely wooded
State forest - administered or protected by an agency of a state; varies by jurisdiction
Tribal forest - owned, controlled, and/or utilized by a (formally recognized) indigenous or tribal group
By protection status
Ancient woodland - formal designation used in the United Kingdom
Ancient semi-natural woodland (ASNW) - composed of native tree species not obviously planted
Bannwald - a protected forest area in parts of Germany and Austria
Biosphere reserve - as designated by UNESCO
Biological reserve
Conservation reserve - used in the United States' Conservation Reserve Program
Forest circle - an administrative area including protected or resource-managed forests, used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Forest division - a non-overlapping subdivision of a forest circle, used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Forest park (The Gambia), as in Dobo Forest Park, Faba Forest Park, Finto Manereg Forest Park, etc.
Forest preserve, formal dedication for state-owned lands within the constitutionally designated Adirondack and Catskill Parks of the U.S. state of New York, required to be kept forever wild.
Forest protected area - formal designation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the World Commission on Protected Areas
Forest range - a non-overlapping subdivision of a forest division, used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Forest reserve or preserve
Recreational forest reserve, e.g. the Recreational Forest Reserve of Fontinhas, Azores
High-biodiversity wilderness area - an International Union for Conservation of Nature classification
High conservation value area - developed by the Forest Stewardship Council as a means of defining regions with a specific environmental, socioeconomic, biodiversity or landscape value for use within forestry management certification systems
High conservation value forest - a FSC designation for forests meeting criteria specified in its "Principles and Criteria of Forest Stewardship"
Intact forest landscape - NGO-developed term used in forest monitoring
Old-growth forest - in Australia, formal protection category in the Regional Forest Agreement
Private natural heritage reserve - designation used in Brazil
Protected forest - used in Cambodia and India
Protected landscape - used in the Czech Republic
Reserve forest - used to designate protected forest areas in British India; used today in Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan and Pakistan to refer to forests accorded a special degree of protection
Reserved forests and protected forests of India
Protected and reserved forests of Pakistan
Sacred grove - protected in Ghana, Nigeria and possibly elsewhere
Sacred groves of India
Schonwald, a type of formally protected forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in which economic usage of the forest is permitted under certain restrictions
Wild forest, formal designation within the New York Forest Preserve
Wilderness forest
Wildlife forest
Wildlife management area
Wildlife reserve
Wildlife sanctuaries of India
World Heritage Forest - formally recognized for special biophysical or cultural significance; administered by UNESCO
By designated use
Dehesa - lands utilizing a particular agrosylvopastoral system in Spain and Portugal
Demonstration forest
Experimental forest - formal designation used by the United States Forest Service
Intensive monitoring site - formal designation used by the United States Forest Service
Long-term ecological research site
Model forest - formal designation used by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Model Forest Network
Private nonindustrial forest land - small, family owned, and timber-producing forest lands
Production forest
Protection forest - forests that mitigate or prevent the impact of a natural hazard; designation in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland (Schutzwald) and elsewhere in Europe, particularly in mountainous areas (e.g. as a protection against avalanches)
Research forest
Research natural area - formal designation used by the United States Forest Service
Teaching forest
See also
Conservation easement
Forest garden, or food forest
Forestry law
Forest reserve (disambiguation)
Indigenous and Community Conserved Area, IUCN
Indigenous Protected Area, Australia
IUCN protected area categories
Land classifications within the New York Forest Preserve
National park
Private protected area
Protected area
State park
Urban forest
References
External links
UNESCO World Heritage Forest Programme
Forest law
Types of formally
Types of formally designated forests
Forests
World forestry