Forest definition

Forest means an area of land defined by the minimum values for area size, tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level, and potential tree height at maturity at the place of growth of the trees as specified for each Member State in Annex II. It includes areas with trees, including groups of growing, young, natural trees, or plantations that have yet to reach the minimum values for tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level or minimum tree height as specified in Annex II, including any area that normally forms part of the forest area but on which there are temporarily no trees as a result of human intervention, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to forest;
Forest. ’ means an ecosystem of at least one acre in size, including timberland and woodland, which—
Forest means stands of native or introduced trees containing at least two hundred trees per acre and located on privately owned land. However, a stand of fruit trees is not a forest.

Examples of Forest in a sentence

  • If the Purchaser continues to be unable to meet the harvest prescription requirements the Forest Officer may require marking of the entire unit by the Purchaser and approval of marking by the Forest Officer prior to continuing harvest.

  • If the Forest Officer determines that the desired harvest prescription is not being met by the Purchaser, the Forest Officer may require the Purchaser to sample mark an additional portion of the unit and have that sample marked portion be approved by the Forest Officer.

  • Weyerhaeuser Pasquia Porcupine (Twenty-year Forest Management Plan and Environmental Impact Assessment Statement for the Pasquia-Porcupine Forest Management Forest Management Area, p.

  • All seed and stock used in artificial regeneration are to be acquired within their respective eco-region, unless otherwise approved by the Forest Service.

  • Identify and comply with all applicable Saskatchewan laws and regulations relating to spills of hazardous materials in the Provincial Forest, including those described in Appendix IV attached.


More Definitions of Forest

Forest means a concentration of trees and related vegetation managed primarily for the production of forest agricultural commodities such as timber, fiber or other wood products, including other similar areas managed for recreation or resource conservation.
Forest means land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10%, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, excluding agricultural plantations and land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use;
Forest means a biological community dominated by trees and other woody plants covering a land area of 10,000 square feet or greater.
Forest or “forest” means an area of land carrying a Forest Community, or a plantation of one or more tree species established for timber production;
Forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use.
Forest has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Forest is defined in Section B of the Recitals.