Landscape of forestry

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Forestry is concerned with the study and management of forests for the primary purpose of obtaining a timber harvest. The landscape treatment of forests is concerned with the non-timber objectives which can be obtained by conserving and developing forests: scenic quality, water quality, recreation, wildlife conservation and other environmental goods. This work is done by foresters who also hold qualifications in landscape architecture and also by landscape architects and landscape planners with a specialization in forestry. The United States Forest Service, the UK Forestry Commission and other forest agencies are also employers of landscape architects. They have mitigated criticism of plantation forestry, monoculture, and clear-cutting.

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  • Sylvia Crowe Landscape of woods and forests (1978)
  • New Zealad Forest Service Creative forestry (1983)
  • Gordon A. Bradley Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives University of Washington Press 1995

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