DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Deforestation Due to Timber Production The demand for timber is increasing day by day, which is directly connected to deforestation. The production of timber takes away trees that are necessary for the environment. Timber production also contributes to climate change by releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -Group Selection. This timber harvesting method is small-scale clear-cutting when a stand is cut down over 40-50 years by groups of trees. A cut-down area depends on a grown plant type: openings of less than one-quarter of an acre are suitable for shade-tolerant trees and larger spaces for sun-loving trees.

Detailed explanation-3: -Clear-cutting is a silvicultural system that removes an entire stand of trees from an area of 1 ha or more, and greater than two tree heights in width, in a single harvesting operation (Figure 5). It can be highly profitable.