Managed forest (Q781)

Subject, term, tag: Managed forest

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Managed forest	Subject, term, tag: Managed forest

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Instance of

Category

source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group III: Climate Change 2022 – Mitigation of Climate Change

0 references

Definition

Forests subject to human interventions (notably silvicultural management such as planting, pruning, thinning), timber and fuelwood harvest, protection (fire suppression, insect suppression) and management for amenity values or conservation, with defined geographical boundaries (Ogle et al., 2018). [Note: For a discussion of the term ‘forest’ in the context of National GHG inventories, see the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories (IPCC 2006).] (English)