Forestry
Forestry:
· Planting, taking care of the trees
· Protection of forests againts fire and pests
· Soil improvement
· Special forest plantations
· Fertilisation
· Plant breeding
Forest Industry:
· Felling of the trees
· Processing of timber
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Trees grow: 80-100 years in the wild, 60-70 years with the help of people
The usage of forests:
1. Gathering
· To live, get food and shelter from the woods
· Don't change or harm the forests
2. EarlyAgrarian m.m.
· Slash and burn -> woods replaced by brush (võsa)
· Typical to Mediterranean region and East-Asia
4. Late Agrarian m.m
· Very bad situation primeval fields
· Population growing necessity much bigger
· Forests preserved on slopes of mountains and where infertile soils were.
· West Europe, North America
4. Early Industrial m.m
· Development of forestry -> timber industry
· Wood from boarderlands and colonies