AP®︎ Environmental Science: Topic 5.17 Flashcards

Managing and using forests for products without exhausting their regenerative capacity or undermining long-term ecological functions

The amount of a renewable resource that can be removed without reducing its long-term available supply; timber harvest should not exceed forest regeneration

Reestablishing trees on recently forested land after trees were lost through logging or another disturbance

Removing wood at a rate the forest can replace while retaining enough structure and regenerative capacity for the forest to persist

Harvesting individual mature trees or small groups rather than removing the entire stand, usually retaining more canopy, roots, habitat, and seed sources than clearcutting

Vegetation retained beside a stream to stabilize banks, filter runoff, trap sediment and nutrients, and shade the water

Standards and audits identifying wood from forests managed with specified environmental and social safeguards, such as FSC certification

A system that tracks certified wood from the forest through processing and sale so uncertified material is not sold as certified

Keeping salvaged or existing wood in service so fewer new trees are harvested and less wood becomes waste

Monitoring and identifying forest pests, intervening only when justified, and combining targeted biological, physical, cultural, and limited chemical controls

Targeted removal and safe handling of infected or infested trees to eliminate a localized source of pest or pathogen spread

A fire intentionally set and managed under planned conditions to consume accumulated fuel and reduce the severity of later wildfires