forestry

English

Noun

forestry (plural forestries)

1. The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
2. The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
3. The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
4. Commercial tree farming.

Synonyms

• silviculture, sylviculture

Translations

science of planting and growing trees

Czech: lesnictví (cs) n. Dutch: bosbouwkunde m. Finnish: metsätiede (fi) German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f. Irish: foraoiseolaíocht (ga), foraoiseacht (ga) f., cranneolaíocht (ga) f.

Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd (gd) f. Slovene: gozdarstvo (sl) n. Spanish: silvicultura (es) f. Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

art and practice of planting and growing trees

Dutch: bosbouw (nl) m. Finnish: metsänhoito (fi) German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f. Irish: foraoiseacht (ga) f., foraoiseolaíocht (ga) f., cranneolaíocht (ga) f.

Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd (gd) f. Spanish: silvicultura (es) f. Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes

Dutch: commerciële bosbouw m. Finnish: metsätalous German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f. Irish: foraoiseacht (ga) f., foraoiseolaíocht (ga) f., cranneolaíocht (ga) f.

Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd (gd) f. Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

tree farming

Dutch: bomenteelt m. Finnish: puunviljely, metsätaloustiede Irish: foraoiseacht (ga) f., foraoiseolaíocht (ga) f., cranneolaíocht (ga) f.

Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd (gd) f. Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

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French: administration forestière