Outline of forestry
The following outline is provided as an overview of and guide to forestry: Forestry – science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests and associated resources to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human and environment benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Forestry accommodates a broad range of concerns, through what is known as multiple-use management, striving for sustainability in the provision of timber, fuel wood, wildlife habitat, natural water quality management, recreation, landscape and community protection, employment, aesthetically appealing landscapes, biodiversity management, watershed management, erosion control, and preserving forests  as 'sinks' for atmospheric carbon dioxide. Branches of forestry. Forest management. Forest management – comprises the overall administrative, economic, legal, and social aspects of forest regulation Silvicultural methods. Silviculture – practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values. Silviculture also focuses on making sure that the treatment(s) of forest stands are used to preserve and to better their productivity. Site preparation Planting Intermediate treatments Harvest rotations Forest resource assessment. Forest inventory – systematic collection of data and forest information for assessment or analysis. An estimate of the value and possible uses of timber  is an important part of the broader information required to sustain ecosystems. Harvesting. Logging – cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. The term is sometimes used in a narrow sense to mean moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard. However, in common usage, the term may be used to indicate a range of forestry or silviculture activities... Forest products. Forest product – any material derived from a forest for direct consumption or commercial use, such as lumber, paper, or forage for livestock . Wood is by far the dominant forest product, used for fuel (as firewood or charcoal), structural materials in the construction of buildings, or as a raw material, such as wood pulp used in the production of paper. All non-wood products derived from forest resources are called non-timber forest products. History of forestry. History of forestry institutions. History of forestry organizations. History of forestry organizations Historic schools of forestry. List of historic schools of forestry