Sustainable Forestry

What is Sustainable Forestry Management?

• Finding a balance between using forests for products and protecting them for wildlife

• Burning forests to clear land for agricultural use

• Logging trees without any restrictions

• Planting trees to replace the ones harvested

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Sustainable forest management must include which of the following?

• environmental benefits

• social benefits

• economic benefits

• all of the above

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Reorder the forests by which have the most biodiversity (1) and the least biodiversity (3)

• Secondary Growth Forests

• Old-Growth Forests

• Tree Farms

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The following are examples of benefits of which type of forest harvesting method?

• Clear-cutting

• Strip-cutting

• Selective-cutting

What is a common method used in national forest logging to ensure sustainability?

• Removing all trees in a selected area to stimulate the growth of new trees

• Logging only the oldest trees and leaving younger trees to mature

• Using heavy machinery to increase the speed and efficiency of logging

• Focusing solely on areas affected by forest pests

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What is called for the practice of regulating forest resources to meet the needs of society and industry while preserving the forest’s health?

• Environmental protection

• Sustainable Forest Management

• Forest policy framework

• Unsustainable Forest Management

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The following are examples of benefits of which type of forest harvesting method?

• Clear-cutting

• Strip-cutting

• Selective-cutting

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Which of the following are examples of ecosystem services? Select all that apply.

• Stores carbon dioxide

• Produces oxygen

• Purifys water

• Produces wood Products

• Provides habitat

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The following are examples of costs of which type of forest harvesting method?

1) Expensive and time consuming

2) Allows for more exposure to weather damage

3) Removes genetically superior trees whose seeds are needed to keep the forest healthy

• Clear-cutting

• Strip-cutting

• Selective-cutting

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 Instead of clear-cutting land and moving on, a local lumber business decides to start farming trees: cutting some of the trees and planting the fields they have just cut with saplings.

Compared to the old method of clear-cutting, evaluate the impact this new strategy will have on the environment.

• Negative, since it is destroying much of the environment.

• Positive, since the lumber company will immediately make more money.

• Positive, since it is a sustainable plan to use a renewable resource.

• Negative, since it is a sustainable plan to use a renewable resource.

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