forestry

IPA: fˈɔrʌstri

(uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
(uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
(uncountable) Commercial tree farming.
(countable) A tree farm.
(countable) A forest-covered area.

Examples of "forestry" in Sentences

Prior to 1994, Mann Gulch meant the worst disaster in forestry's firefighting history.
If all these trends were allowed to continue freely, long-term forestry in Sri Lanka could be in crisis.
It's like talking about my sexual attraction to trees; it doesn't exist; forestry is an asexual topic to me.
There's a common perception among development groups that forestry is best left to environment groups, and need not be tackled by people involved in poverty reduction.
We must not forget that the export trade in forestry is what has kept the industry alive and without the export trade it will be difficult to get government to. put the money into our forests.
He also rejected argument by the National Party's Maans Nel, who said the NP would not support the bill because of a clause providing for existing long-term forestry contracts to be terminated.
Tropical forestry is dominated by big companies close to some of the most corrupt governments on earth, who treat people like dirt after promising them "development" in return for cutting the trees down.
But it also envisions renewed efficiency efforts, improved regional planning to reduce sprawl, more installation of distributed solar power on rooftops, changes in forestry and water-distribution practices, and so on.