Forest protection
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Forest protection is a branch of forestry which is concerned with the preservation or improvement of a
Forest protection also has a legal status and rather than protection from only people damaging the forests is seen to be broader and include
In German-speaking countries, forest protection would focus on the biotic and abiotic factors that are non-crime related. A
The types of man-induced abuse that forest protection seeks to prevent include:
- Aggressive or unsustainable intensive farming and logging
- Pollutionof the forest soil
- Expanding city development caused by population explosion and the resulting urban sprawl
There is considerable debate over the effectiveness of forest protection methods. Enforcement of laws regarding purchased forest land is weak or non-existent in most parts of the world. In the increasingly dangerous South America, home of major
Land purchase
One simple type of forest protection is land acquisition by the state or conservation organisations in order to secure it, or for reforestation / afforestation. It can also mean forest management or the designation of areas such as natural reservoirs which are intended to be left to themselves.[2] However, merely purchasing a piece of land does not prevent it from being used by others for poaching and illegal logging.
On site monitoring
A better way to protect a forest, particularly
Another issue about living on purchased forest-land is that there may not be a suitable site for a standard home without clearing land, which defies the purpose of protection. Alternatives include building a
Other methods of protection
A number of less successful methods of forest protection have been tried, such as the trade in certified wood. Protecting a small section of land in a larger forest may also have limited value. For example, tropical rainforests can die if they decrease in size, since they are dependent on the moist microclimate which they create. There is an excellent article in National Geographic October issue concerning redwood forest in California and their effort to maintain forest and rainforest.[4]
A compromise is to conduct agriculture and stock farming, or
Neighborhood leakage
Two conflicting studies on the idea that protecting forests only relocates deforestation. This is called 'neighborhood leakage'. According to the paradox of forest protection
See also
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- Conservation biology
- Conservation ethic
- Conservation movement
- Conservation reliant species
- Deep ecology
- Ecology
- Ecology movement
- Environmentalism
- Environmental movement
- Environmental protection
- Forest conservation
- Forest Principles
- Habitat conservation
- List of environmental organizations
- Natural environment
- Natural capital
- Natural landscape
- Natural resource
- Protection forest
- Renewable resource
- Sustainable development
- Sustainability
- Sustainable agriculture
- Urban forest
- Water conservation
References
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- ^ Lund, H. Gyde (2006). Definitions of Forest, Deforestation, Afforestation, and Reforestation. Gainesville, VA: Forest Information Services.
- ^ ISSN 0262-4079.
- ^ Allen, CD; Savage, M (2002). "Ecological restoration of southwestern ponderosapine ecosystems: A broad perspective". 12. Ecological Applications.
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