12/06/2021 · From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative, legal, economic, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as silviculture, protection, and forest regulation. This includes management for timber, aesthetics, recreation, urban values, water, wildlife, ...

The term forest management refers to the sustainable conservation and artificial controlling of forests in order to maintain and protect them as well as to prevent the consequences that arise when forest resources are abused.

Forest management focuses on managing vegetation, restoring ecosystems, reducing hazards, and maintaining forest health. Forest Products Forest products include materials derived from a forest for commercial use such as lumber and paper, and also "special forest products" such as medicinal herbs, fungi, edible fruits and nuts, and other natural products.

Forest management for conservation is in practice different from management of forest for optimizing economic returns. It refers to the preservation of forest for the explicit functions of conserving the constituent biodiversity elements and ecosystem processes.