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sustainable wood-harvesting practice [1 record]

Record 1 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

A great deal of forest destruction and degradation is caused by the expansion of farming and grazing. Other forces are the market demand for wood as a commodity and the local demand for fuel-wood and other forest resources for subsistence living. These pressures may be eased by boosting agricultural productivity, slowing the rate of population growth, involving local people in sustainable forest management and wood-harvesting practices ...

OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • sustainable wood harvesting practice
  • sustainable wood-harvesting practices
  • sustainable wood harvesting practices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Mesures antipollution
CONT

La destruction et la dégradation des forêts sont en grande partie dues à l'extension des cultures et des pâturages. Il faut également citer la demande commerciale de bois en tant que produit de base et les besoins locaux en bois de feu et autres ressources forestières qui permettent aux populations d'assurer leur subsistance. Ces pressions peuvent être atténuées en encourageant la productivité agricole, en ralentissant la croissance démographique, en associant les populations à une gestion des forêts et des pratiques de récolte du bois durables [...]

OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • pratique durable de récolte du bois
  • pratiques de récolte du bois durables
  • pratiques durables de récolte du bois

Spanish

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