Global Forestry, Agroforestry, and Wood Products Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering global forest distribution, silvicultural systems, tropical ecology, agroforestry, wood product engineering, and forestry sustainability.

India

The country predicted to be the most populated in the world by the year 2050.

Bamboo

The material for which China is the top global producer and exporter of manufactured products.

China's 2035 Climate Pledge

A commitment by the Chinese government to cut climate emissions by $7\text{--}10\%$ by 2035.

Afforestation in China

A national forest initiative in which China ranks number one in the world annually, following government protection programs that decreased natural timber harvesting.

European Forestry

A regional forest sector characterized by forest growth rather than deforestation over the last twenty years.

Plenterwald system

A silvicultural system used in publicly owned temperate forests in central Europe where clearcutting is restricted and forests are intensively thinned.

Tropical forests

Ecosystems located around the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn that house $50\%$ of the world's biodiversity.

Buttresses

Specialized root structures that stabilize trees and hold them upright in shallow and wet soils.

Agroforestry

Land-use systems and practices where woody perennials are deliberately integrated with crops and/or animals on the same land management unit.

Taungya

An agroforestry system exemplified by a walnut tree farm established with an agricultural crop like corn planted between tree rows.

Multistrata system

An agroforestry system featuring multi-layered vegetation, exemplified by shade grown coffee.

Carbon sequestration and storage

An environmental service provided by forests that delivers global rather than solely local benefits.

Epiphytes and lianas

Plant forms in tropical forests that live in a symbiotic relationship with their host plants.

Genetically improved cottonwood rotation

Intensively managed sawlog plantations in Oregon with a harvest rotation of $10\text{--}12\text{ years}$.

Coppice

A forest propagation method in which trees regenerate or sprout from the cut stump over a comparatively short rotation.

Teosinte

A wild grass recognized as the ancestor of modern corn.

Plantation thinnings

Trees harvested from a plantation stand to accelerate overall stand growth, yielding primarily low-quality juvenile wood.

Haviarova school furniture construction system

A design project converting unused wood into value-added school furniture based primarily on strength design and strong joinery design.

Square mortise and tenon joint

A traditional wood joint that is difficult to manufacture because it demands a very precise fit and lengthy machine setup.

Performance testing

A testing method used to effectively evaluate the strength and durability of wood products directly.

Sun grown coffee

An intensive coffee farming approach implemented primarily to produce the greatest crop yields.

Shade grown coffee

A coffee production system that enhances ecological interactions by promoting native species pollination and pest predation.

Costa Rica national park system

A conservation system that protects natural resources across a larger percentage of total national land than that of the United States.

Trees for Tanzania

A five-part reforestation project that was ultimately unsuccessful.

Tanzanian fuelwood reliance

The demographic proportion of Tanzania's population, documented at $90\%$, that relies on fuelwood for cooking and boiling water.

Wood

The only natural resource that is simultaneously renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable.

Lumber mill

A manufacturing facility representing a primary wood industry.

Engineered wood products in residential construction

Composite wood materials that comprise an estimated $75\%$ of materials used in residential construction today.

OSB (oriented strand board)

An engineered composite panel product manufactured to mimic the performance and characteristics of plywood.

MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard)

An engineered assembly of small pulp-like wood particles bound in a resin matrix to create a dense, fairly hard, and moderately heavy board.

Value adding

The process of increasing the economic worth of a raw material or commodity through modification or manufacturing.

FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)

A major certification body that verifies wood products originate from forests with documented sustainable forestry practices.