In my quest for definitions of forest, deforestation, reforestation, afforestation and old-growth, virgin, ancient, pristine forests and the Holy Grail, I ran across the following on-line glossaries and dictionaries that you may find useful. They all contain some forestry related terms.. US Federal Geographic Data Committee - Vegetation Subcommittee. Terms associated with vegetation classification. http://biology.usgs.gov/fgdc.veg/standards/appendix3.htm Glossary: Carbon Dioxide and Climate http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/cdiac/glossary.html http://faov02.fao.org:70/0gopher_root%3a[fao.fra]def_uk.txt Sustainable Forestry http://forestinfo.org/sust.htm Forest Discovery Guide Online /Glossary http://ifdn.com/teacher/glossary.htm The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEDT1 Forest Regeneration in Canada, 1975-1992 http://nrcan.gc.ca/cfs/proj/iepb/nfdp/regen/regen_e/s18.htm Glossary of Terms Used in Timber Harvesting and Forest Engineering http://rredc.nrel.gov/biomass/forest/tim_glossary/t_glossary.html On line dictionary for Sustainable Energy Information http://solstice.crest.org/social/SJ-glossary/A.html Geology and land cover http://www.3datlas.com/list_gl.html Forest Products http://www.abforestprod.org/ARglossary.html Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition http://www.alaska.net/~winter/bouvier1856 The WA Regional Forest Agreement Glossary of forest policy terms http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/forest_facts/rfa_glossary.html A GLOSSARY FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/woodland/won-26.html CARBON OFFSET GLOSSARY http://www.climateservices.com/glossary.htm 1994 FOREST, RANGE & RECREATION RESOURCE ANALYSIS http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/pab/publctns/frrra/app-c.htm Glossary of Forestry Terms http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/pab/publctns/glossary/glossary.htm CLASSIFICATION AND TAXATION OF FOREST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS http://www.forestmeister.com/laws/ch61.html PEOPLE'S GLOSSARY OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT TERMS http://www.fs.fed.us/land/emterms.html GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms http://www.gardenweb.com/glossary/ Interfor Glossary http://www.interfor.com/glossary/glossary24.html The Forest Where We Live Glossary http://www.lpb.org/programs/forest/glossary.html Minnesota Forest Industries - A Glossary of Common Forest Terms http://www.minntrees.org/facts/ff17.htm European List of Criteria and Most Suitable Quantitative Indicators http://www.mmm.fi/english/minkonf/criteria.htm Glossary Excerpted from Forest Practices Illustrated from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources http://www.mrsc.org/environment/forest/glossary.htm USGS Biological Resource Division Slide Show Glossary of Terms http://www.nbs.gov/features/kidscorner/glossary.html WordNet 1.6 Vocabulary Helper http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn Olympic National Park http://www.nps.gov/olym/edgloss.htm Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/sitings/lookup/teraa.html Rainforest Action Network Kids' Corner Glossary http://www.ran.org/kids_action/glossary.html Australia GLOSSARY OF FOREST TERMS http://www.rfa.gov.au/cra/vic/cenhigh/press/glossary.html Australia - A GLOSSARY OF FOREST POLICY TERMS http://www.rfa.gov.au/dfa/other_info/glossary.html Australia - National Forest Policy Statement Glossary http://www.rfa.gov.au/nfps/gloss.html Index of /~chemistry/Glossary http://www.shsu.edu/~chemistry/Glossary/ NEVADA DIVISION OF WATER PLANNING WATER WORDS DICTIONARY http://www.state.nv.us/cnr/ndwp/dict-1/waterwds.htm Streamnet Glossary of Forest Related Terms http://www.streamnet.org/ff/Glossary/glossaryforest.html CARBON OFFSET GLOSSARY http://www.teleport.com/~taa/glossary.htm UCMP Glossary of Natural History Terms http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5ecol.html FSC DRAFT STANDARDS Glossary http://www.web.net/fscca/s5.htm One-Look Dictionaries - http://www.onelook.com/index.html WWWebster's Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/dictionary Natural Resource Inventory Glossary http://forestry.miningco.com/blforgls.htm Or go to http://forestry.miningco.com/ click on Glossary and then on Complete Glossary of of of Forest Resource Terms by the USFS. Other glossaries at the Forestry Mining Company site include: Forest Engineering and Harvesting Glossary Terms that Private Landowners Need to Understand Complete Glossary of Forestry Terms by the Canadian Forest Service Glossary of Forest Health Terms Glossary of Forest Protection Glossary of Forest Pathology and Glossary of Forest Biomass See also forest terminology in English and other languages: http://www.uwasa.fi/comm/termino/collect/forestry.html Please share as appropriate. Thanks and have a great weekend. Gyde -- H. Gyde Lund Integrated Resource Inventories and Assessments 8221 Thornwood Ct. Manassas, VA 20110-4627 USA Tel: +1-703-368-7219 Email: gklund@worldnet.att.net Web Page: http://home.att.net/~gklund/
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