A Glosssary of Climate Change & Forestry
There are 107 entries in this glossary.F
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Forest |
Key to the identification of Kyoto lands is a definition of forest that is consistent for all Parties. This definition is critical to the accounting of sources and sinks under the Kyoto Protocol (Articles 3.3 and 3.4). There are many definitions of forest, based on land-use status (administrative/cultural records) or a minimum threshold of canopy cover and/or tree height. None, however, were specifically designed for carbon accounting as required under the Protocol. This definition and the implications of using different definitions are addressed in detail in Chapter 3 of the IPCC Special Report on LULUCF. The IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National GHG Inventories provide a broad, non-prescriptive definition of forest lands, but leave it to individual countries to decide which of their lands they will designate as forest. |
| Forest Management |
Forest management is the application of biological, physical, quantitative, managerial, social and policy principles to the regeneration, tending, utilization and conversion of forests to meet specified goals and objectives while maintaining forest productivity. Management intensity spans the range from wilderness set-asides toshort-rotation woody cropping systems. Forest management encompasses the full cycle of regeneration, tending, protection, harvest, utilization and access. (From IPCC Special Report on LULUCF.) |
| Fossil Fuels |
Carbon-based fuels that have accumulated in geological deposits over very long periods, including coal, oil and natural gas. |
