silviculture
SIL-vih-kul-cher
The art and science of growing and tending forests — controlling their establishment, composition, structure, and growth to meet specific objectives. Silviculture is to forests what agriculture is to crops, but the timescale is generational: a silvicultural decision made today may not show its full consequences for a century.
Etymology
Latin silva (forest) + cultura (cultivation). The cultivation of forests.
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