A couple of weeks ago I put out an email request for definitions of old growth, climax, virgin, pristine, etc. forests. Several people asked me to share what I findt. I have started a paper on the subject and will be working on it off and on for the next 6 months or so. You may view what I have assembled thus far at http://home.att.net/~gklund/pristine.html You may also see what we have assembled on definitions of forest, deforestation, afforestation and reforestation at http://home.att.net/~gklund/DEPpaper.html. This effort will probably continue for another month or so. My thanks to all those that have contributed to these efforts. Please contact me if you have any additional published or official definitions that should be included in either document. Lastly, I may be doing a short paper on the definition of "low forest cover" for IUFRO. There are several interpretations of this - ranging from (1) lands covered with shrubby trees to (2) lands classed as open forests to (3) countries with a low percentage of their lands covered by forests or a (4) combination thereof. In the case of option 2, a discussion of the rationale why countries chose a certain crown cover threshold for classifying lands as forest and the threshold for defining closed forest. If you have any thoughts on this subject, please contact me. Please share as appropriate. Thanks, 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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