I see the terms forest and park differently from Nick. Forest is an ecological concept and park is a management concept. Forest is forest whether inside or outside a park; it is land covered by trees etc. A park is a park whether it includes forest or not; it is land protected by a nation or other political entity's laws. If you are trying to define national forest and national park (in the U.S.) then perhaps Nick definitions hold more closely. Although, according to U.S. law, production and non-production managment are meant to be on equal footing Christian Ottke >>> Nick Ananin <visfor@globalnet.co.uk> 06/03/98 12:00pm >>> >hi can you please explain to me the difference between a forest and a park? The main differences between a park and a forest will lie in the management objectives. The Forest will be managed principally for production (timber, fuel, food etc) or protection (environment including soils etc.). Parks are managed principally for aesthetics and recreation. Clearly Forests are also managed for aesthetics and recreation and Parks will have protection and timber production as part of the management objectives. As a result there is inevitably a range of situations where it will not be clear when a park is a forest and vice versa. Nick Ananin at Vision Forestry, Aberdeen, Scotland visfor@globalnet.co.uk Forestry ICQ Chat Room number 9677052 http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~visfor/ (Global Association of Online Foresters)
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