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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. forestry
  3. forest management
  4. afforestation
  5. reforestation
  1. Forestry, Wildland Management
  2. forestry
  3. forest management
  4. afforestation
  5. reforestation
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resource management
  3. wildlife management
  4. forest management
  5. afforestation
  6. reforestation

Preferred term

reforestation

Type

  • Topic

Definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Scope note

  • Use for restocking an area with forest trees; for renewal of a tree crop in a commercial or private forest, USE forest regeneration; for activities that repair and restore ecological functions of forests so that the restored forest ecosystem will match, as closely as possible, that of the original forest USE forest restoration.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4790

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