Forestry is the science and art of creating, managing, playing, using, protecting and restoring forests, woodlands and related resources for human and environmental benefits. [1] Forestry is applied in plantations and natural stands. [2] Forestry science has elements belonging to biological, physical, social, political and administrative sciences. [3]

Modern forestry adopts a wide variety of concerns, commonly known as multi-use management, including:

Forest A forestry known as a cultivator. Another common term is silviculturalism. Silviculture is narrower than forestry, it only concerns forest plants, but is often used synonymously with forestry.

Forest ecosystems have come to be seen as the most important component of the biosphere, and forestry has emerged as vital applied science, craft, and technology.

All humans depend on forests and their biodiversity, some more than others. Forestry is an important economic segment as it provides over 86 million green jobs in various industrial countries and supports far more people's livelihoods. For example, in Germany, forests cover about a third of the land area, wood is the most important renewable resource, and forestry supports more than one million jobs and about 181 billion € each. year.

An estimated 880 million people worldwide spend part of their time collecting firewood or producing charcoal, mostly women. Human populations tend to be low in regions of low-income countries with high forest cover and high forest biodiversity, but poverty rates tend to be high in these regions. Approximately 252 million people living in forests and savannas have a daily income of less than $ 1.25.